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Who is I Can See Your Voice host Paddy McGuinness and is he married?

PADDY McGuinness is famous for being the host of ITV dating show Take Me Out as well as Top Gear.

The presenter has returned to our TV screens for BBC’s new guessing gameshow I Can See Your Voice, Here’s the lowdown…

Paddy McGuinness
Paddy McGuinness is one of the hosts of Top Gear
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Who is presenter Paddy McGuinness?

Comedian Paddy McGuinness has presented Take Me Out since 2010.

He has hosted a number of programmes for ITV and Channel 4, including 71 Degrees North, Your Face Sounds Familiar, The Keith and Paddy Picture Show and more recently Top Gear alongside Freddie Flintoff.

Paddy is also known for his work with fellow northern comedian Peter Kay.

Is Paddy McGuinness married?

Paddy is married to Christine McGuinness who was born in Merseyside in 1988.

The pair married in 2011 at Thornton Manor in Wirral after three years together.

Christine took part in a number of beauty pageants from a young age, bagging the Miss Commonwealth title in 2007 before winning Miss Liverpool at the tender age of 18.

Soon after she modelled for Liverpool-based boutique Cricket in her bikini at the Liverpool Tennis Tournament.

It was here that she met comedian and Phoenix Nights star Paddy.

Paddy and Christine McGuinness
Paddy and Christine got married in 2011
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Does Paddy McGuinness have children?

Paddy and Christine have three children — twins Leo and Penelope – who were born in 2013 – and Felicity – who was born in 2016.

After giving birth to Felicity, Christine used social media to proudly show off her three-stone weight loss in three months.

On Leo and Penelope’s fourth birthday, Christine revealed that the twins were on the autistic spectrum – and struggled with social interaction and communication skills.

The devoted mum made the revelation through a poem – and reassured them that they were “totally unique and fantastically awesome” regardless.

Paddy and Christine have three children
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What is Paddy McGuinness famous for?

Paddy shot to fame after appearing in Peter Kay’s sitcom Phoenix Nights.

He was then in the subsequent spin-off Max and Paddy’s Road to Nowhere.

This led Paddy to embark on his first ever solo stand-up tour, The Dark Side.

The Bolton-born star is best-known for presenting the ITV dating show Take Me Out.

As an actor he has also appeared in The Delivery Man, The Security Men and Keith Lemon: The Film.

Paddy began presenting Top Gear in 2019 alongside Freddie Flintoff and Chris Harris.

Paddy’s latest work will see him present BBC’s I Can See Your Voice, a guessing game that see’s members of the public try and decipher good singers from bad ones as they all lip sync at once.

Take Me Out
Take Me Out sees single men try and get a date with one of the “flirty thirty” single women
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