Christine McGuinness has confessed she saw ‘a sex show’ during her first date after her split from her ex Paddy as she opened up about blurring the lines with her friends while she was single.
The TV personality and Paddy separated in 2022 after 11 years of marriage, but continue to live together in their shared home for the sake of their three children – twins Leo and Penelope, and Felicity.
Speaking on her podcast, Situationships with Sophie and Christine, the blonde beauty explained that after months of talking to a woman, she finally agreed to travel down to London.
And while she said she ‘planned everything so nothing could go wrong’ she was hit with a few surprises as she says she accidentally saw a ‘sex show’.
She said: ‘We went to a private members club because I was trying to keep it private because it takes time to know someone and I didn’t want to be seen out and linked with another tree or a lamppost and just thrown into a situationship.
‘So we went on the date and it was absolutely gorgeous, it just went so well, we laughed all night and it went so well.
Christine McGuinness has confessed she saw ‘a sex show’ during her first date after her split from her ex Paddy as she opened up about blurring the lines with her friends while single
The TV personality, 37, has explained that her ex-husband (pictured) and family have known about her sexuality since she was little
‘We kissed and it was just amazing and then I needed to go to the loo. She had been to this place before and I hadn’t so she was like come and I’ll show you where they are.
‘So I have gone to the loo, come back out and there is like this glass walkway going back to the table where we were and through the glass walk way there is a hotel and you can see this hotel room and it is literally like two meters away from where we were stood and I’ve looked around there was a couple there having a full on sex show like right next to us.
‘They’re having the time of their life, they are clearly not on a first date and have been there for a while but it was like a whole performance but I couldn’t not look and she went “omg” and carried on walking.
‘I was stood there like ‘”I don’t know if this should be turning me on or if I should be doing this”. it felt quite naughty because it felt like I shouldn’t be watching.”
Christine also explained that before this date she had got involved with some situationships with her friends.
‘So when I first separated a few years ago from my ex husband, it took my a while to even think about dating but I just naturally some situationships were friendships and had blurred the lines and I had done that’, she added.
Her first date reveal comes after she explained to Elizabeth Day on her How To Fail podcast, that her ex-husband and family have known about her sexuality since she was little and it was ‘never a secret’.
She opened up about how she was dating women, including one two-year ‘situationship’, before she met Paddy, and admits she wants a connection for herself and not a step-parent for her children.
Speaking on her podcast, Situationships with Sophie and Christine , the blonde beauty explained that after months of talking a woman, she finally agreed to travel down to London
She told the broadcaster: ‘It shouldn’t matter somebody’s gender. It never mattered to me, which was why once me and my ex-husband were separated and I met people, I didn’t properly date.
‘It was more like blurred the lines of friendships for me, that was normal. It felt comfortable because I’d done that as a teenager and I, as a teenager, I dated both men and women. My ex-husband knew. My family knew. It was never a secret for me.’
When asked if she has a label for her sexuality, Christine said she has thought about it but would consider herself more of a ‘free spirit’.
When asked about labels, Christine explained: ‘No and again, I’ve thought about it. A lot of people always ask me, are you a lesbian? Are you bisexual? Are you what? Is this a phase?
‘I’ve always been quite a free spirit. I think that’s the only word I would put on it. When I was a teenager, I’d dated boys and girls. 14/15 was probably when I had my first kisses with, with both, and I never felt it was anything different or a big deal.
‘Then I think where I grew up, everyone was kind of just there for a good time.’
Christine explained that before Paddy she did date women and her longest relationship latest around two years.
‘My longest was two years before I met my ex-husband and then I’ve had really, really lovely long situation shifts where we purposely haven’t put a label on anything’, she added.
‘But my experiences with women have been lovely and It’s not like women are better or worse.
She and Paddy separated in 2022 after 11 years of marriage, but continued to live together in their shared home for the sake of their three children – twins Leo and Penelope, and Felicity
‘It’s simply that the connection for me is different. I need a connection now. I need something different.
‘I really, really, honestly, I love my family and Patrick is part of my family and he always, always will be. But now for my next relationship, I know what I want and I want someone for me.
‘I want someone that I like spending time with, we can do stuff together that we both enjoy. I want that emotional connection where I can be open and I can talk and I can be vulnerable and I can ask for help, but I can also have a laugh and just have a good time.
‘It’s not like I’m trying to find a new family unit or someone to come in and be a stepparent. I want my next relationship to be for me.’
