Christine McGuinness has shared the pressure she put on herself to be a ‘perfect wife’ (Picture: Keith Mayhew/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Christine McGuinness has spoken about the pressure she put on herself to spend time cooking and cleaning to show that she could be the ‘perfect wife’ to Paddy McGuinness.
Married in 2011, the couple were together for over a decade until announcing their split in July last year.
The stars have three children; twins Penelope and Leo, and Felicity.
Christine, 34, and all of her children with Paddy, 49, are autistic, with the former beauty queen now speaking about how she practised ‘masking’ to suppress her natural responses to things.
One was related to her home life, in which she held herself to the standard of practising the role of a traditional housewife.
‘I’d always wanted to be a wife so once I met Patrick, I fully went into “perfect wife” mode, you know, I’ll stay in, I’ll cook and clean and make sure I’m the best wife I can be,’ she told Psychologies magazine.
Christine and Paddy were married for over a decade (Picture: Karwai Tang/WireImage)
‘I was always pretending to be something else rather than simply just me, that’s all part of masking.’
In 2021, the family worked with BBC on a documentary called Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism, in which Christine was diagnosed with the disorder.
In July last year, the two announced that that had separated, however, they have not yet told their children about the split.
The couple share three children together, who are also autistic (Picture: Instagram)
‘We don’t want any dramatic changes overnight so it’s going to be a slow process moving forward, we don’t really know what the future holds,’ she added.
Christine also currently working on a new documentary about her own autism diagnosis, called Unmasking My Autism.
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The one-hour film will follow her as she reveals how autism in women and girls has been ignored and misunderstood by science and society, meaning that thousands of women are living undiagnosed.
As for her personal life, the TV star is yet to make any public comment, but was spotted kissing pal Chelcee Grimes at the end of last year, suggesting sparks have been flying since they met on ITV’s The Games.
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They announced their separation last year.
