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5 hours ago
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Gavin and Stacey star announces separation from partner after more than 25 years
A Gavin and Stacey icon has announced they have ended their marriage with their partner. Ruth Jones, known for her role as Nessa on the popular BBC show, has said she and her producer husband David Peet have legally separated. Jones, who co-created Gavin and Stacey with friend James Corden, married in 1999. Despite the split, they "remain good friends", the couple said in a statement. Ruth Jones played Nessa in Gavin and Stacey (Image: Ian West/PA Wire) The couple told the PA news agency: 'We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. 'Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship.' Jones married Peet, a television and radio producer, in 1999. She is a stepmother to three children from his previous marriage. The Mirror reported that the pair met when she was working on a BBC Radio Wales series. Ruth Jones rose to fame as the co-writer and star of Gavin and Stacey. The BBC sitcom first aired in 2007 and tells the story of two families from Billericay in Essex and Barry in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Jones played Vanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins in three series and three Christmas specials. The show's finale episode, which aired on Christmas Day last year, saw Jones's character Nessa marry Neil 'Smithy' Smith, played by fellow co-writer and close friend James Corden. At this year's TV Baftas, Jones won the best female performance in a comedy for her role in Gavin and Stacey. Jones has also appeared in ITV drama Fat Friends, BBC sketch show Little Britain, BBC sitcom Saxondale, and BBC black comedy Nighty Night. Other roles include playing Carry On star Hattie Jacques in a BBC biopic. In 2014, Jones was made a Member Of The Order Of The British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours for her services to entertainment. It was recently revealed that Jones has landed a role in a new BBC Drama series, which is currently being filmed in Wales. Jones will play Mrs Bennet in an adaptation of Janice Hadlow's novel The Other Bennet Sister for BBC One and BBC iPlayer. She will be joined in the series by the likes of Richard E. Grant (Saltburn, Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker, Loki), Indira Varma (Obi-Wan Kenobi, Luther, The Night Manager) and Ella Bruccoleri (Call the Midwife, Bridgerton). Recommended reading: James Corden 'never ever thought' Gavin and Stacey would last more than 3 series James Corden and Ruth Jones announce next project after Gavin & Stacey finale Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones hints at future projects with James Corden Filming for the 10-part series is already underway. Director of BBC Drama, Lindsay Salt, said: "It's a joy to see cameras rolling on our vibrant, witty and clever new take on Jane Austen's beloved world. "With a pitch perfect cast led by Ella, Ruth and Richard, The Other Bennet Sister will be an irresistible treat for viewers when it launches on the BBC next year."
The Independent
6 hours ago
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- The Independent
Gavin And Stacey star Ruth Jones and husband David Peet announce separation
Gavin And Stacey co-creator Ruth Jones and her producer husband David Peet have legally separated but 'remain good friends', the couple have said in a statement. The couple, who married in 1999, told the PA news agency: 'We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. 'Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship.' Jones rose to fame as the co-writer and star of Gavin And Stacey, playing Vanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins, in three series and three Christmas specials from 2007 to 2024. The show's finale episode, which aired on Christmas Day 2024, saw Jones's character Nessa marry Neil ' Smith y' Smith, played by her fellow co-writer James Corden. At this year's TV Baftas, Jones won the best female performance in a comedy for her role in Gavin and Stacey. Jones has also appeared in ITV drama Fat Friends, BBC sketch show Little Britain, BBC sitcom Saxondale, and BBC black comedy Nighty Night. Other roles include playing Carry On star Hattie Jacques in a BBC biopic. In 2014, Jones was made a Member Of The Order Of The British Empire (MBE) in the New Year Honours for her services to entertainment.
Daily Mail
8 hours ago
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- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Ruth Jones' estranged husband David Peet revealed to be dating Gavin & Stacey star lookalike after ending their 27-year marriage
Ruth Jones' estranged husband David Peet is dating a 46-year-old lookalike of the Gavin & Stacey star - who lives in a tiny village in British Columbia, Canada. The former couple announced on Wednesday their 27-year marriage is over, claiming they split 18 months ago and are now 'legally separated'. But MailOnline can reveal Peet, 71, has now relocated to Canada to be with digital creator Jayne Charity Cook, who has made her relationship with the TV exec public via her Facebook page - which has a cosy snap of the pair set as her profile picture. When MailOnline approached Cook near her home in Port Hardy, British Columbia, which has a population of just over 4,000 people, the day before Jones and Peet released their split statement to ask if she was in a relationship with Peet, she did not want to comment. Cook, who describes herself as 'a MommaBear and being a great Friend, Lover, Partner, Daughter, Sister', also posted snaps of herself and Peet on her Threads profile in April. She captioned the post: 'Spent the weekend with my love and had an amazing time.' The 45-year-old has two adult children – Alexander and Isabella – and is a doting grandmother to Alexander's son and Isabella's two girls. She has worked as an Education Assistant at the Gwa'sala-'Nakwaxda'xw School on the Tsulquate Reserve since 2016. Jones, 58, is stepmother to Peet's three children from a previous relationship - Fiona, 35, Louise, 33 and Alex, 31 - and the former couple split their time between their two properties in Cardiff and the Scottish Highlands, where they own a holiday home. Announcing their break-up on Wednesday, the former couple wrote a joint statement, saying: 'We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. 'Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship.' The split had come as a surprise to her industry friends who believed their marriage was one of the safest in showbiz. An insider told MailOnline: 'This has come as a huge shock to people in the industry. 'They have always been incredibly private, nobody has an indication there were issues between them.' They added: 'The fact David has already moved on suggests the marriage may have been over for some time. 'You can't help but feel for Ruth - she's had such a great year as well professionally.' Jones has made a string of appearances without her wedding ring in recent months, including on stage at the Bath Literary Festival in May, where she was promoting her new novel, By Your Side. Intriguingly, the book centres around a recent divorcee, Linda, who Ruth says is loosely based on herself - fuller-figured teetotal woman in her 50s. She told her audience Linda had recently abandoned a long marriage after realising she had become 'friends' with her husband, but triggered a break up after he had an affair with a work colleague. Jones added: 'The other thing I really love about her is that she [Linda] was married and she got divorced and she gets on fine with her ex-husband. 'It was never a really great big romantic marriage. They got on fine. They had a good sex life but that was kind of it. 'They were good friends. When he [the husband] went off with Denise at his place of work, and ran off to run a cafe in Spain called Doolallies, she was quite happy to see him go.' Their split comes as Jones's iconic character Nessa finally married on-off lover Smithy, played by co-writer James Corden, in the 2024 Christmas Special of Gavin & Stacey, watched by 12.3million viewers. The episode, titled The Finale, was the last ever instalment of the comedy classic, which first aired in 2007. She previously worked with Peet on the 2009 Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special. Her performance as the no-nonsense Welsh fantasist earned Jones a BAFTA for best female performance in a comedy last month, where she was wearing her wedding ring. National institution Jones and Peet first met while filming a pilot episode of a BBC comedy and the actress once admitted in an interview her future partner was in another relationship at the time - and getting together sparked his divorce from the mother of his three children, who are all now in their 30s. She said: 'Affairs cause a lot of pain, they're not something one aspires to do. You don't aspire to cause pain to people in their life.' They married in 1999 and went onto work with each other again, co-creating Jones's Sky comedy Stella, in which she plays the title character - a struggling single mother - which ran for 58 episodes from 2012. In 2008, they co-founded production company Tidy Productions - named after Jones's Gavin & Stacey catchphrase - which made Stella, plus they also co-produced the comedy star's Radio Wales show Sunday Brunch in the same year. However, Peet and two business associates recently set up a new film production company called Toffee International with TV exec giving a correspondence address - for the first time - in Inverkirkaig in the far remote north west Highlands of Scotland. Jones is not a part of this new company. Away from the television industry, Peet owns a restaurant located near their holiday home in Lochinver, a pretty fishing village in the north-west coast of the Scottish Highlands. The eatery - called Peets - is one of just a handful of attractions in the region and sits on a sheltered bay on the edge of Loch Inver, offering spectacular views of the 2,389 feet high Mount Suilven. MailOnline revealed earlier this month Jones is frequently seen waiting tables, serving food and drink, when she's in the area, which she uses as an escape from her hectic work life. Georgia Riggins, 24, who works at Peet's restaurant said: 'Ruth has been known to do a couple of shifts in the restaurant when she's up here and we've been told that she's coming again in July. 'She's not been coming as much recently but that's because she's probably busy with her work. 'David comes up here more often. He's a lovely man and great to work for. Everybody around here knows how famous Ruth is and when's she's working in the restaurant is happy to pose for selfies with the tourists. But the locals don't bother her.' Jones is often seen walking around the village enjoying its breath-taking scenery, popping into its only convenience store or visiting a van parked by the village hall to buy fish and locally caught langoustines. David McDonald, 51, who drives around the Highlands selling local seafood told MailOnline: 'I supply fish to Peet's, and Ruth has also come to my van to buy fish. 'I must admit that I've never watched Gavin and Stacey, but I know she's very famous and can tell you what fish she likes. 'It's very quiet and beautiful around here and couldn't be more different from Ruth's celebrity life. 'She's famous for her love of Wales but the Highlands are very dear to her too but not a lot of people know that.' Peet purchased the restaurant in 2014, the year after they bought their holiday home closeby for £240,000. Their other home is a semi-detached mock Tudor semi overlooking leafy Roath Park in one of Cardiff's most sought after suburbs, worth over £1million, which they've lived in for 24 years. Jones omitted Peet from her acceptance speech after collecting her BAFTA in May, in which she paid a huge tribute to the cast and crew of Gavin & Stacey, namely her writing partner Corden whom she said: 'I love you James, I love writing with you and long may it continue.'
The Sun
8 hours ago
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- The Sun
Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones reveals 26-year marriage to producer husband is over – and he's already moved on
GAVIN and Stacey star Ruth Jones has revealed she's split from her husband of 26 years. The actress and writer quietly separated from producer David Peet 18 months ago. 3 3 He is now living in Canada where he has moved on with someone new. In a statement, the couple said: "We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. We remain good friends. "Since our separation, Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship." Ruth was a step-mum to David's three children from a previous marriage. They met while filming a BBC pilot comedy in the 1990s. David was married at the time. Ruth later said: "Affairs cause a lot of pain; they're not something one aspires to do. "You don't aspire to cause pain to people in their life." James Corden. She recently won a TV BAFTA for her role as Nessa Jenkins. The long-running comedy series aired its finale on Christmas Day 2024. Ruth Jones brings back Gavin and Stacey's Nessa one last time as she picks up comedy TV BAFTA Taking home the gong for Female Performance in a Comedy, she brought back Nessa for a final goodbye on stage, pretending to be the character as she picked up the award before an emotional thank you gave way. But speaking after picking up the Bafta statue, Ruth has teased that she and James Corden could be set to work on something new together. She said: 'I love working with James Corden, I really do, and I hope that we will carry on working together. 'I think we will. We will, because we just both, like, sort of sitting in a room together. We do a lot of napping, but we do write as well when we get going and, yeah, I just love working with him.' 3
Wales Online
10 hours ago
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- Wales Online
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and husband announce separation
Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and husband announce separation Gavin & Stacey star Ruth Jones and her husband David Peet have announced they have legally separated after more than two decades of marriage Ruth Jones has announced her separation from David Peet (Image: PA Archive/PA Images ) Gavin & Stacey star and co-creator Ruth Jones and her producer husband David Peet have announced their legal separation but "remain good friends", according to a joint statement. The pair, who tied the knot in 1999, told the PA news agency: "We amicably went our separate ways 18 months ago and are now legally separated. "We remain good friends. Since our separation Ruth is living in London and David is living in Canada, where he is in a new relationship." For the latest TV and showbiz news sign up to our newsletter. Jones gained recognition as the co-writer and star of Gavin & Stacey, portraying Vanessa 'Nessa' Jenkins across three series and three Christmas specials from 2007 to 2024. The concluding episode of the show, broadcast on Christmas Day 2024, featured Jones' character Nessa tying the knot with Neil 'Smithy' Smith, played by James Corden, who also co-wrote the series. Article continues below At the TV Baftas this year Jones clinched the award for best female performance in a comedy programme for her portrayal of Nessa. Her acting career includes roles in ITV's Fat Friends, BBC's Little Britain and Saxondale, as well as the dark comedy Nighty Night. She has also portrayed Carry On actress Hattie Jacques in a BBC biographical film. Article continues below In recognition of her contributions to entertainment she was honoured with an MBE in the New Year Honours list of 2014. Earlier this week it was confirmed she will be starring in a brand new BBC series alongside Saltburn star Richard E. Grant and Game of Thrones actress Indira Varma.
