Jim Davidson’s life-long row with Bruce Forsyth after replacing him on The Generation Game

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Jim Davidson revealed his bitter secret feud with the late  Bruce Forsyth after replacing him on The Generation Game.

Jim, 63, took over from Brucie in 1995 on the hit BBC show and the late showbiz legend was so bitter about it, he never spoke to him again.

Jim said: “One day there was a knock on the door and a man said, ‘Jim, we are recording The Generation Game tomorrow and Bruce has gone sick. Can you step in to do it?’

“I said I would give it a go," he previously told The Mirror. "I was not particularly good, but it made Bruce get better really quickly.

“When negotiations came for Series 34 for Bruce they used me as a chess piece to say, ‘We can’t go to that [his fee], Bruce. 'We have this guy.’"

TV icons: Des O'Connor, Ernie Wise, Bruce Forsyth, Mike Yarwood and Jim (Image: Getty)

"I took over and I don’t think Bruce was very happy. He did not speak to me again for the rest of his life. He did not speak to me much anyway. I was always the upstart.

“So I did it and I loved it. It was fantastic.” He also spoke of Mel and Sue bringing back The Generation Game a few years ago. He said: “It was of its day. I would rather watch Ant and Dec do it.”

Meanwhile, a few months ago the 70-year-old announced he is set to marry for the sixth time after showing off his new 47-year-old fiance at a recent party, just months after splitting from wife number five.

He went public with new fiancee Natasha at a showbiz bash and has fallen head over heels, telling pals about his plans to marry his latest love. She will become his next wife after he split from Michelle Cotton in 2023 after 14 years of marriage.

Jim's feud with Bruce was never resolved (Image: Getty)

It comes after his previous four divorces are believed to have cost him up to £60million. Jim married first wife Su Walpole in 1971, with the couple divorcing just one year later.

The couple share daughter Sarah Walpole-Davidson together. He then married Julie Gullick in 1981, with whom he had his eldest son Cameron, reports the Mirror.

Julie and Jim divorced five years later in 1986. His third marriage to Allison Holloway lasted just one year, with the pair divorcing in 1988.

Bruce on The Generation Game (Image: Getty)

Jim wed their fourth wife, Tracy Hilton, in 1990, and the couple went on to have three children - 33-year-old Charlie, 31-year-old Fred and Elsie, 30. They divorced 10 years later in 2000.

In his long-lasting relationship with his now ex-wife Michelle, he said: "She is a very nice person. She's impatient, she's fiery like me. She's a bear-poker and her mum says, 'Well you need that.'" He added at the time: "I hope I'm with Michelle for the rest of my life, there's no one better I'd want to spend the rest of my life with. Liz Hurley, perhaps?"

A spokesman for the comedian said after his latest divorce: "It's very sad, the couple have lots of mutual friends, but with Jim spending so much time away gigging and working on his TV channel the split is only natural."