Paul Whitehouse Wife: The Real Story Of The Actor’s Marriage
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We all love Paul Whitehouse and his loveable brand of comedy. He got his break on The Fast Show, which he created with his friend, author and writer Charlie Higson.
Since then, he’s starred in the sketch series Harry & Paul and, most recently, alongside comedian Bob Mortimer in Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing.
Outside of his public life on screen, though, the comedian has had a busy personal life. The star has three children and was married once in the 1990s.
So who is Paul Whitehouse’s wife?
Who is Paul Whitehouse’s Wife?
Paul Whitehouse was married in the 1990s to his only wife, Fiona. They were together for eight years and had two children with his wife, Molly and Sophia.
However, the pair divorced in 2000, and Paul Whitehouse moved out of the house he shared with his wife in North London.
Not long later he met Mine Conkbayir. The 23-year-old was working in a shop at the time, while 45-year-old Paul was already becoming a household name with his TV comedy sketches.
Mine said that they both were hesitant in the early stage of their relationship. “Paul was understandably scared because of the age gap and his celebrity status – I guess he had to ask himself what I really wanted,” Mine said.
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However, despite being together for 14 years, Mine isn’t Paul Whitehouse’s wife.
In fact, the pair don’t even live together, instead choosing to live in separate houses in North London. Paul and Mine have one daughter, Delilah, and make parenting work despite living apart.
Speaking of her relationship with Paul, Mine has said:
“He loves my work. He knows that my anxiety, my doubts and despair, all those toxic things, could seep into it and he cares for me and keeps me calm.”
No longer working in a shop, Mine is an academic who has recently published her second book, titled Early Childhood and Neuroscience: Theory, Research and Implications for Practice.
How Did Paul Whitehouse’s Career Start?
Paul Whitehouse was born on the 17th May 1958 in Stanleytown, Glamorgan. He spent the first four years of his life in Wales, before moving to Middlesex.
He attended the University of East Anglia, and after graduating moved to east London where he worked as a plasterer and decorator with his university friend Charlie Higson.
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Paul didn’t turn to comedy until an unlikely turn of events led to him meeting Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie in the 1980s.
In fact, Paul and Charlie got a job plastering the home that Steven and Hugh shared, which inspired them to go into comedy. Not long after, they met Harry Enfield, who Paul would end up collaborating with.
Their experience plastering would inspire their iconic character, Loadsamoney, who appeared on their show The Fast Show.
Health Issues and Fishing
In 2015, Paul’s fellow comedian and friend Bob Mortimer went through a gruelling triple-bypass heart operation. The then 56-year-old had a long recovery period, during which Paul invited Bob to go fishing with him.
The two bonded over their similar heart issues – Paul recently had to have three stents.
Speaking after his operation, Paul reveals what his doctor said to him. He explains:
“I don’t want to make a big deal out of the heart stents. When the guy did it he said, ‘I didn’t put them in just so you can sit by the fireplace’, know what I mean?'”
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However, the series was so popular that it has since spawned four series, during which the pair have travelled the length and breadth of Britain.
So why has Gone Fishing been so successful? Bob attributes it to the fly-on-the-wall nature of the show. He said:
“There’s been lots of other shows of two comedians or two people doing things a bit like on the fishing show, and so many of them lose their heart because you’ve got two people competing, trying to outdo each other.
It starts getting on your nerves, to be honest, and it doesn’t have that natural fly-on-the-wall feeling.”