Paddy McGuinness has returned to social media after taking a short break due to his marriage split with his wife of 11 years.
The couple announced the split last week in a joint statement on both of their Instagram stories. Presenter Paddy and former model Christine opened up about the "difficult decision" to separate and said they had decided it was the end 'some time ago'. READ MORE: Christine McGuinness 'accused Paddy of flirting with blonde lookalike' before splitIn the statement they wrote: "We hadn't planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but after the lack of privacy surrounding our life personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify. "A while ago we took the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue loving and supporting our children."This was not an easy decision to make but we are moving forward as the best parents we can be for our three beautiful children."We'll always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship and still live happily in our family home together."They went on: "We hope this now draws a line under anymore unwanted intrusion into our our private life. "Although we work in the public eye we ask kindly if you could respect our wishes for privacy on this matter."We'll be making no further comment.
Loads of love. Paddy & Christine."Paddy returned to Instagram by posting a picture indicating that he was back on Top Gear, the BBC show that he cohosts with Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris.
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