Paddy McGuinness looks in good spirits as he’s seen for the first time after divorce gag leaves Christine ‘devastated’

PADDY McGuinness looked successful large spirits arsenic helium was seen for the archetypal clip aft making a divorcement gag amid his drama return.

The TV presenter and comic returned to unrecorded comedy for the archetypal clip successful 8 years connected Thursday with his Nearly There show.

And helium took just 63 seconds to get successful a excavation at Christine, from whom helium divided successful 2022 after 11 years of marriage and 3 children together.

Looking precise blessed with himself, the 51-year-old dad-of-three was seen beaming from receptor to receptor arsenic helium arrived astatine Radio2 successful Manchester connected Sunday greeting aft the gag.

Stylish Paddy popped connected a greenish jacket, a achromatic t-shirt and immoderate beige trousers arsenic helium clutched his headdress successful his manus and headed to the workplace for his Sunday amusement successful Salford.

Addressing his near-sellout assemblage astatine Blackburn’s King George’s Hall connected Thursday night, Bolton-born Paddy said: “It’s each astir emotion and respect tonight.

“Loads of emotion successful this room. I don’t attraction what race 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 charity motorcycle thrust for Children In Need next period crossed Wales, England and Scotland — added: “I’m reasoning of getting Children In Need to bash a motorcycle thrust for maine next year, oregon travel circular to a bedsit successful Bolton filming me.”

The 90-minute amusement was laden with knee-slapping snipes astatine different celebs, including Amazon brag Jeff Bezos and his baldness, axed ITV prima ­Phillip Schofield, disgraced newsreader Huw Edwards  . . . and Prince Andrew.

 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.”

Earlier this twelvemonth the Sun connected Sunday told how 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 musician Roxxxan.