Jim Davidson and his fifth wife Michelle are to divorce after thirteen years of marriage – because of the heavy strain of his work-load. Speaking exclusively to the Sunday Express, Jim said last night, “We have decided to separate with a view to divorce. It is amicable, if these things ever can be amicable.
“No one else is involved, not even lawyers at this stage.”
Londoner Jim, 69, announced the couple’s separation on Facebook on Friday and will make “a brief statement” about it today [Sunday] during his topical Sunday Sandwich show on his Ustreme streaming channel.
He and former hairdresser Michelle, 51, have been together for twenty years.
A spokesman for the comedian was more forthcoming, saying, “It’s very sad, the couple have lots of mutual friends, but with Jim spending so much time away gigging and working on his TV channel the split is only natural.”
They added, “We have seen this coming for a while; Michelle has been looking for an exit door.”
On stage in Hampshire on Friday night, however, the controversial Cockney comedian was more hard-hitting.
He told the audience at the Concorde Club, Eastleigh, about the separation adding: “I’m only doing half the set tonight because my wife will want the other half.”
He also joked on stage: “My next wife will either have to be under 47 or over the age of 60. No more menopausal madness!”
Off-stage he said, “I’m all right. It’s sad but you’ve got to crack on.”
In previous interviews, Jim has cited Michelle’s temper as the reason their relationship had endured.
He said on ITV: “She is a very nice person. She’s impatient, she’s fiery like me. She’s a bear-poker and her mum says, ‘Well you need that!’.”
“I hope I’m with Michelle for the rest of my life, there’s no one better I’d want to spend the rest of my life with… Liz Hurley perhaps?”
Davidson, who will turn 70 in December, has wed five times. His previous marriages were to Sue Walpole (1971-1972), Julie Gullick (1981-1986), Alison Holloway (1987-1988), and Tracy Hilton (1990-2000).
He has five adult children, one with first wife Sue, one with second wife Julie and three with former Page 3 girl Tracy Hilton.
The star, once the face of BBC One’s Saturday night entertainment has spent “many millions” on his divorces and was declared bankrupt in 2006.
The former host of the Generation Game and Big Break was arrested by Operation Yewtree detectives in 2014 following allegations of sexual assault. Davidson was never charged and the investigation was dropped nine months later. He went on to win Celebrity Big Brother.
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