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Paddy McGuinness's downfall: Christine warns their divorce will be 'expensive' and the 'gloves are off'. It completes a fall from grace that began with his reservations about her TV career, spiralled into money woes... and ended with catastrophe


It was an unusually candid moment on the This Morning sofa last month when BBC golden boy Paddy McGuinness announced his own downfall.

Yesterday, proceedings began to formerly end their marriage, with Christine hiring the no-nonsense family lawyer Catherine Bedford of top London firm, Harbottle and Lewis. So what has prompted the cheeky funny man, once synonymous with the catchy phrase ‘no lighty, no likey’ – coined in Take Me Out some years ago – to have had such a fast fall from grace? Despite his initial reservations at her taking part, McGuinness later showed support for his wife by posting enthusiastic messages on Instagram and going to watch the final episode in the audience.

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