The Chase star Mark Labbett’s ex-wife completely unrecognisable as they reunite five months after split from girlfriend

MARK Labbett's ex-wife looked wholly unrecognisable arsenic she reunited with The Chase prima 5 months aft his divided from his girlfriend.

The TV quizzer, 59, flashed a elephantine grin arsenic helium posed for a selfie with his erstwhile spouse Katie, 31, today, who helium is inactive legally joined to.

Taking to his Instagram Story, Mark wore a grey sweater and a achromatic overgarment portion gathering up with glamorous Katie for a time retired with their seven-year-old son, Lawrence.

Katie, his 2nd cousin, pouted for the camera and wore her glossy platinum locks implicit 1 enarthrosis portion donning a black-and-white polo neck.

The pair, who support their lone kid retired of the limelight, had paid a sojourn to the Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden for The Making of Harry Potter tour.

Mark wrote successful his caption: "Co-parenting successful London portion 1 #wbtourlondon. Little Monster loved the Forbidden Forest."

Mark and Katie confirmed their separation successful 2020 aft spending 7 years wed — blaming their 27-year property spread and beingness successful the Covid-19 lockdown for their troubles.

Mark decided to permission his woman truthful she could determination connected with her lover, Scott, aft their unfastened matrimony failed.

Nurse Kate and Mark cited his workload and worldwide question arsenic triggers down their split.

However, Mark aboriginal admitted his wife’s ongoing narration with Scott had taken its toll contempt the couple’s archetypal attempts to person an unfastened marriage.

The prima archetypal met Katie via Facebook successful 2010.

She said: “I had ne'er heard of Mark, oregon watched The Chase, but my gran mentioned him truthful I was intrigued.”

They got unneurotic successful 2012, going for drinks connected their archetypal day aft Mark invited her to ticker a personage Chase special. They got engaged successful October the adjacent year.

Breaking his silence

Just this week, Mark broke his soundlessness connected his separation from TV presenter Hayley Palmer.

The ITV prima ended his narration with Hayley conscionable weeks aft they celebrated their one-year day with a Beefeater pub repast and locomotion connected the beach.

Jilted Hayley claimed the 6ft 7in quizzer, nicknamed The Beast, said helium was ending their year-long romance due to the fact that helium did not privation to divorcement his ex Katie.

But Mark that the divided was down to him and his property - saying, "It's me, I got old".

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Mark opened up astir the crushed for the split, saying: "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."

"There's been nary 1 since Hayley, I'm not saying determination won't beryllium different one. But I'm surely not looking."

Opening up astir his azygous life, Mark said: "I gag I americium a shed antheral - a feline of a definite property that's rather contented being successful oregon retired of a narration - but loves to beryllium spending clip connected their own.

"It's primal, I deliberation it goes each the mode backmost to the hunter-gatherers wherever the antheral would spell disconnected a batch of clip connected their own.

"To beryllium just it's not conscionable men, determination are radical who really similar their ain company.

"I've got a relationship radical astir present wherever we spell retired but astatine the aforesaid time, I've truly loved this summer, conscionable being softly present etc."

Mark, who has starred connected the deed ITV quiz amusement for 15 years, archetypal wooed Hayley with his Toby Carvery Gold Card.

But the TV favourite has present admitted helium is "comfortable" not having a girlfriend, particularly aft spending galore years single.

He shared: "It's not that I miss anyone successful particular, I was azygous not coincidentally for a agelong long clip erstwhile I was a 29st maths teacher, who knew it was rather hard to pull a spouse then.

"So I'm rather comfy without a partner."

Although Mark is enjoying his bachelor life, helium is not abbreviated of offers - saying his DMs person been flooded with messages from azygous women.

He laughed: "Yes [single women are sliding successful my DMs] but don't inquire maine immoderate much than that.

"It's the eventual icebreaker astatine a party, due to the fact that radical travel up to you and whatever.

"It's fantastic but astatine the aforesaid clip determination are definite informing signs.

"Things similar 'I'm your fig 1 fan', that's ne'er a bully sign. It mightiness beryllium large for different radical successful my presumption but for me, I'm conscionable going 'oh no', defences to a maximum.  

"Ultimately due to the fact that this happened to maine precocious successful life, this occupation didn't beryllium until I was 43.

"You ne'er acceptable retired to beryllium a bully quizzer due to the fact that you thought you'd get fame and glory retired of it. The occupation didn't beryllium until 2009. I'm truly gladsome for 15 years I was a maths teacher and I had a due job.

"I inactive deliberation erstwhile I get offered work, I deliberation however galore days existent enactment would I person to bash for that.

"When I went to America and they offered maine silly money, each I was reasoning was 'you'd person to walk a just spot of clip successful the schoolroom to gain this benignant of cash'."

Mark insisted that helium is precise "content" with his narration presumption and has nary plans to dip his toes successful the dating excavation immoderate clip soon.

"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 us.

"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."

He besides confirmed that helium won't beryllium signing up to immoderate personage dating apps similar Raya, saying: "Definitely not a dating app! What's the aged phrase...when you're successful a dessert, you're hopeless for water.

"I'm successful a concern wherever we went retired connected Saturday nighttime and I got a load of radical travel implicit to speech to maine connected assorted things and you don't consciousness immoderate peculiar needs, it's conscionable bully to chat to people.

"Sometimes you've got to beryllium realistic and spell prime appropriately oregon whatever.

"While each antheral is looking for beauteous girls, I'm looking for astute girls, telephone maine strange."