Nick Knowles, the host of BBC's DIY SOS, had quite a colourful love life before settling down with his fiancée Katie Dadzie.
In 2017, he shared his biggest passions in life with the Mirror, saying: "Music, rugby, motorbikes were my first big passions. And women!"
He added: "I like attractive women, strangely enough. I am very lucky that a lot of my very good friends are attractive women."
Before becoming a household name on TV, Nick was married to Gillian, and they had two children – Tuesday and Charlie.
After their marriage ended, he dated beauty therapist Paula Beckett-Vass for two years, who gave birth to his son Tyrian-J.
In 2000, he fell for TV and radio presenter Suzi Perry after meeting her on the set of City Hospital but they broke up three years later.
He met his second wife, Jessica Moor, in 2009 and they got married in September 2012 and they went on to have a son, Edwin, in 2014.
However, they split two years later but remained in contact as Nick supported Jessica through her battle with cervical cancer.
In 2016, Emmerdale actress Gemma Oaten and Nick were spotted looking quite close at the TV Choice Awards. He even took her on a romantic getaway to Edinburgh.
Gemma shared that after their photos together surfaced, Nick ended things abruptly. She said: "One Sunday morning we were lying in bed and all these texts came through about us being photographed together.
"In an instant, he completely changed. It was all about him and how it was going to affect his family. It was really cruel as he said it didn't matter for me. I felt sick."
She continued: "I said, 'Do you want to throw away what we have? We have done nothing wrong'. But he just dropped me like a ton of bricks. I thought it was a real relationship and he wasn't afraid to let others know."
Gemma confessed that her experience with Nick had affected her confidence and taught her to be more cautious when dating.
Nick defended himself by revealing that he and Jessica had reunited after a challenging year involving "a miscarriage, the breakdown of our marriage and cancer".
He expressed his thoughts in a lengthy Twitter post: "Life is not about what happens to you, it's about how you deal with it. This year we faced a miscarriage, the break down of our marriage and cancer without being disrespectful about each other at any point."
"We are saddened for each other and for the sake of our young son that this is being played out so publicly. The story in today's paper is something that happened (in the space of less than one week) during a turbulent, traumatic time and more to the point – whilst we were separated."
After his wife recovered from cervical cancer, Nick and Jessica decided to give their marriage another go. However, their relationship ended for good in December 2016 when Nick filed for divorce. Jessica said she was "blindsided" by his decision.
Nick expressed: "She's the most beautiful person with the biggest heart and I regret very much some of the things that have happened and the fact we haven't been able to make it work. But it's time to move on."
Within a year, he was spotted with TOWIE star Pascal Craymer. In September 2017, Pascal spoke about their budding romance: "He's so lovely. We're seeing how it goes. He gets portrayed badly but he's a nice guy."
However, when he denied they were dating, she reacted negatively, accusing him of having "a mid-life crisis". A source close to Nick called Pascal's claims "bonkers", saying the presenter had only met up with her as a favour to her manager.
Days after his last dinner date with Pascal in September 2017, Nick was seen wooing Lark Rise to Candleford actress Olivia Hallinan, 38. Then in early October 2017, he was pictured with another new lady, fantasy author Julia Suzuki.
Nick was then spotted at the Childline Ball with a lovely brunette, 33 year old martial arts expert Della O Sullivan. Not long after, he was seen getting a cheeky kiss from 22 year old Love Island celeb Georgia Harrison.
In early 2018, Nick's short-lived romance with marketing executive Rebecca Kearns, who was 30 years his junior at 25, came to light. However, by July 2018, they had parted ways after eight months together.
"I'm not into dating," Nick confessed to the Mirror. "I'm more focused on spending time with my son in the countryside."
Nick has been open about his struggles with commitment in relationships, admitting in 2008: "My relationships have pretty much followed a pattern. They last six months and start off with me explaining that I work a lot, so will have commitment issues."
"The women involved agree that that is fine, then after a month I get a phone call saying, 'This isn't on'. After three months we split up, then get back together. After five, there's another tussle. At six it's all off."
In a 2019 radio chat with DJ Chris Moyles, the star seemed to enjoy his reputation as a ladies' man. When asked if he ever had "a thing" with Natalie Imbruglia, he didn't deny it. But he did make it clear he knew her well.
On the show, Nick shared: " I wouldn't describe it as a thing… Well, we were just sort of friends at the time. It was a long time ago – she was very beautiful, bright and very funny. "
He also explained how they met, saying: "We went to Edinburgh to do the G8 summit, she was part of the Comic Relief show. We've done various stuff."
In recent years, Nick has settled down with his fiancee Katie Dadzie. The presenter reportedly met Katie, 33, at a playgroup attended by his youngest son Eddie but it wasn't love at first sight for Katie.
In a chat with The Sun, she revealed: "I actually didn't like him very much. We just knew each other as our kids were friends."
"I'm very shy and quiet, while Nick is quite extroverted and a complete chatterbox." But after agreeing to go for a coffee, they realised they had a lot in common.
She added: "Nick has a Peter Pan complex, he doesn't act the age he is at all. He is like a teenage boy and has so much energy, I also act a bit older, so it works out."
During an appearance on ITV's Lorraine in September, Nick revealed how he proposed: "She came out to New Orleans to see me, and I thought this would be a great place to propose but I didn't have a ring, so I fashioned one, I got nail scissors on a haribo so it had a jewel.
He shared: "She will travel almost anywhere that I'm working. When I get home, I spend time with my little boy who is just nine. Wherever I am in the world she'll come and join in too."
The couple have been together since 2019 and got engaged this summer.
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