Richard Madeley reveals he and wife Judy Finnigan sleep in separate beds as he makes candid confession about their 38-year marriage

Richard Madeley has revealed he and his wife Judy Finnigan sleep in separate beds.

The iconic duo first met in the 1980s while working at ITV Granada Television, before tying the knot in 1986.

Richard appeared on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast and made a candid confession about his and Judy’s long-term partnership.

Richard revealed that he sleeps in the spare room when he presents Good Morning Britain because he has to wake up in the middle of the night and doesn’t want to disrupt Judy’s sleep.

“When I’m doing Good morning Great Britain I sleep in the guest room,” Richard admitted.

The iconic duo first met in the 1980s while working at ITV Granada Television, before tying the knot in 1986.

‘I probably sleep a little better in bed with Judy, but I can do just fine on my own too.’

On the possibility of disrupting Judy’s sleep with the early awakening, he added: ‘I wouldn’t dream of doing that to Judy.

“Aside from anything else, you can’t mess with Judy and her sleep.”

Richard and Judy recently reflected on their relationship their Channel 5 documentaryOur Best Bits – In Our Own Words, broadcast in the summer.

The pair spoke about the first time they met in Granada and the initial chemistry between them.

Judy was married to journalist David Henshaw at the time and Richard was in the middle of a divorce from his first wife Lynda.

Judy said: “I remember on your first day you walked into the newsroom, you were wearing a ridiculous sky blue suit… you just looked like a pr**.

“I was appointed as your babysitter, in Grenada they had a system whereby the newcomer was assigned a father or mother to literally show him the ropes, and I was your mother.”

Richard appeared on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast and made a candid confession about his and Judy’s long-term partnership (pictured in July)

Richard revealed that he sleeps in the guest room when he presents Good Morning Britain because he has to wake up in the middle of the night and doesn’t want to disturb Judy’s sleep

Reminiscing, Richard said: ‘I suddenly felt two hands on my neck and I heard a voice say, ‘I’m your mother’ and I turned around and it was this beautiful blonde.

“It seemed like an odd thing to say, so I was like, ‘What?’” So yeah, she was my assigned mother.”

Opening up about their first kiss, the pair revealed it was after a day’s work in Blackpool in the back of a black cab.

‘We were filming in Blackpool, we spent a really long day filming promos, we really hit it off. We ended up getting a black taxi, as the crew were away we headed back to Manchester which was a good hour away.

‘It was in the darkness of the taxi that we really fell for each other and kissed.’

It comes after their daughter Chloe revealed her parents ‘really struggled’ at times during their 38-year marriage.

The couple married and subsequently welcomed children Jack and Chloe, while also forging a successful presenting career together, with shows including This Morning and their own teatime magazine show.

It comes after their daughter Chloe revealed her parents ‘really struggled’ at times during their 38-year marriage (pictured in 2013)

The couple married and subsequently welcomed children Jack and Chloe, while also forging a successful presenting career together, fronting shows including This Morning and their own teatime magazine show (pictured in 2020)

And in a new interview, daughter Chloe, 37 – who recently split from husband James Haskell – opened up about how her parents coped with their four-decade relationship as she revealed the secret of their long-term union.

When asked how her parents had maintained such a long-lasting marriage, she explained Poet magazine: ‘They would honestly say the same thing: that the secret to such a long marriage is that they don’t get divorced.

‘They have been together for over 40 years and during that time there have been times when things have been really tough for them, but they kept going and stayed together. I don’t think it was ever bad enough that they broke up.’

The personal trainer then praised the pair for setting a “pretty gold standard,” before noting that she had “hit the jackpot” when it came to parents.

Despite their successful union, Chloe admitted that she never felt any “pressure” from her parents to go through with her own marriage.