Declan Donnelly on 'strange' aspect of Ali Astall romance after meeting at work

I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star, Declan Donnelly, shares daughter, Isla, and son, Jack, with wife, Ali Astall, who utilized to beryllium the Geordie's manager

Declan Donnelly has admitted his romance with wife, Ali Astall, was somewhat "strange" aft they met done work.

The brace had known each different for a decennary earlier dating officially and going connected to necktie the knot successful 2015 and invited daughter, Isla, successful 2018 and son, Jack, successful 2022.

Ali, 43, worked arsenic Dec’s manager for much than 10 years earlier emotion yet blossomed betwixt the pair. During that clip she watched the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here! star, 49, embark connected relationships with histrion Clare Buckfield and Sky Sports presenter, Georgie Thompson.

When Dec and Clare divided successful 2003, helium is rumoured to person taken things to the adjacent level with Ali. However it didn't enactment retired the archetypal clip around, but it was a sterling occurrence 10 years later.

When they yet got unneurotic successful 2013, Dec expressed his joy, but admitted his narration with Ali was somewhat "strange". He told The Sun: "It’s going good. Everything’s hunky-dory. It was a small unusual due to the fact that we’ve had a moving narration for truthful long. But due to the fact that it conscionable happened determination was nary large ta-da. Things couldn’t beryllium amended for maine astatine the minute."

An wrong told the Mirror astatine the clip that Ali had been successful emotion with Dec “for a precise agelong time” and stayed azygous arsenic she “held retired for him”.

And it didn’t instrumentality agelong for Dec to consciousness the same, arsenic we exclusively revealed the pair were engaged successful November 2014. Dec popped the question successful Australia portion helium was filming I’m A Celeb conscionable a fewer months aft helium and Ali moved successful together. Friends described the brace arsenic being “completely besotted with each other”, adding they had been “best friends” for a agelong time.

Dec and Ali got joined connected August 1, 2015 successful a star-studded ceremonial successful his autochthonal Newcastle, which was conducted by his brother, Father Dermott Donnelly.

His pal Ant was of people champion man. Other stars to marque the guestlist included Fearne Cotton, Paddy McGuinness, Philip Schofield, Holly Willoughby, Andi Peters, Leigh Francis, Vernon Kay and Tess Daly.

After the ceremony, Dec tweeted: “Thank you for each the benignant and beauteous messages, they are appreciated. My woman and I had the astir amazing, magical, fantastic day. D x.”

In March 2018, they announced the blessed quality Ali was large with their archetypal baby. Their girl Isla Elizabeth Anne Donnelly was calved connected September 1 that year, meaning she is coming up to her 4th birthday.

Then, connected July 28, 2022 the couple’s 2nd kid was calved – this clip a boy. Proud dada Dec revealed their lad was called Jack Anthony Alphonsus, adding helium is simply a “very invited ray of light” and Isla is “beyond excited” to beryllium a large sister.

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