Christine and Paddy McGuinness score National Television Awards nomination together after confirming split-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro

Christine and Paddy McGuinness have been nominated for their documentary Paddy and Christine: Our Family and Autism in this year’s National Television Awards, a few months after the pair split.

The reality icon and model, 34, and Top Gear star, 48, announced in July that they had separated after 11 years of marriage.

At the time, they explained that they are still living together in the family home, with their ‘main focus’ on ‘ to continue loving and supporting our children.’

The former couple share twins Penelope and Leo, nine, and Felicity, six, all of whom have autism which can make them struggle to understand or deal with change.

Christine, who was also diagnosed with autism last year, and Paddy shared their incredibly emotional story as parents to Penelope, Leo and Felicity in the BBC documentary, which has now been nominated in this year’s Authored Documentary category.

In the film, Christine learns about the future of her children and their development, and her own condition, exploring how her autism showed itself in the form of an eating disorder during her school days.

The Real Housewives of Cheshire star speaks to experts and other children with autism, while she and Paddy dispel myths surrounding the condition.

The pair confirmed they’d split after 11 years of marriage (Picture: Rex/Shutterstock)

The pair share three children together (Picture: Instagram @mcguinness.paddy)

When the documentary aired in December last year, the then-couple were inundated with support and positive messages from viewers, many of whom thanked them for showing their own experiences with autism reflected on screen.

Following the nominations being announced, Christine took to social media to urge viewers to vote, expressing that she feels ‘so blessed and extremely proud to have had the experiences from each of these shows that have changed my life for the better.’

She added: ‘I wouldn’t understand myself the way I do now without them.’

Paddy and Christine: Our Family and Autism gained immense support from viewers (Picture: Getty)

The model shared how ‘blessed’ and ‘proud’ she was (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

Christine and Paddy join the likes of Clarkson’s Farm, Peaky Blinders and The Great British Bake Off in the shortlist.

Hosting the NTA’s for a second time is comedian Joel Dommett, who took over the reins from previous presenter David Walliams last year.

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Battling it out in the ‘New Drama’ category is BBC medical drama This Is Going To Hurt, Time, LGBTQ+ romance series Heartstopper and the Vicky McClure-starring Triggerpoint.

Elsewhere Kate Garraway, Katie Price, Paddy and Christine McGuiness, who recently broke up, Tom Parker and Julia Bradbury are all up for the best ‘Authored Documentary.’

Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism is available to watch on BBCiPlayer.

The National Television Awards 2022 takes place at Wembley Arena on September 15.

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