Gogglebox stars Stephen and Daniel Lustig-Webb announce divorce: 'We’ve unfortunately grown apart'

Gogglebox star Stephen Lustig-Webb has announced even more sad news just months after his mother’s death. The TV star is getting divorced.

Gogglebox Stephen Lustig-Webb divorce
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Gogglebox Stephen Lustig-Webb divorce

Stephen Lustig-Webb is known as one of the many faces of Channel 4’s hit show Gogglebox where the public watches people watching television. Stephen Lustig-Webb had been on the show for several years and has sat and watched television with several people.

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Stephen joined Gogglebox for its very first season back in 2013 with his best friend Chris Butland-Steed. Chris left the show in 2018 and Stephen then watched television with his mum, Pat.

Pat left Gogglebox in 2019, and sadly passed away earlier this year. Following that tragic news,Daniel, Stephen’s husband, joined the show in February 2019. However the couple decided to leave the hit TV show in 2023 as Stephen announced he was taking part in Dancing on Ice.

Sadly, Stephen and Daniel have announced they are going their separate ways and are divorcing, the former couple revealed the reason in separate statements.

Stephen and Daniel Lustig-Webb are getting divorced

As reported by The Sun, Stephen and Daniel announced on Saturday, April 20 that they are getting divorced after being married for six years. Stephen said that there is still ‘a lot of love’ between him and Daniel but sadly they have ‘grown apart’.

It’s with much sadness Daniel and I have decided to divorce. There is, and always will be, a lot of love there but we’ve unfortunately grown apart and made the decision to part ways.

Daniel also released a statement confirming the divorce but is sure the two will ‘forever be friends’.

We’ve made the decision with a very heavy heart to confirm our marriage has come to an end. I’m sure we will forever be friends.

A look into Stephen and Daniel’s relationship

As per Heart, Stephen and Daniel got engaged in 2016 and married in July 2018 at the Chateau de Lisse in Lot-et-Garonne in France.

As reported by Manchester Evening, the former couple shared a £575,000 flat near the Brighton seafront but they moved in 2021. Both Stephen and Daniel are hairdressers and the two co-own a salon, thus making them business partners.

Despite the divorce, Stephen and Daniel have been spending time together. Indeed, the two have been spotted riding bikes and enjoying the spring sunshine down in Brighton. Daniel shared a video of the two of them biking with the caption:

Riding tandem straight out of this marriage #beryl #bff

While Stephen shared a selfie of the two of them with their friend with the caption:

Lovely day celebrating @lustigellie birthday 🥳 @lustig75 🥰

It seems as though the two are being true to their word and have ended their marriage on a good note and are capable of remaining friends.

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Sources used:

The Sun: ‘SAD SPLIT Gogglebox star couple file for divorce after six years but vow to remain ‘forever friends’

Manchester Evening: ‘Gogglebox stars Stephen Webb and Daniel Lustig seen for first time since confirming 'sad' divorce’

Heart: ‘Who are Stephen Webb and his husband Daniel from Gogglebox and how old are they?’

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