HEARTBROKEN: Cat Deeley issues Patrick Kielty split update after bombshell announcement

Cat Deeley has shared a rare update on life following the end of her marriage to Patrick Kielty, revealing how the former couple are navigating their new reality while keeping their children firmly at the centre of everything.

The This Morning presenter, 49, and Patrick, 55, announced their separation in July 2025 after more than a decade of marriage.

At the time, they made clear there was no third party involved and asked for privacy while they focused on their sons, Milo and James.

More than a year later, Cat has now offered an insight into how that arrangement is working behind the scenes.

Speaking to The Sunday Times, she revealed that she and Patrick are sharing parenting duties “50-50.”

“It’s about being as organised as you can possibly be,” Cat explained.

She added that she has additional support at home, saying: “I have an amazing nanny too.”

Her summary of the situation was simple: “Everybody’s doing their best.”

Cat Focused on Keeping Family Life Stable

Cat and Patrick married in 2012 and spent years balancing demanding television careers with family life.

Their joint separation statement stressed that despite the marriage ending, their relationship as parents would continue.

“We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated,” they said at the time.

“There is no other party involved. We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children.”

The couple also asked for their family’s privacy to be respected and said there would be no further comment.

Their working lives now mean careful organisation is particularly important.

Cat is based in London while presenting This Morning, while Patrick reportedly divides his time between London and Dublin because of his commitments to The Late Late Show.

That arrangement means the former couple must coordinate their schedules closely to maintain the equal parenting setup Cat described.

Ben Shephard Shares His Own Family Reflection

Cat’s This Morning co-host Ben Shephard has also spoken about the pressures parents can face while trying to balance work and family.

Reflecting on his own childhood, Ben said he had struggled with his relationship with his father as a teenager.

“We’re very, very different people,” he said.

But with hindsight, he realised how hard his parents had been working.

“I just realised how hard they were working and trying to make it work for us,” Ben explained.

“As Cat says, they were just doing their best.”

Patrick has also referred publicly to going through a difficult personal period.

While presenting his show following the separation, he told viewers: “One of the greatest joys of hosting this show is that you’re never alone.”

Reports Previously Pointed to Difficult Final Months

There was considerable speculation around Cat and Patrick’s marriage before their separation was confirmed.

One report claimed Patrick believed the relationship was effectively over after Cat did not attend the funeral of his mother, Mary.

A source told the Daily Mail at the time that Cat knew how close Patrick had been to his mother and claimed she should have attended to support him.

However, Cat’s representative pushed back against any suggestion that her absence showed a lack of support.

“Cat remained at home to be there for her two young children before and after school on this very sad day,” the representative said.

The claim about what Patrick supposedly felt was never publicly confirmed by him.

‘Everybody’s Doing Their Best’

Cat has largely avoided discussing the separation in detail since the original announcement.

Her latest comments suggest that rather than revisiting what caused the marriage to end, her attention is firmly on making the practical side of family life work.

For both Cat and Patrick, that means juggling high-profile careers across different cities while ensuring Milo and James continue to have both parents closely involved.

The end of a marriage that lasted more than a decade represented a major personal change, but Cat’s latest update is notably free of drama.

Instead, she described a carefully organised arrangement built around shared parenting, outside support and a straightforward philosophy for dealing with a complicated situation.

As she put it herself, everyone involved is simply “doing their best.”