The children still don’t know Paddy and I have split and I want it to stay like that, says Christine McGuinness
CHRISTNE McGuinness has revealed she and Paddy still haven’t told their children they’ve split up.
The former couple are parents to twins Penelope and Leo, nine, and Felicity, six.
But Christine, 34, has insisted that – despite announcing their shock break up in July last year – she and Paddy are determined for things to stay as normal as possible for their children.
She said: “The children don’t know any different and they’re growing up in a happy and loving home – I just want it to continue like that.”
Christine also confessed she thinks she’ll struggle if Paddy, 49, ever does move out of the family home.
Speaking to Woman’s Own, she said: “We don’t know what the future holds but right now it works.
“The thought of eventually co-parenting in separate houses is something I’m going to really struggle with.”
Last week Christine told how she stayed in an unhappy marriage with Paddy because her autism left her craving security.
She said: “My relationships before I met Patrick were not very good. I’d say they were pretty bad experiences.
“Before Patrick, I had been sexually abused, I was raped. I used to pray every night that I wouldn’t wake up in the morning because it was so awful.
“When I met my husband that was a time when I was very safe and I wonder if that’s why I stayed.”
Speaking in a new documentary that will air next week, she added of their 15-year relationship: “I know that I’ve stayed in a place where I was probably unhappy because it was safe and I don’t like change.”