Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones reveals 26-year marriage to producer husband is over – and he's already moved on
The actress and writer quietly separated from
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Ruth Jones with her now estranged husband David Peet
Credit: Rex
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The sitcom star won a Bafta for her role as Nessa in Gavin and Stacey
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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."
marriage
.
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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."
Ruth is best known for co-creating and starring in Gavin & Stacey alongside James Corden.
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She recently won a
T
he long-running comedy series
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.'
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Ruth and James as Nessa and Smithy
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