Nick Knowles, 61, 'too busy' to plan his wedding to designer girlfriend, 34
DIY icon Nick Knowles says dating a much younger woman is helping him feel decades younger than his actual age.
The 61-year-old TV star - famous to millions for helping people around the UK fix up their homes - has been dating 34-year-old Katie Dadzie since 2021 and it sounds like they couldn’t be a happier couple. Nick was previously married to his first wife, Gillian, from 1995 until 2000 then went on to date TV presenter Suzi Perry, 53, from 2000 until 2003. He then met his second wife Jessica Moor, 35, in 2009 and the pair tied the knot in 2012 but split in 2016.
He met Katie - who designs underwear that she models on Instagram - at his youngest son's playgroup and asked her to be his third wife in July last year. Now Nick has opened up about his blossoming romance with Katie - who he says is helping him stay young.
The dad-of-four told the Mirror: “You’re as young as you feel.” He also teased those engagement plans, saying he and Katie are taking their time in planning their wedding. He said: “I’ve been away for pretty much 18 months travelling, I’ve a lot of work on and Katie’s got a lot of work on with her business as well. So we will get around to it, but no set plans.”
Nick is preparing to make Katie his third wife (Getty Images)
Nick and Katie - who designs and models lingerie - met in 2021 (@katie.dadzie/instagram)Indeed he has no plans for slowing down at the moment, with travel shows in Patagonia and Mongolia due on screen soon - and it’s these travel programmes that he is most proud of. He says: “I’ve been in TV 40 years this year, after doing my first thing on screen aged 21, and I think this is some of the best work that I’ve ever been involved with.
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“I feel incredibly blessed that the audience has travelled with me in the various different things that I’ve done, whether it be DIY SOS and the building programmes or when I wrote a movie or a drama series or when I did Saturday night quiz shows for 12 years and now the travel shows as well. I never forget where I came from.”
Nick has four children in total - three sons and a daughter. He shares his daughter, Tuesday, and his eldest son, Charlie, with first wife Gillian. His son TJ is from a past romance with former Dancer Paula Beckett. And his youngest son, Eddie, was born in 2014 and he shares him with his second wife, Jessica.
Nick has proudly gushed about being a father in the past. He said in December 2022: “Having an eight-year-old son at the age of 60 is the most wonderful thing in the world. It keeps you young, makes you see the world through new eyes.
“It reminds you of your own fascination with the world and all there is to see and do. We have a map of the world in his bedroom, and before bedtime, we go through and he names four countries in each continent. I want him to know there’s a big world out there, to travel and meet people the way I have, because it gives you a much greater understanding of humankind.”
Meanwhile, his middle son, TJ, defended him in 2018 when TV fans complained about Nick’s singing abilities when he appeared on ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!. When fans said Nick’s singing made their “ears bleed”, TJ hit back while appearing on ITV’s Lorraine, saying: "He loves singing so much, he is so musical. He plays a guitar so well. His singing isn't half bad as well. He's definitely better at the guitar than he is at singing."
*The Mighty Mississippi with Nick Knowles, is on tonight [Thursday 29th Feb] and tomorrow [Fri 1st March], Channel 5, 9pm
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