Lenny Henry and Dawn French are both happily married with new spouses 13 years after their divorce in 2010. The Lenny Henry Show performer, 65, and The Vicar of Dibley actress, 66, married in 1984 but divorced after 25 years, with both just making passing statements about their split. From the real reason for their divorce to their new partners, here’s everything you need to know about Lenny and Dawn’s relationship…
When did Dawn French and Lenny Henry get married?
Lenny Henry and Dawn married in 1984 in Covent Garden, London, in what Lenny described as a grandiose ceremony.
“To my mind, if we weren’t going to get married in the right way — big church, reception, dress suits, food, friends and family jammed into a fancy-schmancy chi-chi hall with a big band and Big Al the DJ winding up the day’s events with a big disco — then we might as well not do it at all,” he mentioned.
Do Lenny Henry and Dawn French have children?
After failing to conceive naturally, the couple adopted their daughter Billie in 1991. “I had grief for a while,” Dawn told the Sunday Telegraph. I’ve had miscarriages, so I’ve dealt with that as well.
“But the minute Billie arrived that was it for me. She fills everything I needed to be as a mother.”
Why did Dawn French and Lenny Henry divorce?
“The separation is entirely amicable, and they fully intend to maintain their close friendship,” the pair said in a statement confirming their split in 2010. Their top priority is to commit to joint parenting of their daughter in the future.”
Following their divorce, they both made a few rare comments on why their marriage failed.
“I got divorced… it wasn’t that bad,” Lenny told The Mirror in 2012, adding that he grew closer to Billie as a result. “There’s usually a situation where one partner wants the marriage to end more than the other,” he told the Express four years later.
“I think one of us did, then the other did, and then the other did over time, and then we realized, ‘Oh, actually, maybe we both do.'” We realized it was impossible to go on.”
Dawn, meanwhile, quipped that her love of granny panties was the reason for her and Lenny’s breakup. “Maybe I should have worn more interesting pants and I’d still be married to him,” she told The Sun in 2014. Aside from her amusing remarks, she has stated that they have easily transitioned from a “very happy marriage” to a “lasting friendship.”
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