Sir Trevor McDonald has split from his wife.
Sir Trevor McDonald
The television presenter and newscaster has reportedly ended his marriage to Jo after 34 years and he has now moved out of the £2.6million home they shared together.
A source told The Sun newspaper's Bizarre column: "It is sad but Trevor and Jo realised they weren't making one another happy any more, and that it was time to move on with their lives. Trevor is still very much in demand work-wise, and wanted a fresh start. He feels young and still has a twinkle in his eye. He and Josephine have a long history so obviously they are still speaking, and everything is amicable. Trevor has moved into his own apartment and friends are joking it is his bachelor pad. The split has been no secret from his inner circle, but for now he is very much focusing on his career."
Meanwhile, Trevor previously claimed he once turned down a job at the BBC after being told they had "come under pressure by the Race Relations Board to hire more black reporters".
The 81-year-old newsreader said: "I got a call from somebody at the BBC saying, 'Could you come over, I'd like to interview you.' There was a lot of white wine and smoked salmon sandwiches and I thought, all my ships were coming in at once. I should say, I thought getting a call from BBC TV meant that he had heard that I had done some TV in the West Indies.
"It was very, very early in my career. Trinidad and Tobago had television very late but when it came in, I read the news on television and I did a discussion programme and I thought this guy had heard this. I thought, 'Wow, I'm being offered a job on the BBC.' This conversation went on for a while and then he said, 'You know, we'd really like to have you because we have come under pressure by the Race Relations Board to hire more black reporters.' The smoked salmon suddenly stuck in my throat and the white wine tasted not as nice as it had before."
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