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The Repair Shop star Jay Blades shares cryptic Instagram post just DAYS before his wife of 18 months announced she had left him in shock split


The Repair Shop star Jay Blades' wife announced the news of the couple's shock split on Thursday.

The split comes after Jay's beloved uncle was allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbour on a quiet residential street following a long-running dispute over a shared alleyway, MailOnline revealed this week. The Repair Shop star announced on Monday that he would be taking time away from social media to process his grief following the death of his uncle, telling his fans the shocking bereavement had left him feeling 'messed up'. 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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