Their agents refused to deal with each other when Lucy Kennedy asked them to appear on her TV show
Sources told the Sunday World that producers of ‘Living With Lucy’ came up against a brick wall when enquiries were made for the duo to appear on the hit reality programme.
“The team put out feelers earlier this year to offer to film at their London home and not only did they come up against a block against the very idea, but they knew something must have been up in the relationship when they discovered in their communication with their separate agents that they refused to liaise with each other about it,” reveals our mole.
Kielty will be back as Late Late host
Late Late Show presenter Kielty and This Morning host Deeley issued a joint statement on Wednesday declaring their 12-year marriage was over.
While the break-up may have come as a surprise to many, for other observers the writing was clearly on the wall in March when Cat did not attend the funeral of her mother-in-law Mary in Co. Down.
She appeared on her TV show as normal that morning, with a spokesperson later issuing a statement about why she didn’t attend.
“Cat remained at home to be there for her two young children before and after school on this very sad day,” the spokesperson said.
Kielty has confirmed he will be returning to the Late Late Show in September, which is the final year of his three-year contract.
“We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved,” the couple announced on Wednesday.
“We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected. There will be no further comment.”
The last prominent public pictures of the pair together was when they were on a family holiday to St Tropez in France last year.
Cat (48) and Paddy (54) first met on the set of Fame Academy in 2002, but both were in relationships at the time.
Kielty was previously engaged to Irish TV presenter Amanda Byram.
Cat once told Ryan Tubridy on the Late Late Show how he popped the question years later, having kept in touch with her.
CRACKS: Paddy at his mum’s funeral while wife Cat stayed in London to host This Morning with Ben Shepherd (below)
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“There was a night where it was the day before my birthday — I can’t even remember what birthday it was now! It was thirtysomething — he called me and he spoke to me on the phone,” Cat told Ryan.
“He said, ‘Oh, what are you doing for your birthday? I’m just ringing to say happy birthday.’ I said, ‘Oh, we’re going to the Beverly Hills Hotel. We’re just going to have a late brunch; it’s going to be very civilised. It’s a shame you’re not here; otherwise, you could come’.”
Back then Paddy was in a pub in his hometown of Dundrum, Co. Down, and bolted home to book a 7am flight to LA for the next day.
The English beauty was taken aback at his gesture and, at her birthday brunch, confessed she ‘slightly fell in love with him’.
They tied the knot in a private ceremony in Rome in September 2012 after nine months of dating.
If Cat and Paddy had agreed to do Lucy Kennedy’s show it would have been a huge feather in her cap.
Host Lucy Kennedy
Lucy recently let the cat out of the bag that Keeping Up With The Kardashians’ star Caitlyn Jenner will be on her new series.
Not only did Lucy confide in friends about the mystery celeb she spent time with in Los Angeles a couple of weeks ago, but she also hinted at the location by posting a picture of a swimming pool on her Instagram stories.
A reverse image search of the pool shows it’s in Caitlyn’s Malibu mansion.
The pair first met when they both attended the Benefit Awards in Dublin in 2018, where Caitlyn received the Beauty Icon Award and Lucy was named Best Female TV Star.
The first of Lucy’s series were screened on RTÉ and featured Jade Goody, Samantha Mumba, Brian McFadden, David Norris, Calum Best and Dáithí Ó Sé.
Six of Lucy’s guests have since sadly died — Jade Goody, Sarah Harding, Brendan Grace, David Gest, Christy Dignam and Dickie Rock.
Lucy (49) previously told the Sunday World that the deaths of Jade and Sarah in particular struck a chord with her.
“Both so young,” she reflected. “I lived with Jade Goody six months before she was diagnosed. I remember I was talking to her about going into the Big Brother house in India and she asked my advice and I said ‘Actually, I wouldn’t’.
“She went into the house and that’s where she found out she had the cancer.”