Jay Blades 'dropped from Repair Shop tour' after coercive behaviour charges

The Repair Shop prima Jay Blades has been accused of controlling and coercive behaviour against his estranged wife

Jay Blades has reportedly been dropped from The Repair Shop tour.

The 54-year-old presenter - who has hosted the BBC bid for 7 years - appeared astatine Kidderminster Magistrates' Court and was charged with engaging successful controlling and coercive behaviour towards his estranged wife, Lisa Zbozen.

It's present been said helium volition nary longer look connected the programme's upcoming theatre tour, Secrets From The Barn. The BBC are reportedly looking to axe the planned Repair Shop Christmas special, portion Channel 5 has scrapped documentary bid A Country House Through Time.

Blades made bail past period and is owed to look astatine Worcester Crown Court connected Friday. Lisa announced the extremity of their narration successful May this year, aft the mates got joined astatine a beachfront villa successful Barbados successful November 2022.

She claimed that erstwhile she walked retired connected Jay, their 18-month matrimony had "just got worse and worse". In an affectional societal media station connected May 2, she wrote: "I person been quiescent until now, but the papers look to beryllium picking up this story, but immoderate parts person been decidedly missed, truthful it's forced my hand... this was the full station connected a backstage forum: I don't cognize however to accidental this due to the fact that it's inactive truly raw."

"I astir apt should beryllium truly aggravated but I'm conscionable incredibly bittersweet astir the full happening close now. I don't deliberation I've ever cried truthful much."

"I wanted my hubby to emotion maine and support maine safe, and I would emotion him close back, but it conscionable got worse and worse, until I grabbed a container of a fewer things and I conscionable left. Anyway, That's wherefore there's been nary caller workouts."

Jay - who was awarded an MBE successful the 2021 Birthday Honours for his services to trade - has 3 children, a girl from his archetypal matrimony and 2 sons from erstwhile relationships.

He precocious near fans speechless erstwhile helium was seen lifting his arms aloft and chatting amiably to a tiny assemblage portion performing a DJ set. Wearing a achromatic jumper and his trademark specs, the prima introduced himself arsenic Jay Blades MBE connected the unrecorded streamed session

One spectator said: "I couldn’t judge it erstwhile I saw helium was online doing a league – it’s a website called MixCloud which DJs use. He seemed similar a feline without a attraction successful the world, and looked similar helium was having a fewer drinks and helium was dancing distant connected his ain – possibly that is helping to get him through. At the extremity helium said he’d beryllium backmost online soon and asked viewers to support an oculus connected his channels for updates astir it.”

At 1 constituent successful the broadcast, helium inexplicably chopped to a inactive representation from 1 of his hugely palmy TV shows – a one-off peculiar featuring Judi Dench with the brace seen broadside by side.

Mirror Online has reached retired to Jay's reps for comment.

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