EXCLUSIVE: 'I would kill the b***h who steals George from my life!' Alana Stewart and George Hamilton - who divorced 44 years ago - admit they live like a married couple and have discussed making it official (again) but are happier living apart

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They have been divorced for 44 years, but George Hamilton and his ex wife Alana Stewart admit that they live like a married couple today.

The couple said they have discussed remarrying - but are happier living apart while enjoying the close intimate friendship and bond of marriage, they revealed in an exclusive interview with DailyMailTV.

However, model and actress Alana confirmed she remains 'in love' with George and the 73-year-old admitted that she would be heartbroken if the film and TV actor found another partner today. 

Displaying her passion, she announced 'I would kill the b***h' who steals George from her life.

George confessed that should she ever want a new husband then he would demand to move in with them.

George Hamilton and Alana Stewart have been divorced since 1975 - 44 years ago, yet still  remain close friends, revealing to DailyMailTV they live like a married couple 

Alana admitted she is still 'in love' with George and told DailyMailTV she would 'kill the b****' who steals George from her life

During an on-camera chat, the star couple, who divorced in 1975, could not keep their hands off one another as they opened up about their loving bond.

Alana admitted that George, who has appeared in a string of movies since the 1960s, remains a step father to her two grown kids from her failed marriage to Rod Stewart.

Tanned George could not stop making jokes about his ex wife, but yet got serious confirming he missed the model and mother of three on a daily basis when they were apart.

George and Alana spoke as they cosied up and joked for our camera on the red carpet for the world premiere of The Cavern Club: The Beats Goes On for BritWeek LA's opening night gala event.

Asked about tying the knot for a second time, he could not stop joking about popping the question for a second time saying: 'I thought about it and then there was a guide dog.'

He then played up to cameras, while playing down his feelings for Alana, who asked 'is this a proposal?' before he fired back: 'I go deaf in this ear. I am so sorry.'

George said: 'We have talked about marriage many times. In retrospect our relationship has been just as good. And even when we were apart you would bring your other ex husband to dinner and I got along fine with him.'

Joking about her second husband Rod Stewart. George added: 'He seemed like a nice fella. He had an accent.'

Alana and George appear to have grown closer since they opened up their homes for cameras on E!'s reality show Stewarts & Hamiltons in 2015 for one season

The couple admitted that they are happier living apart but maintain and intimate friendship and bond of marriage, sharing their son Ashley 

Alana confirmed that their relationship is a success thanks to independence, saying:  'I know the secret - we do not live together'

George and Alana may be together in private, but publicly he still plays coy about his closeness to his former wife.

Asked how he would feel, should Alana find love again, he reacted: 'No I wouldn't be heartbroken, whatever makes her happy. She would let me move in. You would let me move in wouldn't you?'

Alana's second husband was Rod Stewart. She says their children see George as a step father

The two time divorcee looked upset and added that if George found a new lady: 'I would feel an empty space in my life. And I would probably kill the b***'

George added: 'She is tough. We have been good friends and we will remain good friends and we are there for each other's children.'

Alana confirmed that their relationship is a success thanks to independence 'I know the secret - we do not live together.'

George chimed in: 'You start with the divorce and then you think ''Jesus, there is something I am missing today'', and then you realize it is your ex wife. So you call up your ex wife and say ''what are you doing'' - they say they are busy and all of a sudden you are jealous. Then you realize it is jealousy for the dog groomer.

'So we go over and interact. We still have a family life, but we live our own lives.'

Revealing that their dates cause squabbles, he joked: 'I am always late, because she is picking me up. I used to drive when we were married. '

Alana smiled: 'I run a tight ship. And he says ''I have got to try to do better.'''

George boasted: 'The truth of the matter is that we really do have a wonderful relationship and with cell phones it is even better,because we can talk to each other and not have to be there.'

Alana added: 'The other thing truthfully is he has always made me laugh and I think I make him laugh and that is the most important thing.

'And in the end is if you have a friendship, care about each other and have a good time together you can make each other laugh.'

Alana praised George for his generous and kind-hearted nature, which meant they stayed close even though their 1972 nuptials only lasted three years.

'The most important thing when you have a divorce especially when you have a child, which we do is to stay friends and we have always managed to do that. And the truth is after all these years we are like family.

'I have his back and I know he has mine. We have our son Ashley and my other two kids Sean and Kimberly think of him as a step father, even though it is in reverse. He is a great person and I have a lot of love and respect for him.'

Admitting the pair, holding hands, has worked through their post divorce problems, she continued: 'You just have to remember what you loved about the person and remember the positives not the negatives and you have to move forward. The most important thing in life is friendship, love and caring about other people.'

'We have talked about marriage many times. In retrospect our relationship has been just as good,' the couple said. Pictured in 2005 at a Vanity Fair Oscar Party 

The pair made the comments at the world premiere of BritWeek 2019's screening of 'The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On,' a documentary hosted by John Lennon's sister, Julia Baird, paying tribute to the 'cradle of British pop music'

George remarked that the pair remain close as 'we never did anything little to each other or hurtful. We never respected each other. And there are times in life where people have to go in their own direction even if it is a vacation - so we took a couple of years off.'

Alana confirmed: 'We never fought over anything. We had an amicable divorce. We did not fight over silverware and furniture.'

George cheekily kicked back: 'We fight day and night.'

Alana chucked: 'You see why it lasts because we do not live together,'

George could not stop throwing out one liners and spoke of living in separate homes: 'You get time to get your cut man to fix you up. If you have got a good make up man it makes you feel better.'

George could not even dishing up jokes about how they publicly look more in love than in their 70s heyday.

George cracked the gag: 'The agency sent me over, and said she would be blonde, pretty and it worked out.'

Alana posted a photo in 2015 of their informal wedding in 1872. They stayed close even though their nuptials only lasted three years

Alan and George appear to have grown closer since they opened up their homes for cameras on E!'s reality show Stewarts & Hamiltons.

The 2015 one season run blended families of Alana and her children Kimberly Stewart, Ashley Hamilton and Sean Stewart with George.

On the show George upset Alana when boasting he was ready to find a new lover.

The soap opera legend announced it was important that he searches for 'women of substance.'

However as playboy George headed out on dates, he admitted that 'I felt like I was cheating on her.'

Since then George has not seriously chased any other women and speaks daily to Alana.

The pair attended the world premiere of BritWeek 2019's world premiere screening of 'The Cavern Club: The Beat Goes On,' a documentary hosted by John Lennon's sister, Julia Baird, paying tribute to the 'cradle of British pop music.'

After the documentary screening, they joined stars like Nigel Lythgoe and Priscilla Presley to see a show from the Cavern Club Beatles, the first and only resident band endorsed by the Cavern Club.