Jay Blades and his wife have split (Picture: REX)
Jay Blades’ wife has announced that their marriage of 18 months is over.
The Repair Shop star, 54, married partner Lisa Marie Zbozen in Barbados in November 2022, one year after getting engaged.
They celebrated their ‘perfect’ ceremony in front of just 15 guests, however, just over a year later their marriage is now over.
The fitness instructor, 43, shared a post with followers after reports of their split emerged.
She said: ‘I don’t know how to say this because it’s still really raw.
‘I probably should be really angry but I’m just incredibly sad about the whole thing right now.
‘I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much.’
The Repair Shop star has yet to speak out (Picture: BBC/Ricochet Ltd)
The couple married in December 2022 (Picture: jaybladesmbe/Instagram)
She went on: ‘I will admit I’m crying as I type this as I can’t believe this is even real.
‘I hope you don’t mind if I just have a few days trying to figure out my life as I’m currently in a spare room with a few essentials.
‘I don’t know what else to say.’
She signed the post off as: ‘All my love, A very broken. Lisa – Marie x.’
When the couple married in November 2022, the BBC presenter hailed the joyous occasion as ‘perfect’.
‘We had our closest family there, the weather held out and everything worked out so well,’ he told Hello! magazine.
Lisa-Marie wrote: ‘I can’t believe this is even real.’ (Picture: Dave Benett)
Lisa-Marie added at the time: ‘Once you get to a certain age, you realise what’s actually important on the day – and that is having the people around you that love you for who you are. So we made the day our day.’
Blades also shared that he shed a tear as the loved-up couple exchanged their vows and described it as the most ’emotional’ part.
‘It was almost like I had tunnel vision and I could only see Lisa there,’ he added.
The news of their split comes just days after Blades said he was ‘messed up’ after the murder of his uncle.
In an Instagram video he told fans that he was taking a break from social media after the funeral.
He said: ‘This is kind of a public service announcement, I’ve just been to my uncle’s funeral, he was murdered a few weeks ago.
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‘Really, super nice guy shouldn’t have happened to him, but it really affected me, I feel a little bit messed up.’
He went on to say he’ll be away from social media ‘for a bit’, and would be having therapy.
‘When these things happen, sometimes you really need to take stock and just relax,’ he added.
Blades’ marriage is his second following his 2015 split from ex-wife Jade, and the former couple share 15-year-old daughter Zola together.
Metro.co.uk has approached Jay Blades’ reps for comment.
The Repair Shop is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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