Christine McGuinness reveals her concern as her ex-husband Paddy looks set to leave the family home after two years of co-parenting under the same roof
Eve Macdonald
When Christine and Paddy McGuiness split in 2022, the former beauty queen’s world came crashing down around her. Although the end to their relationship was said to be amicable, Christine was left heartbroken and now, with the looming worry of Paddy finally leaving the family home, these feelings are set to resurface.
Despite calling time on their relationship, the pair – who share nine-year-old twins Penelope and Leo and daughter Felicity, seven – decided to co-parent under the same roof in their family home in Cheshire.
But earlier this month, Christine, 35, hinted that 2024 could be the year that Paddy, 50, finally starts afresh in his own pad. And she has mixed feelings about it.
“I am worried about when it comes to that time of us living in separate houses,” Christine said. “It will happen one day.”
Now, according to a source, after living together for almost 15 years, the idea of him not being there keeps “playing on her mind”.
“Christine is worried about the inevitable time when Paddy will move out. Even though they’re not romantically in a relationship, they’ve been together so long that not living together any more scares her,” our source claimed. “They’ve built a life together and she knows she will feel vulnerable when he does go. She also sees it as the final step for them. There are times she is worried about letting Paddy go, but she is a strong independent woman who is a great mother and will thrive on her own.”
The pair first met in 2007 and tied the knot in June 2011. But they announced they had split in July 2022, and said they were “moving forward as the best parents they can be”.
Christine said, “The children don’t know any different and they’re growing up in a happy and loving home. I just want it to continue like that. We don’t know what the future holds but right now it works. The thought of eventually co-parenting in separate houses is something I’m going to really struggle with.”
The former Real Housewives Of Cheshirestar explained that it was important for them to keep things as normal as possible for the sake of their children, who all have autism.
“With our children especially, they struggle with change. So any changes have got to be done slower,” she told us. “It’s not a forever plan to live together. It wor
