THE Repair Shop frontman Jay Blades has been spotted for the first time since his marriage breakdown as he headed for a drive without his wedding ring. The BBC presenter, 54, was seen without a band on his ring finger as he headed out in his black Land Rover Range Rover with a personalised number plate. Jay looked smart in a crisp white shirt and dark waistcoat, finishing off his look with a pair of glasses.
He kept a stern expression as he navigated the rural roads in Shropshire , near to the workshop where he runs his firm. Yet the glaring omission of a wedding ring was seen as he placed his left hand at the top of the wheel to guide the people carrier around a corner. It is the first time he has been seen since his wife Lisa-Marie Zbozen announced she had ended their marriage .
The fitness instructor said she felt “broken” in a candid statement in which she admitted: "The world got the best parts of my husband. I got a whole lot of everything else." Writing in her emotional upload, she added: “I wanted my husband to love me and keep me safe and I would love him right back.
“But it just got worse and worse, until I grabbed a bag of a few things & just left.” The Sun was then first to report that furniture restorer Jay - who has won an OBE for his services to craft - was "cutting ties" with programme bosses amid the break-up. The star was absent as filming on BBC series The Repair Shop resumed, with sources then revealing he would be given time to get his "head str.
