Christine McGuinness praises Chelcee Grimes after the couple kissed

Christine McGuinness praised her good friend Chelcee Grimes after the pair were spotted kissing on a night out together at Winter Wonderland in London last month.

The 34-year-old model, who split from her comedian husband Paddy McGuinness, 49, last year, is still living with the TV presenter so they can be parents to their children Penelope, nine, Leo, nine and Felicity, seven. .

But he has enjoyed spending time with singer Chelcee, 30, with Christine opening up about their close friendship in a new interview.

Chelsea has been great. We laugh so much together and she obviously lives up north too, but I love catching up with everyone from The Games whenever I can,” she said. Sun.

“They all have a big place in my heart, because it really changed my life.”

Former The Real Housewives of Cheshire star Christine and former footballer Chelcee both appeared at The Games last year, with Christine finishing ninth and Chelcee second.

Partner: Christine has been enjoying spending time with singer Chelcee, with Christine telling The Sun: ‘Chelcee has been great’

In December, the couple was seen putting on a cozy display while strolling through Winter Wonderland in London’s Hyde Park.

They were seen kissing and walking hand in hand at the festive event.

While Christine has parted ways with Paddy, she insists she will always keep his last name, telling the publication: “I’ll stick with McGuinness.” It’s something I’ve always said, even when we’ve been joking about it in the past.

Split: Paddy and Christine announced they were going their separate ways in August last year, but still live together

‘I want to keep the same name as my children, but will eventually change to ‘Miss’.’

Christine and Paddy announced that they had separated in July last year after 11 years of marriage, but later revealed that they called it quits earlier in the year.

speaking to OKAY! Magazine On the split, Christine shared: ‘We’re friendly. I am very happy that he is there with the children and it is good for them to see that mom and dad are doing well. We can sit down and have a cup of tea together and that’s fine.’

Sharing a joint statement at the time they announced their separation last summer, the couple wrote on social media: “We hadn’t planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready, but after the lack of privacy surrounding our personal lives, we we feel abandoned.” there is no other option than to clarify.

‘Some time ago we made the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue to love and support our children.

“It was not an easy decision to make, but we are moving forward as the best parents we can be to our three beautiful children. We will always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship and we still live happily together in our family home.

“We hope this will now put an end to further unwanted and unnecessary intrusions into our private lives.

‘Although we work in full view of the public, we kindly ask that you respect our wishes for privacy in this matter. We will not make any further comments.

Happy and relaxed: Although Christine and Paddy have separated, she says she will always keep her last name.