Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen cosies up to wife Keeley Hawes

It’s not Tom and Shiv! Succession’s Matthew Macfadyen meets his wife Keeley Hawes in a rare public outing at the Chelsea Flower Show…as his on-screen marriage continues to crumble

  • WARNING: Mild Succession spoilers below

Successor star Matthew Macfadyen made a rare public appearance with his actress wife Keeley Hawes on The Chelsea Flower Show on Monday.

The actor, 48, who plays Tom Wambsgans in the popular black dramedy, was smartly dressed for the outing alongside his wife of 19 Keeley, 47.

He wore a tan corduroy blazer with complementary chinos as he rocked an entirely un-Tom-esque piece of designer stubble for the annual event.

The Spooks star, meanwhile, was appropriately dressed in a pretty floral dress paired with flats, while her honeyed locks were in an elegant bouncy hair dryer.

In the latest episode of Succession, which aired Sunday night in the US ahead of its Monday night UK broadcast, Tom and his on-screen wife Shiv Roy, played by Sarah Snook, continued their bitter war of words.

The happy couple: Successor star Matthew Macfadyen made a rare public appearance with his actress wife Keeley Hawes on The Chelsea Flower Show on Monday

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The not so happy couple… The actor, 48, who plays Tom Wambsgans in the hit black dramedy Succession and is married to Shiv Roy, played by Sarah Snook (the couple pictured in the show)

Look at us: He wore a tan corduroy blazer with complementary chinos as he rocked an entirely un-Tom-esque piece of designer stubble for the annual event

Look at us: He wore a tan corduroy blazer with complementary chinos as he rocked an entirely un-Tom-esque piece of designer stubble for the annual event

In the penultimate episode of Succession Season Four Episode Nine, the stars of the show gathered for the funeral of Tom’s late father-in-law Logan Roy.

As fans have seen over the past few weeks, Shiv is finally open with Tom about expecting their child, after one of the most shocking fights.

Matthew and Kelly first met in 2002 on the set of the BBC spy drama Spooks. She was newly married to DJ Spencer McCallum at the time, with whom she shares 23-year-old son Myles.

Flower power: The Spooks star, meanwhile, was suitably dressed in a pretty floral dress paired with flats, while her honeyed locks were in an elegant bouncy hair dryer

Flower power: The Spooks star, meanwhile, was suitably dressed in a pretty floral dress paired with flats, while her honeyed locks were in an elegant bouncy hair dryer

Happier than ever: The duo have been married for a whopping 19 years (pictured in 2009)

Happier than ever: The duo have been married for a whopping 19 years (pictured in 2009)

The couple’s work friendship later evolved into romance, and she divorced Callum in 2004, before marrying Matthew later that year. They later welcomed two children: daughter Maggie, 18, and son Ralph, 16.

On how Matthew first announced his love for his wife, she revealed, “Matthew just came right out with it and said ‘I love you’ in the rain one day. I thought, ‘Oh dear, here we go.’

While their off-screen appearances are sparse, the duo were co-stars again recently when they starred in Stonehouse, which airs in January 2023.

A vision: she looked beautiful in the dress on the arm of her handsome husband

A vision: she looked beautiful in the dress on the arm of her handsome husband

Chic: They were a storm at the annual event

Chic: They were a storm at the annual event

About working with her husband, Keeley previously said this tearfully to The Guardian: ‘Ultimately, he’s an actor I would have loved to work with anyway. So yes, it was a delight.

In 2010, Keeley said sweetly of their marriage: “I love being married to Matthew, and I know Matthew loves being married too…

‘It connects everything and it is a statement to each other and to the world. Getting married and being a mother are absolutely crucial to my happiness and my life.”

A long time ago: Matthew and Keeley first met in 2002 on the set of the BBC spy drama Spooks.  She was newly married to DJ Spencer McCallum at the time, with whom she shares 23-year-old son Myles.

A long time ago: Matthew and Keeley first met in 2002 on the set of the BBC spy drama Spooks. She was newly married to DJ Spencer McCallum at the time, with whom she shares 23-year-old son Myles.

Here they are: While their off-screen appearances are sparse, the duo were co-stars again recently when they starred in Stonehouse, which airs in January 2023

Here they are: While their off-screen appearances are sparse, the duo were co-stars again recently when they starred in Stonehouse, which airs in January 2023