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Inside Jay Blades's ill-fated marriage to Lisa Zbozen as it breaks down beyond repair: How BBC star's fitness guru wife 'fell in love at first sight' and taught him to read and write... before calling an end to 18-month union
It's an abrupt end to the couple's whirlwind union, which saw them tie the knot in November 2022 with an intimate Barbadoes ceremony with loved ones.
The presenter, a furniture maker by trade, has seen his career flourish since BBC producers put him at the helm of the hit craft show, which restores family heirlooms to their former glory, in 2017. Jay was discovered by TV producers after they saw a short film about Out of the Dark, a charity he co-founded that taught young people how to restore and sell old furniture, after previously running community groups for youngsters. Dyslexic and unable to read, it wasn't until the star reached 51 that he began to tackle to the illiteracy problem that had haunted him all of his adult life - after he'd found fame on the show that tapped into the nation's obsession with heritage crafting.
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