Cat Deeley admits to ‘spiralling’ after Patrick Kielty split
Cat Deeley has opened up about her ‘sleepless nights’ and admitted she can find herself ‘spiralling’, one year on from her shock split from Patrick Kielty. The This Morning presenter and Late Late...
08/10/2026 Cat Deeley has opened up about her ‘sleepless nights’ and admitted she can find herself ‘spiralling’, one year on from her shock split from Patrick Kielty. The This Morning presenter and Late Late Show host stunned fans when they announced last July that they had decided to end their marriage after almost 13 years together.
The couple, who married in Rome in September 2012, continue to co-parent their two sons, Milo, 10, and James, eight. Cat Deeley. Pic: ITV Speaking to The Sun , Cat, 49, admitted that she worries about her children more now and sometimes finds herself lying awake at night thinking about their futures.
‘I probably worry about the kids more now than I did then [when they were younger]. I just want them to be happy, and I tend to worry a little bit too much,’ she confessed. Cat went on to reveal that her worries can spiral when she cannot sleep.
Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty. Pic: Damien Eagers/PA Archive/PA Images ‘Sometimes when I can’t sleep at night, I go into this kind of spiral of, “Will they be happy, and will they find something that they love to do?” and “Will they find someone to love?” ‘You just want the best for them,’ she said.
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The presenter also praised the support system around her, including her nanny, who she described as her ‘right-hand woman’. Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley. Pic: FOX/FOX Image Collection via Getty Images ‘I have a great team of people around me.
I have a brilliant nanny who’s basically my right-hand woman. She’s just ace,’ Cat said. It comes after Cat previously opened up about how she and Patrick, 55, have managed co-parenting since their split.
During an interview with The Sunday Times last month, Cat was asked how the former couple divide their time with their two sons. Patrick Kielty and Cat Deeley. Pic: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for BHH ’50-50,’ she replied, adding: ‘It’s about being as organised as you can possibly be.
Everybody’s doing their best.’ Cat and Patrick shocked fans last July when they announced that their marriage was coming to an end. In a joint statement at the time, they said: ‘We have taken the decision to end our marriage and are now separated. There is no other party involved.
‘We will continue to be united as loving parents to our children and would therefore kindly ask for our family privacy to be respected. There will be no further comment.’ The couple had been splitting their time between the UK and Ireland in the years leading up to their separation due to their respective work commitments.
Reports at the time claimed the distance had put a strain on their relationship, with Cat based in England for her role on This Morning while Patrick continued to work in Ireland. The pair first met when they co-hosted Fame Academy in 2002 before tying the knot a decade later. They previously lived in Los Angeles for 14 years before moving to the UK around five years ago.
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