Nigella Lawson has been spotted without her wedding ring.
The TV chef left the home she shares with art dealer Charles Saatchi on Sunday (16.06.13) - the same day pictures were printed of her husband grabbing her by the throat as they ate outside a restaurant - and has reportedly not been back since.
Nigella was seen for the first time since the scandal - brushed off by Charles as a "playful tiff," although he accepted a police caution for assault - yesterday (19.06.13), as she went for a breakfast at a restaurant near to the £10,000-a-week rented apartment she is staying in.
Nigella, 53, walked from her apartment to a nearby restaurant, but walked out seconds later to take a phone call. She was not wearing her wedding ring at the time.
An onlooker told The Sun newspaper: "She clearly has a lot of things on her mind. You could tell she had had a few stressful days.
"She looked light years away from the gorgeous, voluptuous woman you see on the TV. Things have clearly taken their toll."
Meanwhile Charles, 70, made no comment as she left his £14 million seven-bedroom London home which he usually shares with Nigella, her daughter Cosima and son Bruno from her first marriage, and his daughter Phoebe.
Although Nigella has moved out of the family home, it is not unknown if she has left her husband permanently.
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