Jay Blades ‘cuts ties’ with The Repair Shop bosses as he steps back from BBC show amid marriage split
JAY Blades has taken a swipe at The Repair Shop after stepping back from the show amid his marriage split.
The Sun revealed earlier this week how the beloved star was absent as filming on the BBC show resumed.
Jay’s sudden disappearance from The Repair Shop came six days after his wife Lisa announced their marriage was over.
Jay also revealed last month his uncle Richard Brathwaite had been killed.
The furniture restorer has been The Repair Shop’s lead presenter since its launch in 2017.
And now Jay has taken a subtle dig at the programme, which beat ITV’s This Morning for best daytime show at last year’s National Television Awards.
The 54-year-old has removed any mention of the programme from his main social media accounts, including X and Instagram.
His bios once proudly mentioned The Repair Shop, but now simply read: “Eco Designer, Social Enterpriser & BAFTA,RTS & NTA Awards Winning Presenter.”
Jay has also now unfollowed his estranged wife Lisa on Instagram, with his last snap featuring the fitness guru on March 15.
The Sun has contacted a rep for Jay.
In a shock statement announcing their split, Lisa said she felt “broken”.
She added: “The world got the best parts of my husband. I got a whole lot of everything else.”
She was inundated with messages of support and told well-wishers: “I’ve done everything right. Don’t worry. You have no idea how much I didn’t want this day to come.”
Asked how she planned to bounce back, she said: “I need to find the first step again.”
On April 29, Jay said he was taking a break from social media following the funeral of his uncle, who was allegedly stabbed to death in March in Wembley, North West London.
Just three days later, on May 3, fitness coach Lisa told her online community she had left him.
JAY AND LISA MARIE'S RELATIONSHIP
Jay got down on one knee with a ring he designed and was made by his co-star Richard Talman who works as a goldsmith on the show in 2021.
They tied the knot in a sunny Caribbean ceremony on November 2022 with just 15 guests attending.
Speaking to Hello! magazine about their special day, Jay, 52, said: “One word sums up the day: perfect.
“We had our closest family there, the weather held out and everything worked out so well.”
Lisa, 41, added: “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.”
Jay was overcome with emotion during the ceremony.
The television presenter confessed: “I think the thing that was most emotional for me was actually saying the vows.
“It was almost like I had tunnel vision and I could only see Lisa there.
“And honestly, that’s when it really hit me. I was like, ‘We’re really getting married now!’. That’s the only time I really got emotional.”
Jay was previously married to his ex-wife Jade.
The pair, who split up in 2015, share daughter Zola, 15.