Cat Deeley has been spotted for the first time since her separation from Patrick Kielty was announced, following more than a decade of marriage.
Cat, 48, and Patrick, 54, shared a joint statement confirming the shock split earlier this month and Cat has now been seen enjoying some time away in Spain.
The This Morning host was seen out with a friend at a restaurant in Sitges on August 2, just days after Cat and Patrick announced their separation after 12 years of marriage.
In a joint statement, the couple said: ‘We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved.
‘We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected. There will be no further comment.’
Cat’s friend Ben Skervin, a freelance hairdresser with a raft of celebrity clients, shared a highlight reel of pictures and videos from his trip to Spain, describing it as ‘an adventure’. Cat commented on the post: ‘I love you’.
A fellow diner at the restaurant where Cat and her friend were spotted told The Daily Mail: ‘Cat looked a bit down and a touch crestfallen, not her usual spritely self, which is understandable given her marriage split.
‘She clearly needed to be around her nearest and dearest during such a difficult time.’
The So You Think You Can Dance host has been a staple of British TV since the late 1990s and moved out to the US with her family to present the dance competition.
She took over from Holly Willoughby on This Morning alongside Ben Shepard in 2024, having moved back to the UK in 2020.
Patrick took over from Ryan Tubridy as the host of The Late Late Show on Ireland’s RTE One channel in 2023.
In 2003, Patrick co-presented the talent competition show Fame Academy on BBC One alongside his future wife Cat.
Slowly the friendship between developed into a relationship and in 2012 they wed at an intimate ceremony in Rome, Italy.
The former couple have two sons: Milo born in January 2016 and James who arrived two years later in June 2018.
Cat and her family now reside in a £4.9 million 1950s home in leafy Hampstead, with Harry Styles as one of their famous neighbours.
Metro contacted Cat Deeley’s representatives for further comment.
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