Christine McGuinness "extremely vulnerable" after Paddy split
Christine McGuinness has candidly discussed her feelings on being a single mum after splitting from Top Gear presenter Paddy last summer.
The pair were married for 11 years and share 8-year-old twins Penelope and Leo, and 6-year-old Felicity, who all have autism.
In her latest documentary Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism, which aired on BBC One this week, the model got teary-eyed while reflecting on her new reality.
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"I was only 19 when I met Patrick and for the last 15 years my role has been wife and mum," she told the cameras.
"When I got diagnosed [with autism], I set out on a personal mission to figure out who I was, because I've played that many different roles in life and not really knowing which part of it was actually me, or who or which one was mostly me."
Christine went on to further comment: "So I'm clearing out because I literally had a wardrobe full of clothes to wear how I thought I was supposed to look and you're not actually supposed to look like anything or anyone other than yourself.
"I've also separated with my husband in the process and I'm just, yeah, shedding I suppose, shedding my old identity, trying to figure out what my new one is."
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Her emotions soon got the better of her while broaching the subject of being single.
"I know being a single woman, being a single parent is an extremely vulnerable place to be, and it petrifies me, it absolutely petrifies me but that's life," Christine admitted.
"Sorry, I don't want to get upset [...] I know that I've stayed in a place where I was probably unhappy because it was safe and I don't like change, and ultimately I wanted to keep my family together."
Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism is available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
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