Cat Deeley has been snapped still wearing her wedding ring nearly two months after announcing the end of her marriage.
At the end of July, the This Morning host and her husband Patrick Kielty announced their separation after more than a decade of marriage.
‘We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved,’ they shared in a statement.
‘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.’
The TV stars, aged 48 and 54, met while presenting Fame Academy together in 2003, later getting married in Rome in 2012.
They welcomed son Milo in 2016, followed by another son James in 2018.
However, at tonight’s National Television Awards – during which Cat’s ITV programme won the best daytime show – she hit the red carpet in a jaw-dropping green gown.
But it was a more subtle detail that was just as head turning – with Cat showing up wearing her wedding ring.
A diamond wedding ring was visible on her left hand as she smiled and posed for photos before heading inside the O2 Arena in London.
Her decision came after she had previously been photographed wearing her wedding ring on her right hand.
It was previously reported that Patrick’s family knew his marriage was ‘over’ months ago, when Cat didn’t attend her mother-in-law’s funeral in March.
‘Whatever rockiness was going on in the marriage, something as momentous as his mother’s funeral, you would make up even temporarily and just put your “best face” on as we say in Northern Ireland,’ a source said at the time.
‘Cat obviously knew how close Patrick was to Mary, and she should have come to be by his side, a hand on his shoulder as he buried his mother.
‘The fact that she stayed in London and presented This Morning on the day, it’s not been forgotten.’
Soon after a spokesperson for Cat said she’d stayed in the UK to be with her sons, aged 7 and 5.
While the funeral was taking place, Cat insisted that she had stayed in the capital to be with her seven and five-year-old boys.
‘Cat remained at home to be there for her two young children before and after school on this very sad day,’ they told the Daily Mail.
Another source went on to tell The Sun that Cat had been ‘hurt that people who don’t even know her have judged her’.
‘[To] make out that it was the reason for the split when that couldn’t be further from the truth,’ they said when referencing the funeral no-show.
‘Cat is generally a really positive person, but it hurts her to have people piling the blame onto her when this is a painful situation for them both.’
Cat was previously in a relationship with businessman Mark Whelan for five years, before they split in 2006.
Meanwhile Patrick was with Irish presenter and model Amanda Byram for five years, with the couple separating in 2003.
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