Charles Saatchi divorcing Nigella Lawson after 'disappointing' the TV chef
SHAMED art dealer Charles Saatchi and TV chef Nigella Lawson are getting divorced, just weeks after photographs emerged showing him holding her throat as they argued in a restaurant.
The 70-year-op described the decision as "heartbreaking", but added the couple had been drifting apart for the last 12 months.
After the shocking photographs were published, Mr Saatchi accepted a police caution for assault and Ms Lawson, 53, has been pictured without her wedding ring.
He said: "I am sorry to announce that Nigella Lawson and I are getting divorced.
"I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women, and have never abused her physically in any way," he told the Mail on Sunday.
He added: "This is heartbreaking for both of us as our love was very deep, but in the last year we have become estranged and drifted apart."
Mr Lawson's spokesman said: "There is no comment from Nigella."