Paddy McGuinness has addressed his divorce from Christine McGuinness – joking that it has left him penniless. The comedian and the TV star, 51 and 36, announced their split in 2022 after being married for more than 10 years. They now co-parent their three children.
But the former Top Gear presenter made light-hearted remarks about the separation during a podcast this week with Irish comedians known as The 2 Johnnies. Paddy was asked about how his new standup gig was going and he said: “It is a different style of show but I have just started the second leg and it has been going down an absolute storm. “I still get that feeling just before I go, going ‘f***, why are we doing this’? And then I remember I am divorced.
.. Oh yeah, that’s why! I have no money.
But honestly it has been doing really really well.” The divorce joke had the presenters in fits of laughter and the former Take Me Out star made a similar gag on stage last year at a show in Blackburn. At the time, a source told The Sun Christine was “distraught” over it and “shocked” that he referenced her in such a way.
The source added: “She was devastated yesterday and was horrified to be a laughing stock, she didn't know Paddy was going to make her the butt of his jokes and felt shocked that he did.” Paddy spoke to The 2 Johnnies about still getting nervous before performing and he gave an insight into how comedy had changed in recent times. He said: “It has been about eight years since I was l.