Martine McCutcheon revealed yesterday her singer songwriter husband Jack McManus has left her after 18 years together. The Love Actually and EastEnders actress shared the shock announcement online while on a ‘much-needed’ holiday in Marbella on Spain ’s Costa del Sol with their son Rafferty, nine. She wrote: ‘After much thought and consideration, Jack has decided it’s best for us to separate and I accept his decision.
’ The news comes just three weeks after Ms McCutcheon, 48, shared a gushing birthday post to McManus, 40, and revealed that he was grieving the death of his father Mick. The couple had married in 2012 in Italy’s picturesque Lake Como – six years after they had started dating – and they even renewed their vows two years ago. In her post yesterday to her 620,000 Instagram followers, Ms McCutcheon added: ‘We are both so very blessed and grateful for our beautiful son Rafferty, whose happiness and welfare has always been, and will continue to be, our number one priority.
’ ‘We both, of course, still cherish and look forward to being parents together to our wonderful boy for the rest of our lives.’ ‘Whilst this decision has evolved over a period of time, we are still finding our new way forward as a family.’ ‘Our love for Rafferty is something that will never waver or change and we obviously want to protect him and help him feel as safe and secure as possible.
I continue to send Jack all the love, luck and happiness for the next chapter .