Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud steps out with his new businesswoman girlfriend
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud steps out with his new businesswoman girlfriend two years after splitting from his wife of 23 years
- The TV presenter, 62, was seen strolling alongside businesswoman Jenny Jones
- The pair were spotted looking ‘very comfortable together’ in the West Country
- It comes after McCloud left wife of 23 years interior designer Suzanna McCloud
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud appears to have struck up a new romance nearly two years after walking out on his wife.
The TV presenter, 62, was seen strolling down the street alongside businesswoman Jenny Jones in the West Country.
An onlooker told The Sun: ‘They looked very comfortable together and seem very much a couple.’
It comes two years after McCloud left his wife of 23 years – interior designer Suzanna McCloud, known as Zani, with whom he has a son and daughter.
Grand Designs star Kevin McCloud appears to have struck up a new romance nearly two years after walking out on his wife
Kevin McCloud presenting the television programme, Restoration of the Year
The TV presenter, 62, was seen strolling down the street alongside businesswoman Jenny Jones in the West Country
An onlooker told The Sun : ‘They looked very comfortable together and seem very much a couple’
It comes two years after McCloud left his wife of 23 years – interior designer Suzanna McCloud, known as Zani, with whom he has a son and daughter
McCloud, who also has has two other children from previous relationships, left the marital home suddenly in 2019
One of his wife’s friends told the Daily Mail at the time: ‘Zani is absolutely devastated. She came back home one day to find that Kevin had taken his things and left’
The TV star, who has spent the past 20 years charting the highs and lows of building your own home, had shared a 500-year-old farmhouse with Suzanna near Bruton in Somerset
The couple sold their previous Grade II-listed home in 2010 to Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson for £1.85million
McCloud, who also has has two other children from previous relationships, left the marital home suddenly in 2019.
One of his wife’s friends told the Daily Mail at the time: ‘Zani is absolutely devastated. She came back home one day to find that Kevin had taken his things and left.’
The TV star, who has spent the past 20 years charting the highs and lows of building your own home, had shared a 500-year-old farmhouse with Suzanna near Bruton in Somerset.
The couple sold their previous Grade II-listed home in 2010 to Fifty Shades Of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson for £1.85million.
McCloud studied art and architecture at Cambridge University, where he was a member of the Footlights comedy revue, alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.
He has previously spoken about being a difficult person to live with. ‘I’m terribly fastidious,’ he said.
‘I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family’s.’
McCloud studied art and architecture at Cambridge University, where he was a member of the Footlights comedy revue, alongside Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie
He has previously spoken about being a difficult person to live with. ‘I’m terribly fastidious,’ he said
‘I like symmetry and neatness, but my house is as chaotic as any other family’s,’ he said
Before starting at university, the Grand Designs star trained as an opera singer in Italy
After graduating from Cambridge, he trained as a theatre designer before setting up his own lighting design practice – and at one point, his company employed 26 people
His first TV presenting appearance was a 1998 guest stint on BBC2 makeover show Home Front In The Garden
Kevin McCloud and Jenny Jones look content as they step out for a stroll on Tuesday afternoon
The couple load their shopping into McCloud’s car having enjoyed the afternoon sunshine
The couple were seen carrying multiple bags each as they stepped into town earlier today
Jenny Jones (pictured) is now believed to be in a relationship with the Grand Designs star
Before starting at university, he trained as an opera singer in Italy.
After graduating from Cambridge, he trained as a theatre designer before setting up his own lighting design practice – and at one point, his company employed 26 people.
His first TV presenting appearance was a 1998 guest stint on BBC2 makeover show Home Front In The Garden.
MailOnline has contacted McCloud’s representatives for comment.
