Loose Women star Jane Moore is heading into the I'm A Celeb jungle this weekend, but could she find love following her recent divorce?
The 62-year-old announced she had split with husband of 20 years Gary Farrow in December 2022. The couple married in a star-studded wedding in 2002, with Elton John as best man and guest such as the late Barbara Windsor and Frank Skinner in attendance. They are also parents to three children - Jane's daughters Ellie and Grace from a previous relationship and Gary's daughter Lauren.
Revealing the shock news on Loose Women, Jane shared: "So Gary and I are separating. But it's weird that it's out there because we've been processing it for about a year. We're both quite private people. We had discussed it last year, and it was going to happen last year."
But the couple were forced to postpone their separation because Gary fell and broke his leg and needed looking after and time to recuperate. Jane joked: "Then he [Gary] fell - I didn't push him, just want to put that out there." So, with Gary's injury to contend with "all bets were off".
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Getty Images)Sharing the breakup was 'amicable' and they were still 'best friends', Jane continued: "It is weird because I've been sort of caring for him. That's enabled us to segue into processing it, first of all, and segue into a really nice friendship. I would always say he is my best friend. And I hope if he was sitting here he would say I am his best friend. And I'm just very, very keen that we don't lose that element of it."
Jane and Gary had hoped to sell their family home and buy separate places close to each other as they embark on their 'next chapter'. But two years on, they are still in the property after their house sell recently fell through.
Giving fans an update on her progress, Jane revealed the nightmare the family are currently going through now they are back to square one in the sale process. She said: "It was under offer earlier this year and the survey was fine, but then the house sale of the people buying it fell through and the chain collapsed. I said I would wait for them to get another offer, but they decided it was too stressful and opted to stay put."
This means Jane has been forced to put the property back on the market - while she also deals with "a hefty legal bill". She told Platinum Magazine: "Worse, as the sale fell through on the week of exchange, I had already started to clear out all the cupboards and the house looked an absolute tip. It was another fortnight before I could re-list it."
For the moment Jane and Gary have decided to make some improvements to the property, following feedback from viewings, in the hope it might help the house sell quicker, so they can both move on with the next stage of their lives. In September, she urged fans to "wish me luck".
With all that going on, it's no wonder Jane has had other priorities than her love life. Though in a recent interview with Woman's Own magazine, Jane said: "I've only just got divorced, and I'm very much of the mind that you don't have to be dating somebody to have a nice life." But they do say you meet someone when you least expect it...
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