Christine McGuinness, 38, has been direct about where her dating life stands now. I wouldn't consider a relationship with a man, she said. I only want to date women now. The model, television presenter, and author was previously married to Paddy McGuinness for 11 years before the couple split in 2022, and the two still share the same house despite the divorce.
McGuinness revealed last year that she has always found women attractive, and said she has been dating women since her split from Paddy. She described the feeling in terms she does not use lightly. There's a flame, a fire I feel when I'm around certain women, she said, and I love it. She pointed specifically to the passion and intimacy she finds in relationships with women as the draw.
The comments come alongside speculation linking her to professional boxer Nicola Adams, 43, which McGuinness shut down directly. No, she said. I literally just met her at an event. She is a mother of two and appears on The Real Housewives of Cheshire, and was diagnosed with autism and ADHD in 2021, details she has spoken about openly as part of understanding herself more fully in recent years.
Looking ahead, McGuinness said she wants to eventually be able to say my wife about a future partner, and she is currently writing a novel drawing on her romantic experiences with women. For someone who spent over a decade in a very public marriage, the clarity in how she is describing this next chapter stands out as much as the announcement itself.