Three-time divorcee Charles Saatchi once said: ‘If you are a narcissist, like me, you may find it difficult to hold on to your wives.
‘I never quite understand how it’s possible to get tired of my company, but it clearly is, and with reliable frequency.’
His candid comments came a year after his divorce from his third wife, Nigella Lawson, which had been sparked by shocking images showing him with his hand around her throat.
At the time of the 2014 interview, the publicist-turned-art collector was in the early stages of his romance with beauty mogul Trinny Woodall.
But if Saatchi was perhaps feeling optimistic that this relationship would be one he could keep, it seems history was doomed to repeat itself. Now, after ten years together, the couple seems to have broken up.
Fresh start: Trinny Woodall (left), 59, has spoken about the ‘exhausting’ fresh start that has seen her move out of the house she and Charles Saatchi (right), 20 years her senior, shared
News: Trinny updated her Instagram followers about her new start away from home with Saatchi
Trinny, 59, has spoken of the ‘exhausting’ fresh start that saw her move out of the house she and Saatchi, 20 years her senior, shared.
She seemed increasingly frazzled in recent appearances on her Instagram, where she regularly shares videos promoting her products to her 1.2 million followers.
On March 14, he observed that he had “some grueling days ahead of him.”
Then, last Friday, he revealed that he had moved house. “I’ve been moving but now I’ve moved on,” she told her followers, acknowledging that things had been “a little up and down” and captioning her post: “It’s a new day, it’s a new dawn, it’s a new life”. . . .’
Over the weekend, he shared posts from a family ski vacation in France.
An emotional-sounding Trinny revealed that she was spending time at a chalet owned by her family. “I have looked at this view for the last 30 years of my life. It’s the only consistent vision I’ve ever had,” she said.
“Recently, with the big life change and moving, it was important for me to come back here with [daughter] Lyla and her family just to have that moment, to listen to the birds, to be one with nature. very healing.
When asked about yesterday’s split, Saatchi said: “Sorry, there’s nothing to add.”
Trinny and Saatchi’s affair came about after he and Nigella divorced in 2013. Having been photographed with his hands around Nigella’s neck, he accepted a police warning despite arguing that the incident had been nothing more than a “fight.” jokingly”.
Trinny Woodall sparked speculation that she and long-term love Charles Saatchi have split and revealed on Instagram that she has moved on.
During their romance, former hairstylist Trinny, best known for the hit BBC show What Not To Wear, which she co-hosted with her friend Susannah Constantine, has launched a hugely successful makeup and beauty empire, Trinny London.
Saatchi, said to be worth around £100m, is not an investor, though he has played a memorable role in promoting the brand.
At the height of the first lockdown, he walked naked into the bathroom the couple shared, not realizing that Trinny was filming a video about an LED face mask that was being broadcast live on Facebook.
Although Trinny’s personal worth is unknown, Trinny London has been valued at £180 million and is still rising.
In a 2021 interview, Trinny said that she had “grown up a lot” during her relationship with Saatchi. “I don’t let myself get away with it, so if I have some sort of outrage, he’ll say, ‘Are you really kidding me?’ And then I go upstairs and I think, “Okay, let me grow now.”
“I think that’s what happens when you’re with someone who’s been through a lot in their life, and there’s no one who’s more supportive of my business and my work in terms of being my champion.” The couple began dating in 2013 after Saatchi’s second wife, Kay Hartenstein, reportedly made a short list of women Saatchi, who had been single since splitting from Nigella, would like to date.
Three months after their romance began, Trinny had partly moved into Saatchi’s house in Chelsea. In 2014, nine months into their relationship, the couple were photographed sitting at the same table outside Scott’s restaurant where Saatchi had been seen with Nigella.
Over the course of a three-hour lunch, Trinny was seen wiping away tears as the couple apparently argued. Later, the lawyers denied that there had been a fight.
At the time of the incident with Nigella, Saatchi said that he had only been helping her “focus”.
However, Nigella explained that she had seen a cute baby go by in a pram and had commented that she was looking forward to becoming a grandmother, which had led to an argument with her husband.
She told a court that he had told her: ‘I’m the only person you should worry about.’
Nigella, who memorably accused Saatchi of ‘intimate terrorism’, added that her ex-husband had ‘told everyone’ that he was actually pumping cocaine up her nose.
Trinny has also previously experienced the heartbreak of a relationship. In 2014, her ex-husband, Johnny Elichaoff, committed suicide, after battling addiction to painkillers for 20 years.
The couple, who were married for ten years before divorcing in 2009, had a daughter, Lyla, who is now 19 years old.
In an interview, Trinny said: ‘I’m worried about being a single mother, but I get some good advice from Charles.
“She has a fabulous daughter, Phoebe, who is incredibly kind and intelligent. She has a great little girl because she raised her well.
He offered a rare glimpse into their relationship when he told a podcast in 2021: “Any friend who’s known me for years will know that I’m the most self-sufficient person they’ve ever met.”
‘I know that I pay for everything in my life, apart from the roof over my head, because I live with Charles. I am careful about each element of what I put against business expenses.
That year he also revealed that he had resumed smoking due to a very stressful situation in his personal life.
It remains to be seen if his new beginning will bring happier times.