Paul O'Grady's secret wife of 28 years breaks silence on his death

Paul O'Grady was secretly married to Teresa Fernandes for 28 years

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Monde Mwitumwa TV and celebrity reporter

11:01, 22 APR 2023

Paul O'Grady died aged 67 (Image: Ben Perry/REX/Shutterstock)

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Paul O’Grady’s secret ex wife of 28 years has broken her silence on the ITV star’s tragic death.

Teresa Fernandes was married to the For The Love Of Dogs star for 28 years after the pair tied the knot in 1977.

Speaking for the first time, she has now revealed her sadness over her beloved friend's death. Teresabeplay官网手机登陆告诉《每日邮报》: "We probably enjoyed one of the longest marriages in showbiz."

Paul, an openly gay man, previously admitted he had married Portuguese ex wife Teresa to stop her from being deported.

Paul O'Grady with Newfoundland dog Peggy at Battersea Cats and Dogs Home — Paul O'Grady's secret wife of 28 years breaks silence on his death (Image: ITV/Battersea Cat and Dogs Home/REX/Shutterstock)

Despite losing contact, they only legally divorced in 2005 after being married for 28 years, but Paul said he had never been in a relationship with her.

Speaking about the marriage, Paul said: "Teresa, I call her the lesbian Portuguese barmaid, was lovely. She looked like David Cassidy.

"We worked in a club in Westbourne Grove, London, when I was 22. She was from a very strict Catholic family and was always being hassled by them: 'Why aren't you getting married?' So I said: 'Come on then, we'll get married', and we did. We were married for 28 years."

He also admitted he had forgotten he had married the barmaid all those years ago, until his manager Brendan reminded him. His manager had told him: "If anything happened to you, everything would go to your wife. It's like a real-life Corrie storyline."

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Speaking about their marriage, Teresa admitted they never slept or lived together. She also told how the pair carried on working after they got married but then eventually drifted apart and had other partners,The Mirror reports.

She said: "Paul always made me laugh and I always used to say he would make someone very happy and he was a lovely man, we had such a good friendship and it's shame we drifted apart.

"'Him offering to marry me to help me out was just one of those things that Paul would do, he would help anyone, he was very kind natured and you can see that, he would help anyone if they need it.

"I was sad when I heard he had died, I was surprised though because every time I saw him on the TV and in the newspapers he always looked so good and he was still young, he wasn't old like me at all."

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