Paddy McGuinness shares heartfelt message about ex Christine after brave autism documentary as she watches it alone

Proud Paddy McGuinness shared a heartfelt message as the praise poured in for his ex Christine's brave solo documentary about her adult autism diagnosis at 33 while lifting the lid on living with the developmental disorder. Paddy, who shares three children with the model and reality star, responded to the tear-jerking BBC One programme Christine McGuinness: Unmasking My Autism.

Christine provided an eye-opening insight into her autism and met others living with the condition. Her behaviour as a child was misunderstood as 'being naughty' and she dropped out of school at 14 without qualifications and entered beauty pageants. Her titles included Miss Commonweath for England, Miss Cheshire and Miss Liverpool and it was through dressing up that she embraced the "power of pretending."

In the documentary Christine, 34, also opened up about her split from Top Gear presenter Paddy, which the couple announced in July last year, saying that after 15 years together "I don't know what it's like to date."

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There was a heartbreaking moment when the former The Real Housewives of Cheshire star told how the Bolton TV star had made her feel "safe" after she had suffered sexual abuse from the age of nine. "Before Patrick I was sexually abused and raped and I used to pray every night that I wouldn't wake up in the morning because it was so awful," she said.

Christine revealed she had also been diagnosed with the developmental disability, caused by differences in the brain that affects how people communicate and interact with the world, towards the end of 2021, after all three of her children - twins Penelope and Leo, nine,