{"id":2409086,"date":"2026-05-09T14:42:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:42:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2409086"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:42:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:42:49","slug":"tess-daly-and-vernon-kays-last-picture-before-announcing-divorce-after-22-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/tess-daly-and-vernon-kays-last-picture-before-announcing-divorce-after-22-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Tess Daly and Vernon Kay’s last picture before announcing divorce after 22 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Tess Daly <\/a>and her broadcaster husband of 22 years, Vernon Kay<\/a>, announced they were separating<\/a> after more than two decades together via a statement on social media.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The former Strictly Come Dancing<\/a> presenter, 57, and the BBC Radio host, 51, enjoyed documenting their home life with their children, daughters<\/a> Phoebe, 21, and Amber, 16, on their Instagram pages while they were a couple.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Following their shocking revelation, which explained the pair would be separating “amicably”<\/a>, Tess’s last post she featured Vernon in was revealed to have been taken only 12 weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Beaming for the camera, the broadcasters appeared happier than ever as they cuddled into one another and flashed satisfied grins outside the BBC Television Centre in White City, West London.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the picture, Vernon wore a dark coloured baseball cap and a grey bomber jacket over the top of a black T-shirt, while Tess sported a grey leather jacket and styled her signature long blonde hair in soft, beachy waves.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She captioned her shot: “Back where it all began at Television Centre. Always brings back such lovely memories.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Fans and famous friends rushed to the comment section to share their adoration for the long-standing TV couple, with one noting: “You two are just the best, so much love between you, both my heroes”, while another said: “What a gorgeous couple”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Tess\u00a9 Instagram<\/span><\/div>\n

Tess and Vernon posed for a selfie outside the BBC Television Centre in London <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Tess’s ex Strictly co-host Claudia Winkleman left a string of red heart emojis underneath her picture. A fan called for the couple to work together, saying: “You should do a presenting job together! Would be amazing.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vernon appeared to be on holiday with his wife and eldest daughter, Phoebe, three weeks ago, sharing snaps of himself and his child on the beach with a caption that referenced Tess’s swimwear brand, Naia Beach.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tess and Vernon’s shocking split\u00a0<\/h2>\n

On 8 May, Tess and Vernon shared the same typed message to their Instagram Stories, announcing they were ending their relationship after more than two decades.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple first met back in 2001 when Vernon was presenting on T4. They got married after dating for just two years in a low-key ceremony held at St Mary’s Church in Horwich, Vernon’s hometown.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Vernon\u00a9 Instagram<\/span><\/div>\n

Vernon was on holidays with his daughter, wearing swim shorts from his wife’s brand <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

After their 22nd wedding anniversary, they revealed they were going their separate ways in a note that read: “After much consideration, and with a deep sense of care and respect for one another, we have made the decision to separate amicably.<\/p>\n

“This has not been an easy choice, but it comes from a place of mutual understanding and a shared desire for what is best for both of us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We remain great friends and most importantly, fully committed to our roles as loving and supportive parents, which will always be our priority. There are no other parties involved in this decision.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tess Daly and her broadcaster husband of 22 years, Vernon Kay, announced they were separating after more than two decades together via a statement on social media.\u00a0 The former Strictly Come Dancing presenter, 57, and the BBC Radio host, 51, enjoyed documenting their home life with their children, daughters Phoebe, 21, and Amber, 16, on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2409087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[24188,49106,24003,392365,397509],"class_list":["post-2409086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-celebrity-couples","tag-celebrity-divorces","tag-celebrity-news","tag-tess-daly","tag-vernon-kay"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Tess-Daly-and-Vernon-Kays-last-picture-before-announcing-divorce.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409088,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409086\/revisions\/2409088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}