Christine McGuinness opens up about still living with ex Paddy as he dates other people

Christine McGuinness has opened up about still living with her ex while he dates other people.

Paddy has begun seeing other women and apparently always tells his ex-wife.

The pair share twins Penelope and Leo, 10, as well as Felicity, eight, and live together at their family home in Cheshire.

These living arrangements come despite Christine and Paddy’s split last year.

In 2022, they released a joint statement saying they were calling it quits on their relationship after 11 years of marriage.

For the sake of their three children (who all have autism), the couple decided it best to carry on living together.

Speaking on Vicky Pattison’s podcast The Secret To… the famous mum said the (now former) Top Gear host has dipped his toes into the dating scene, but like her, hasn’t found himself ready to move into a new relationship either.

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Christine said: “We talk an awful lot and we're very open. He has said to me when he's been going on a date.

"We still live in the same house. But I think both of us right now we're very much in the same place, where we're just like just don't really know what to do or where to go.”

The model added: “We've been in this marriage for 16 years [they married in 2011 but have been together 16 years].

"I've been with him since I was 19, so my dating history before him was an absolute mess then I've had this lovely long marriage.

“I kind of don't really know where to go, where to start, and he's the same, he's very much the same.

"He's tried it and he's gone 'I'm not quite ready'.”

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As for her own love life, Christine says she’s ‘not been on a date’ since splitting from Paddy.

“I've chatted, I've had fun at times, I cannot even think about dating or like a serious relationship. I get a message and I go 'Urgh, God no',” she said.

But Christine also explained that she can’t always tell if someone actually likes her as she’s ‘not great at reading people’.

The star added: “I just think everyone's being friendly. If someone goes 'Oh, you look lovely, you look really beautiful', I'd go 'Thanks, so do you, you look great'.

"At what point do you kind of assume they might want a bit more?"

Christine recently shared snaps of herself ‘cuddling up’ to Chelcee Grimes on holiday in Amsterdam.

Alongside the pictures, she shared a quote which read: "The most wonderful moment in a woman’s life is when she realizes she can do whatever she wants, and she doesn’t owe anyone an explanation, and she doesn’t need anyone’s permission.

"She’s just living. And it’s beautiful."