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Tess Daley and Vernon Kay have split

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/05/2026 18:40

Sad isnt it - they were a power couple

Tess Daley and Vernon Kay have split
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mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/05/2026 00:04

lemonmeringuefry · 09/05/2026 00:02

I know - I mean it's the Daily Mail but they usually have to have something to go on...

Hmm

Dont they hate fergie though

I'm sure they had a bunga bunga party on epsteins island and thats the long and short of it

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lornad00m · 09/05/2026 00:04

I'm always curious as to why people care about celebrities private lives. I guess it's just gossip fodder.

HayfeverComethAndThatRightSoon · 09/05/2026 00:07

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/05/2026 00:04

Hmm

Dont they hate fergie though

I'm sure they had a bunga bunga party on epsteins island and thats the long and short of it

Please don't talk about long/short any lengths in this instance.
Shudder

They love Fergie for the click revenue but obviously know the readers love to hate her. I don't think they can make up rumours that are THAT leftfield however. Even for clicks.

P Diddy.

The mind boggles.

MrsHeeler · 09/05/2026 00:17

Would never have thought of them as a power couple. Am surprised Tess lasted as long as she did. Can imagine she put up with him for the sake of their children.
I wonder what project she’ll do next.

pizzaHeart · 09/05/2026 00:21

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/05/2026 20:06

😄😄

I can definitely see them two together

Do you mean Vernon and Peter?

mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/05/2026 00:23

pizzaHeart · 09/05/2026 00:21

Do you mean Vernon and Peter?

I was joking 😄

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 09/05/2026 00:23

MrsHeeler · 09/05/2026 00:17

Would never have thought of them as a power couple. Am surprised Tess lasted as long as she did. Can imagine she put up with him for the sake of their children.
I wonder what project she’ll do next.

100% - she doesn't love him and is finally free

Hope she bags herself a hot young man to have fun with

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Clonakilla · 09/05/2026 03:03

lornad00m · 09/05/2026 00:04

I'm always curious as to why people care about celebrities private lives. I guess it's just gossip fodder.

You’re curious about why you’re interested enough to have posted on this thread? Me too!

Whenever I hear a married couple has separated I think ‘oh what a shame’, even when I don’t know them. It’s painful and difficult to go through a relationship breakdown. It’s a shame that something that began positively and produced children has ended. I don’t think that’s particularly strange or curiosity-provoking.

ForCosyLion · 09/05/2026 03:13

He cheated on her about twenty years ago, when their first child was really little. I'm sorry she didn't kick him into touch back then. He never deserved her, and I never liked him after that incident. God knows what she sees in him - she's a million times better-looking than he is. And she's wasted her life on him.

Howtorespond · 09/05/2026 06:47

Arlanymor · 08/05/2026 18:50

Why do people even care? They're not your neighbours. You don't know them personally. People get divorced every day, all day.

This

double0seven · 09/05/2026 06:50

ForCosyLion · 09/05/2026 03:13

He cheated on her about twenty years ago, when their first child was really little. I'm sorry she didn't kick him into touch back then. He never deserved her, and I never liked him after that incident. God knows what she sees in him - she's a million times better-looking than he is. And she's wasted her life on him.

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So why have another baby with him a few years later? I just don't understand it. But so many people do it

3luckystars · 09/05/2026 06:51

I’m happy for any couple who are able to make the split when things are not working out. It’s not an easy thing to do. I know.

Best wishes to both of them x

mbonfield · 09/05/2026 07:34

Who cares but they are both overpaid by us Licence payers! They always say there is no one else.

Rayna37 · 09/05/2026 07:41

Not the point but when did it become normal just say someone is “punching”? I hate it! Didn’t it used to be common to say both that people were punching above their weight AND punching below their weight?
I suppose you wouldn’t say someone could do better to their face but surely when talking about (rather than directly to) people it’s useful?!

ChristmasStars · 09/05/2026 07:44

Rayna37 · 09/05/2026 07:41

Not the point but when did it become normal just say someone is “punching”? I hate it! Didn’t it used to be common to say both that people were punching above their weight AND punching below their weight?
I suppose you wouldn’t say someone could do better to their face but surely when talking about (rather than directly to) people it’s useful?!

Funny, I came on here to say he was punching.

I reckon as much as staying together until the kids were grown, they stayed together until she didn't need the nice family image for Strictly.

Pabbel · 09/05/2026 07:56

Good for Tess, how she has put up with him for so long is beyond me, i cant even bear him on the radio !

SaraOnSaturday · 09/05/2026 08:13

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/05/2026 22:52

Who is this Rhian? 👀👀👀

Rhian Sugden. Vernon met her in a nightclub and pursued her. Google it. You may be surprised!

Thepeopleversuswork · 09/05/2026 08:21

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/05/2026 20:34

I've gone from thinking hes a hot husband to being absolutely disgusted by the man 🤢🤢

He married up, ive decided - now hes free to get with a love islander

This. He’s an oik. She probably fancied him like crazy for about a year and then thought “What the fuck have I done?” He’s dull, vulgar and a cheat. Some of the news coverage also made it sound like he was a booze hound, which isn’t charming in a middle aged father.

She’s probably chuffed to have finally got rid.

SaffySaffron · 09/05/2026 08:22

SaraOnSaturday · 09/05/2026 08:13

Rhian Sugden. Vernon met her in a nightclub and pursued her. Google it. You may be surprised!

https://share.google/nSDkdQizhmVwLK3oh

Apologies for the source, but I googled as the PP suggested. I'm gobsmacked.

He was at it in 2010 and 2016, arranging to meet up in a hotel. I'm surprised Tess stuck it this long.

PhuckTrump · 09/05/2026 08:28

LizzieSiddal · 08/05/2026 21:28

I thought she looked ill on the last series of Strictly, I image getting rid of her twat if a H will make her feel much better.

Go Tess, you deserve so much better.

Me too. I kept saying to DH how thin she was getting. Poor Tess…she must have been going through a lot.

hidingmynuts · 09/05/2026 08:31

SaffySaffron · 09/05/2026 08:22

https://share.google/nSDkdQizhmVwLK3oh

Apologies for the source, but I googled as the PP suggested. I'm gobsmacked.

He was at it in 2010 and 2016, arranging to meet up in a hotel. I'm surprised Tess stuck it this long.

Yeah he is so repulsive. He presented the awards at a ceremony I was at last year and he came across as so slimy, patronising and arrogant, like PP, I dont know what Tess sees in him.

He's not even attractive!

Crucible · 09/05/2026 08:32

It sounds almost identical to the initial announcement made by Hugh Jackman and Debora Lee Furness. Which didn't age well at all.

SaffySaffron · 09/05/2026 08:33

hidingmynuts · 09/05/2026 08:31

Yeah he is so repulsive. He presented the awards at a ceremony I was at last year and he came across as so slimy, patronising and arrogant, like PP, I dont know what Tess sees in him.

He's not even attractive!

Hopefully Radio 2 will bin him.

TheHillIsMine · 09/05/2026 08:37

She wrote a book and I felt a bit sorry for her as all his sexting came out so no promotion for her with it as she was dealing with his betrayals.

ClearFruit · 09/05/2026 08:58

mumofoneAloneandwell · 08/05/2026 20:36

Gave me Richard madley vibes

Pretty but dumb and faithful

Now - eurgh

You think RICHARD MADELEY is pretty?!!!!