Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty stunned followers after they made their first public look as a pair again in 2011.
Since then they’ve gone from strength-to-strength, having been married since 2012, they’re now mother and father to sons Milo, eight, and James, 5.
And it isn’t solely their relationship which has flourished over the years, as each Cat and Patrick have each loved very profitable TV careers.
As he took over internet hosting Ireland’s Late Late present from Ryan Tubridy, cat was just lately unveiled as the brand new host of This Morning, alongside Ben Shephard.
From their first assembly on Fame Academy to secret wedding ceremony and return to the UK after bagging coveted TV roles… right here MailOnline takes a take a look at their love story.
Cat Deeley and Patrick Kielty stunned followers after they made their first public look as a pair again in 2011
From their first assembly on Fame Academy to secret wedding ceremony and return to the UK after bagging coveted TV roles… right here MailOnline takes a take a look at their love story
How did they meet?
Cat and Patrick first met in 2002 whereas they hosted BBC expertise present Fame Academy, nonetheless sparks did not fly between the couple till 10 years later.
After being mates for years, their friendship turned to romance due to his main gesture.
Last yr, Cat paid a candy tribute to her husband Patrick on Instagram as she seemed again at after they first met.
The presenter shared a throwback image from their time presenting on the present alongside a recent snap from the Irish Film Awards.
She wrote: ‘A blink of a watch and right here we’re!!’.
Previously Cat instructed the candy story of how her husband Patrick turned their friendship to romance by flying all the best way from Belfast to Los Angeles for a brunch.
In 2020 the TV presenter instructed how Patrick ‘knocked my socks off’ with the gesture on the Made By Mammas podcast, the place she mentioned marriage and motherhood.
Cat stated: ‘It was my birthday and he’d rung me, he was at a pub in Ireland and he’d rung me from the pub.
‘Bear in thoughts it was most likely about 2 o’clock within the morning as a result of they’d had a lock-in.’
When Cat instructed him she was having a birthday brunch at Beverly Hills Hotel with a couple of mates, she stated: ‘He stated, “I’ll see you there!” I used to be like, there’s no means!
‘He went home, set his alarm for 5, bought up, went to the airport, flew from Belfast to London, then jumped on the primary aircraft from London to LA, bought in a cab, instructed the cabbie on his means from the airport what he was doing, and the motive force was actually like “would you like me to attend for you?!”‘
‘He walked in, dropped his luggage on the concierge, walked in and got here and sat down for lunch! It knocked my socks off just a little bit!’
Cat and Patrick first met in 2002 whereas they hosted BBC expertise present Fame Academy, nonetheless sparks did not fly between the couple till 10 years later (pictured on Fame Academy)
Previously Cat instructed the candy story of how her husband Patrick turned their friendship to romance by flying all the best way from Belfast to Los Angeles for a brunch (pictured in 2023)
When did they get married?
The romantic gesture was the catalyst for the couple getting collectively, they usually married in an intimate ceremony in Rome in 2012.
The joyful couple secretly tied the knot in September with their shut household and mates current.
A marriage picture confirmed the pair trying blissfully joyful as they get pleasure from a celebratory drink at their wedding ceremony reception.
Their large day got here as a shock to their followers because it was just one month prior that Patrick denied rumours that that they had gotten engaged.
The pair first went public with their relationship in May 2012, and though that they had been mates for years, their romance nonetheless got here as a little bit of a shock.
It was shortly after this that Patrick moved into Cat’s £1.7million Beverley Hills mansion with plans to renovate the property.
The couple saved their blossoming relationship out of the general public eye for fairly a while after rumours about their friendship turning romantic started to floor after they went on vacation collectively in February.
Patrick, made it identified final yr that he has been pondering of tying the knot in 2012, saying: ‘I feel that could be my New Year’s decision… to get married.’
The romantic gesture was the catalyst for the couple getting collectively, they usually married in an intimate ceremony in Rome in 2012 (pictured in 2017)
Where has Cat labored?
Cat started her profession as a co-presenter for the ITV youngsters’s present SMTV Live, for which she received a BAFTA Children’s Award, and its spin-off chart present CD:UK.
In 2006 she moved to California to take over from Lauren Sánchez on So You Think You Can Dance.
Her transfer to the US paid off, as she grew into the award-winning host of primetime reveals similar to The Tonight Show and Stars in Their Eyes earlier than touchdown her new gig, again within the UK, on ITV’s This Morning this yr.
During her stint within the US she had 5 Emmy nominations, and made an estimated £15 million fortune.
Cat’s position on This Morning will see the star reportedly lose her long-time position on So You Think You Can Dance within the US, the place she was reportedly paid £43k an episode – as a substitute choosing the position on This Morning with a reported £550k annual wage.
This Morning bosses reportedly begged Cat and Ben Shephard to take over as Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield’s everlasting replacements on the present.
Cat started her profession as a co-presenter for the ITV youngsters’s present SMTV Live, for which she received a BAFTA Children’s Award, and its spin-off chart present CD:UK (pictured alongside Ant and Dec)
In 2006 she moved to California to take over from Lauren Sánchez on So You Think You Can Dance
Holly, 42, and Phillip, 61, each left the ITV daytime present final yr and since there was a rotating group of stars on the helm.
Cat impressed viewers along with her presenting abilities when she appeared on the present in November and was stated to have left bosses devastated when she then turned down the primary gig.
However, new experiences declare that producers went again to the drafting board to try to woo the previous youngsters’s TV star and are set to announce as her the brand new Monday to Thursday host alongside Ben Shephard.
It’s potential the explanation for the sudden U-turn is monetary, with Cat set to nab a bumper payday as the brand new host.
When experiences of her becoming a member of the present first emerged final yr it was claimed she and Ben would obtain an annual wage of £555,000.
While hefty, the wage nonetheless paled compared to former hosts Holly and Phil, who have been stated to have been paid £700,000 yearly for his or her position.
However, Cat is not wanting money as she at the moment earns at the least £344,000 a season internet hosting So You Think You Can Dance within the States, the place she is claimed to be paid £43,000 an episode.
The new sequence is ready to air in March and Cat has been dividing her time between the States and the UK for filming.
Therefore it stands to cause that if Cat has modified her thoughts about showing on This Morning her contract might permit her to proceed juggling her LA gig.
Her transfer to the US paid off, as she grew into the award-winning host of primetime reveals similar to The Tonight Show and Stars in Their Eyes
She landed her new gig this yr, again within the UK, on ITV’s This Morning (pictured with Rylan on the present)
When experiences of her becoming a member of the present first emerged final yr it was claimed she and co-host Ben Shephard would obtain an annual wage of £555,000 (pictured in 2023)
Where has Patrick labored?
Cat’s new position comes after Paddy took over Ireland’s Late Late present from Ryan Tubridy.
His profession started whereas nonetheless a pupil in Queen’s University Belfast in 1991, Patrick kicked began his comedy profession by performing at an open mic in The Gasworks in Dublin.
The Gasworks was run by Billy McGrath who suggested Patrick and pal Jackie to open their very own comedy membership in Belfast. The pair then opened The Empire on Botanic Avenue in Belfast.
The young comic made his tv debut the next yr as a contestant on the National Comedy Search – a phase on the Late Late Show.
Patrick was a finalist on the present alongside Irish comic Dylan Moran.
After turning to presenting for quite a lot of yr Patrick returned to stand-up in 2006 releasing a stand-up DVD in 2007 and showing on Live at The Apollo.
And extra just lately in 2022 the Irish star took on his first stand-up tour in 7 years known as Borderline.
Despite beginning his profession in comedy, Patrick is greatest referred to as a tv presenter.
He started offered in 1993 on UTV presenting varied reveals on the community over a 3 yr interval.
In 1997, he arrange the Belfast-based TV manufacturing firm Green Inc with TV director Stephen Stewart making reveals similar to The Afternoon Show, Patrick Kielty Almost Live, and Ask Rhod Gilbert.
It was reported in 2010 that Patrick had bought his share within the firm.
The father-of-two went on to current varied radio reveals on BBC from 2015 to 2020.
In 2021, he took half within the RTE sequence All the Walks of Life, the place he talked about his childhood and the values he holds.
In 2023, the Irish star was confirmed as the brand new host of RTÉ’s The Late Late Show taking up from Ryan Tubridy and changing into the present’s fourth everlasting presenter.
Cat’s new position comes after Paddy took over Ireland’s Late Late present from Ryan Tubridy
Where do they reside?
Patrick and Cat lived in California for over 14 years however put their Beverly Hills mansion in the marketplace for $4.9 million (£3.8 million) and moved again to North London in 2020.
The star beforehand revealed the ‘catalyst’ for the household’s departure was the terrifying second Patrick and their eldest son narrowly prevented a public taking pictures incident on the Century City Mall.
The couple have been additionally eager for his or her boys to be schooled again home within the UK and be nearer to their family and friends.
The household have been again in LA final yr, however solely quickly, with Cat telling The Telegraph that that they had relocated for the varsity holidays and would return to the UK when her present wraps.
‘You have such a small period of time when everybody desires to hang around, so we moved again to benefit from that. And then the pandemic hit…’ she defined of how they’ve settled again within the UK.
‘We did not wish to put anybody in danger within the pandemic as a result of, nicely, young children! But we’re making up for it now.
‘I taught Milo find out how to learn and find out how to journey a motorcycle within the pandemic. It was good to all be collectively.’
Patrick and Cat lived in California for over 14 years however put their Beverly Hills mansion in the marketplace for $4.9 million (£3.8 million) and moved again to North London in 2020 (pictured in 2007)
