{"id":33323,"date":"2026-10-06T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33323"},"modified":"2026-10-06T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T17:05:48","slug":"jim-davidson-confirms-romance-with-maria-rice-mundy-weeks-after-calling-off-sixth-wedding-to-natasha-says-new-love-is-too-good-to-be-true-and-admits-he-would-just-like-to-not-be-lonely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/?p=33323","title":{"rendered":"Jim Davidson confirms romance with Maria Rice-Mundy weeks after calling off sixth wedding to Natasha, says new love is &#8216;too good to be true&#8217; and admits he &#8216;would just like to not be lonely&#8217; |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-134745557,imgsize-91876,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relationship-with-natasha.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Davidson confirms romance with Maria Rice-Mundy weeks after calling off sixth wedding to Natasha, says new love is 'too good to be true' and admits he 'would just like to not be lonely'\" title=\"Jim Davidson calls new love Maria Rice-Mundy \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d after ending his turbulent relationship with Natasha.\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Jim Davidson calls new love Maria Rice-Mundy \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d after ending his turbulent relationship with Natasha.\">Jim Davidson calls new love Maria Rice-Mundy \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d after ending his turbulent relationship with Natasha.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>British comedian and TV star Jim Davidson has broken his silence on his new romance with Maria Rice-Mundy, just weeks after announcing that his planned sixth wedding to former partner <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/natasha\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Natasha<\/a> had been called off.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/>Speaking to the Daily Mail, the 72-year-old Big Break star claimed that he and Natasha, 49, actually ended their relationship for the final time around three months ago. According to Davidson, Natasha was the one who called time on their three-year relationship, which he described as turbulent and marked by repeated break-ups.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Davidson is now dating Maria, 60, a former beauty pageant winner and television presenter who co-hosted Sale of the Century and Bob&#8217;s Your Uncle with the late Bob Monkhouse in the late 1980s.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Jim Davidson calls Maria &#8216;too good to be true&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Davidson revealed that Maria is not a recent acquaintance. The comedian said the pair have known each other for decades and have recently gone on several dinner dates while exploring their relationship.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>\u201cMaria&#8217;s not a new lady. I&#8217;ve known her for years. In fact, I gatecrashed her wedding 30 years ago. She is too good to be true,\u201d Davidson told the publication.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Although he acknowledged that he is still coming to terms with his split from Natasha, Davidson said Maria has made a strong impression on him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"18\"\/>\u201cI&#8217;ll be honest, I am not short of ladies who want to date me but Maria has something special about her. She makes me feel like I&#8217;m not as useless as I&#8217;ve been made out to be,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Davidson also insisted that he is not rushing into another marriage, explaining that he and Maria are currently seeing where their relationship goes.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>\u201cMaria and I have had some dinners together and we are seeing how it goes,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8216;I would just like to not be lonely&#8217;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The comedian was candid about his emotional state following the end of his relationship with Natasha, admitting that he has not completely moved on.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"28\"\/>\u201cIt takes a while to get over something like this,\u201d Davidson said, adding that he \u201cwould just like to not be lonely.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"30\"\/>He claimed that the relationship had been difficult for some time, saying the couple would repeatedly split and reconcile.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"32\"\/>\u201cNatasha dumped me three months ago. She said I had given her no choice \u2014 but to be honest it was up and down and we would split up every month,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"34\"\/>Despite their separation, Davidson maintained that there is no animosity between them and said he would still support Natasha if she needed him.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>\u201cIf my ex Tash is ever in the s**t, she can call me and I&#8217;ll be there for her,\u201d he said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>New romance comes weeks after sixth wedding was cancelled<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Davidson announced in early September that his planned wedding to Natasha would no longer take place. The couple had been due to marry at Hampton Court, a venue that carried a deliberate reference to King Henry VIII and his six wives.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/>The comedian had previously spoken enthusiastically about marrying Natasha for a sixth time, but later described their separation as a \u201cgrown up separation\u201d and said there was \u201cno bad blood\u201d between them.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"45\"\/>He attributed their break-up partly to their conflicting schedules, saying they had struggled to make enough time for each other.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"47\"\/>The cancellation also reportedly left Davidson having to absorb a \u00a310,000 deposit on the planned wedding.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"49\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Davidson and Maria have been dating for weeks<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>The new relationship emerged publicly after a source told the Daily Mail that Davidson and Maria had been dating for several weeks.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"52\"\/>According to the source, Davidson has already become strongly attracted to Maria and had shared a picture of her on Facebook. <!-- -->The pair have reportedly enjoyed several dinner dates, with the source describing Maria as \u201cvery giggly around him.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"56\"\/>Maria, who is a mother of three, is also competing as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain Classic 2026 national final.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"58\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>His relationship history and fifth divorce<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Davidson&#8217;s romance with Natasha began in early 2024, following the breakdown of his 14-year marriage to Michelle Cotton.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"61\"\/>At Nigel Farage&#8217;s 60th birthday celebration at Boisdale&#8217;s in Canary Wharf, Davidson arrived with Natasha and openly spoke about his plans to marry her. <!-- -->At the time, he described himself as \u201ccompletely smitten\u201d and suggested he had finally found \u201cthe one.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"65\"\/>He even renamed his \u00a3350,000 yacht Lady Natasha, after it had previously been named Princess Mitchie after his former wife.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"67\"\/>Davidson had earlier announced his divorce from Michelle in 2023 after around two decades together. The pair had married in 2009, and Davidson said at the time that he remained on good terms with her.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"70\"\/>Speaking about the end of that marriage, he said, \u201cThere you go, the divorce came through today, so it&#8217;s done. I&#8217;m divorced again, my fifth divorce.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"72\"\/>He also said he planned to remain in contact with Michelle but found it too painful to see the dogs they had shared.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"75\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>Davidson has been married five times<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Davidson&#8217;s first marriage was to his childhood sweetheart Sue Walpole in 1971. They had a daughter, Sarah Walpole-Davidson, before divorcing a year later.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"79\"\/>He married Julie Gullick in 1981, and they had a son, Cameron. The couple divorced in 1986.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"81\"\/>In 1987, Davidson married journalist and television presenter Alison Holloway, but the marriage lasted less than two years.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"83\"\/>His fourth marriage came in 1990, when he married former Page 3 model Tracy Hilton. Their marriage lasted around a decade, and they had three children together &#8211; Charlie, Fred and Elsie.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"85\"\/>His fifth marriage was to Michelle Cotton in 2009. Following their separation, Davidson went on to begin his relationship with Natasha in 2024.<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/tv\/news\/english\/jim-davidson-confirms-romance-with-maria-rice-mundy-weeks-after-calling-off-sixth-wedding-to-natasha-says-new-love-is-too-good-to-be-true-and-admits-he-would-just-like-to-not-be-lonely\/articleshow\/134745535.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jim Davidson calls new love Maria Rice-Mundy \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d after ending his turbulent relationship with Natasha. British comedian and TV star Jim Davidson has broken his silence on his new romance with Maria Rice-Mundy, just weeks after announcing that his planned sixth wedding to former partner Natasha had been called off.Speaking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-31"],"magazineBlocksPostFeaturedMedia":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation-150x150.avif","medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation-300x169.avif","medium_large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","1536x1536":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","2048x2048":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-small":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-small-tall":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-small-square":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-small-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-medium":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-medium-masonry":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-large":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif","blogsy-wide":"https:\/\/koshalsambada.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/jim-davidson-calls-new-love-maria-rice-mundy-too-good-to-be-true-after-ending-his-turbulent-relation.avif"},"magazineBlocksPostAuthor":{"name":"admin","avatar":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8709732a479614e7a8aa24d3eb1b239f30dc6d90c61464ed495001e7a469d856?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"magazineBlocksPostCommentsNumber":"0","magazineBlocksPostExcerpt":"Jim Davidson calls new love Maria Rice-Mundy \u201ctoo good to be true\u201d after ending his turbulent relationship with Natasha. 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