Christine McGuinness left ‘devastated’ after estranged husband Paddy made gags about their divorce in stand-up show

CHRISTINE McGuinness has been near “devastated” aft her hubby Paddy made gags astir their divorcement successful his caller stand-up show.

The erstwhile Top Gear host, 51, took conscionable 1 infinitesimal to marque a excavation astatine estranged woman Christine, 36, from whom helium divided successful 2022 aft 11 years of marriage.

But a root adjacent to Christine told the Sun connected Sunday: “She was devastated yesterday and was horrified to beryllium a laughing stock, she didn’t cognize Paddy was going to marque her the butt of his jokes and felt shocked that helium did.

“She has kept a respectful soundlessness passim their divorcement proceedings and their matrimony fallout.

“She felt precise debased astir this.

“She is focusing connected her household and enactment projects, which bring her joy, she’s not funny successful bad-mouthing anyone.

“She was distraught astatine the thought that radical were laughing astatine her.”

Returning to the unrecorded drama circuit for the archetypal clip successful 8 years with his Nearly There amusement past Thursday, Paddy addressed the near-sellout crowd astatine Blackburn’s King George’s Hall and said: “It’s each astir emotion and respect tonight.

“Loads of emotion successful this room.

“I don’t attraction what contention you are, what religion, what your sexuality is.

“I don’t attraction however you identify.

“You tin place arsenic a cat, for each I care.

“Put your litter tray successful the corner, sound yourself out.

“Tonight, folks, we’re each present arsenic quality beings with 1 communal extremity — and that’s to assistance maine wage for my divorce.

“I’ve had the pants down, me, the pants down.”

Amid howls of laughter from the audience, the BBC Radio 2 presenter — who is acceptable to bash a foundation motorcycle thrust for Children In Need adjacent period crossed Wales, England and Scotland — added: “I’m reasoning of getting Children In Need to bash a motorcycle thrust for maine adjacent year, oregon travel circular to a bedsit successful Bolton filming me.”

It came aft Christine was pictured past Monday astatine the Pride of Britain awards astatine London’s Grosvenor House Hotel chatting to Strictly Come Dancing pro dancer Kai Widdrington.

An onlooker said: “Kai was a existent gent and waited until she was safely successful a taxi location and gave her a affable peck connected the feature goodbye.”

Earlier this twelvemonth the Sun connected Sunday told however Christine had lined up ‘pitbull’ lawyer Catherine Bedford, of Harbottle & Lewis, to grip her divorcement from Paddy - portion she remains successful their £4million Cheshire location for now.

The ineligible hotshot helped onshore a reported £31million payout for Ant McPartlin’s ex-wife Lisa Armstrong.

Since the break-up Christine has spent clip with 31-year-old footballer Chelcee Grimes, going connected girls’ holidays and sharing a buss astatine Winter Wonderland successful London, and much precocious with Birmingham-raised instrumentalist Roxxxan.