Gavin and Stacey star Ruth Jones reveals 26-year marriage to producer husband is over – and he's already moved on
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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.
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Ruth Jones with her now estranged husband David Peet
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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."
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."
Ruth is best known for co-creating and starring in Gavin & Stacey alongside 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.'
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