The Repair Shop presenter Jay Blades’ wife Lisa Marie Zbozen has published a post about coping with ‘unbearable pain’ weeks after their split.
After reports emerged earlier this month, fitness entrepreneur Lisa confirmed on Instagram the former couple had parted ways after nearly two years of marriage.
Jay, 54, has not directly addressed their break-up but before it was publicly confirmed he announced a break from social media after the death of his uncle.
Now, Lisa has published a cryptic poem on her Instagram Stories titled You Deserve to be Happy – about surviving pain and ‘treating yourself kindly’ during hardship.
It reads: ‘It might be hard / to believe / but you won’t / feel this way forever.
‘Someday soon / this pain / you are feeling / won’t be so unbearable.
‘But for now / take a deep breath / and let yourself feel / everything you are feeling.
‘Treat yourself kindly / and remember / those feelings won’t / last forever.’
After their split and Jay’s uncle’s death, who was ‘murdered’, it was claimed Jay was taking a pause from The Repair Shop.
‘Jay has taken a step back and is having a break from filming The Repair Shop,’ a source told The Sun.
‘His uncle’s death in March and the breakdown of his marriage means he has decided to take some time out.’
The source claimed the BBC series is ‘carrying on without him for now and the other repairers are hard at work’.
The insider stated that Jay’s colleagues were ‘shocked’ to find out about the end of his marriage, as it was ‘not well known at all among the people who work on the show’.
Confirming their split on Instagram, Lisa said that she felt ‘incredibly sad about the whole thing’, adding: ‘I don’t think I’ve ever cried so much’.
She continued: ‘I will admit I’m crying as I type this as I can’t believe this is even real.
‘I hope you don’t mind if I just have a few days trying to figure out my life as I’m currently in a spare room with a few essentials. I don’t know what else to say.’
Jay and Lisa The couple married in the grounds of a beachfront villa in Barbados on November 22 2022.
Jay’s marriage is his second following his 2015 split from ex-wife Jade. The former couple share 15-year-old daughter Zola together.
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The Repair Shop is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
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