I’m A Celebrity and X Factor star Jake Quickenden and his wife Sophie Church have split after four years together, according to reports tonight.
“Jake and Sophie have ended their marriage but they remain incredibly amicable,” a source told The Sun. “There is still a huge amount of love and respect between them.
“Their main priority has always been, and continues to be, their children, and they are fully committed to being the best parents possible.”
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The source added that the couple had “grown apart”, saying: “Over time, they started to grow apart and Jake and Sophie have had some long and honest conversations about this.
“While they might not be together any more, they are still on great terms and are looking to the future, co-parenting together. Maintaining a happy and supportive family unit together is their focus now.”
Jake and Sophie got together in 2018, dating for three years before he popped the question during a holiday to Rhodes, Greece in 2021. In 2022, the couple then tied the knot in Ibiza.
Following their wedding day, he said that he told her in his personalised vows that she was his “soulmate” and he “thought it was an angel walking down the aisle” when he saw her in her dress.
The couple shares three children together, Leo (born in 2021) and Kit (born in January 2025) and Freddie, Sophie’s older son from a previous relationship.
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Quickenden is best known for his singing career, after appearing twice on The X Factor. The star entered the spotlight on the ninth series of The X Factor and was eliminated at the Judges’ houses.
In 2014 he then appeared in the eleventh series, and was the fifth contestant eliminated from the show, after being sent home after facing a tense sing-off against Only The Young.
He then became a reality TV star, appearing in series 14 of I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, Dancing on Ice in 2018, The Real Full Monty On Ice in 2020, and Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2021. The star was also previously in a relationship with Danielle Fogarty from 2014 until 2018.
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