Mark Labbett's love life - The Chase Beast's marriage to cousin and brutal split

The Chase prima Matt Labbett - champion known arsenic The Beast - has opened up astir his divided from Hayley Palmer, who was 17 years his junior

Mark Labbett claims his past narration ended due to the fact that of his property - and doesn't deliberation he'll beryllium uncovering emotion again immoderate clip soon.

In May this year, the Chase quizmaster, known arsenic The Beast connected the deed ITV daytime show, called things disconnected with TV presenter Hayley Palmer conscionable days earlier aft their one-year anniversary. Opening up astir their split, Mark revealed helium thought helium was excessively aged to proceed dating.

"She's [Hayley's] a beauteous woman and I was precise fortunate to day her for a year, and arsenic I said...it's me, I got old," helium told the Sun. "There's been nary 1 since Hayley, I'm not saying determination won't beryllium different one. But I'm surely not looking."

Mark joked he's a "shed man" and enjoys his ain company, but isn't fussed astir being successful a relationship. "It's not that I miss anyone successful particular, I was azygous not coincidentally for a agelong long clip erstwhile I was a 29-stone maths teacher, who knew it was rather hard to pull a spouse then. So I'm rather comfy without a partner," helium said.

Mark, astatine 59, was 17 years older than the Sky TV presenter erstwhile helium broke up with her, and they'd antecedently discussed their ample property gap. But Hayley was inactive heartbroken erstwhile they divided earlier this year, saying: "We had the champion twelvemonth unneurotic and I genuinely privation him each the champion for the future."

Prior to Hayley, Mark was joined to his ain cousin, Katie, who was besides 17 years his junior. The brace had ne'er met increasing up truthful weren't alert they were 2nd cousins erstwhile they met connected Facebook successful 2010. "It wasn't thing we were alert of astatine the clip – it was 1 of those things that happened," Mark antecedently told the Loose Women panel.

Two years aft their Facebook connection, Mark invited Katie to a personage peculiar filming of The Chase, and the brace deed it disconnected from there.

Katie besides didn't cognize Mark was a TV prima earlier they got together. "I had ne'er heard of Mark, oregon watched The Chase, but my gran mentioned him truthful I was intrigued," she antecedently said. The mates wed astatine Arundel Cathedral successful West Sussex successful 2014 and went connected to invited lad Lawrence.

But their matrimony deed the rocks successful 2018 and they opened their narration up to different parties, with Katie uncovering extramarital amusive with elder plan technologist Scott. Just 18 months later, successful 2020, the brace divided and Mark moved retired of the household home.

Now the recently azygous quizmaster says helium has nary plans to mates up again, insisting he's "content" with his narration status. "I'm 59 now, I've reached the benignant of slippers and comfy seat benignant of thing. Right present I'm successful my PJs and pottering astir the place," helium told the Sun.

"I'm settled down a small bit. I americium an aged man, I mightiness not look it but I am. I'm rather contented doing my ain thing."