Christine McGuinness has had a transformative few years since her split from TV icon Paddy McGuinness, now describing herself as a ‘five-star lesbian’.
In 2022, the model and Paddy shocked the world when they confirmed they were separating after 11 years of marriage.
They co-parent twins Penelope and Leo, 13, and Felicity, 10, and still live at home despite a ‘toxic’ divorce.
However, Christine has revealed she’d love to find a ‘wife’ but any marriage would be more of ‘a blessing, a celebration of love’ than anything legal.
She’s recently been linked to Nicola Adams, 43, after being spotted together at the DIVA Awards.
So, who is The Real Housewives of Cheshire star, 38, dating and how does she date while living with her ex-husband?
Who is Christine McGuinness dating?
Christine was most recently spotted with former Strictly Come Dancing star Nicola, with the pair inseparable at the LGBTQ+ event.
According to the Daily Mail, the pair ‘looked like they were a couple’ but neither have confirmed the romance so far.
Nicola split from her partner of seven years, Ella Baig, last year, and the pair share a son, Taylor Nate, who was born by IVF in July 2022.
In an interview with The Sun, the boxer admitted that her girlfriend’s career as an OnlyFans model ‘had an impact on our relationship’.
She said as much as she respected what Ella did, she couldn’t deny the effect it had on them.
Nicola made history in 2012 by winning the first-ever Olympic Women’s Boxing Gold Medal, earning herself an OBE.
Since then, she’s appeared in several TV shows such as Gladiators, Strictly Come Dancing and Celebrity Gogglebox.
A close friend of Nicola’s also told the Daily Mail: ‘Nicola and Christine will make a good match as they’re both getting over long-term relationships and have children.’
Who has Christine McGuinness dated before?
When Paddy and Christine first split, she was spotted with Chelcee Grimes,33, while on vacation together and seemingly dating.
The two women never confirmed rumours they were dating but things appeared to have fizzled out by summer 2024.
Chelcee debuted a new partner in July that year with the caption ‘private but not secret’, in a suspected dig at Christine.
According to The Mirror, the singer also replied to a fan about the split in a now-deleted comment, reading: ’No. I had enough of being a secret after nearly 2 years.’
Christine didn’t comment on the post but has since said she lives a ‘double life’ when it comes to dating.
She told the It Started With A Kiss podcast: ‘My family, my kids, my home is up there and then I come to London… I can work, have fun… and I don’t need to worry about everything.
‘Eventually it gets to the point where… my woman’s going, “When am I going to meet the kids?”’ she said, adding that she’s always upfront about her boundaries.
In 2024, the MailOnline reported that Christine had gone on a getaway with rapper Roxxxan, 33, but it was unknown if they were romantically linked.
Christine has not gone official with any of her rumoured partners, likely as part of her efforts to keep her dating life far from her home life.
She did share on the It Started With A Kiss podcast: ‘I’ve never gone too serious with anybody in the industry, it’s always been more of a fun fling type thing.
‘I’ve spent time with a lot of women in sport. I’ve spent time with women in music. I’ve spent time with actresses.’
What happened between Christine and Paddy McGuinness?
In 2022, Christine and Paddy announced they had ended their 11-year marriage after enduring a ‘very difficult time’.
The pair had initially met in 2007 after a mutual friend introduced them, and they instantly hit it off.
Paddy proposed to Christine three years later on Christmas Eve, tying the knot in 2011 at Thornton Manor in Cheshire with Rick Astley performing.
In 2018, pictures then emerged of Paddy arm in arm with Nicole Appleton while on a night out.
Christine recalled how the pictures made her feel in her book, saying she’ran to the toilet to vomit.’
‘Still to this day I can remember that absolutely awful pit-of-your-stomach feeling,’ she added.
Three years later, the couple revealed all three of their children were diagnosed with Autism and shared a documentary, Our Family and Autism.
Christine was also then diagnosed, releasing another documentary – Unmasking My Autism – in 2023.
She’s been clear that her sexuality was not linked to the split, with Paddy knowing about her dating women too from when they first met and ‘was fine with it.’
‘We spoke about this after we separated – what are we comfortable with, how much did we want to share – because neither of us wants to wake up and find the other on the front page of a newspaper,’ she told the Daily Mail.
‘But it’s been three years now, I don’t need to know what he’s doing and he doesn’t need to know about me. It just stays outside the home.’
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