Shameless star Tina Malone has announced that her husband Paul passed away at 42.
The 61-year-old TV star is best known for her role in Shameless and her time on Celebrity Big Brother. Channel 4 show as well as her stint on Celebrity Big Brother, said she is ‘heartbroken’ to have lost her spouse.
Tina was married to Paul Chase for 14 years, and after a brief split in 2019 rekindled their relationship in 2020.
She wrote on X: ‘It’s with total heartbreak I write this my husband Paul Chase Malone passed away this morning we are totally devastated.’
Fans have flocked to Tina’s post to share their condolences, with user Claire Weston writing she was ‘so sorry for your loss’ and Rian Siniscalco assuring her the family was ‘in my thoughts’.
The actress and her late husband share daughter Flame, now 11, who Tina gave birth to aged 50.
Tina also has daughter Danielle, 41, who she had at 18; there is a 32-year age gap between her two children.
The actress previously told Metro.co.uk that she and Paul were considering having another child, as they ‘have some embryos in Cyprus where we did our IVF and if I can talk my husband round we might go back – but we’ll have to see what happens.’
Tina portrayed Mimi Maguire in Shameless, as well as Mo McGee in Brookside. She also appeared on multiple reality and chat shows, including a stint on Loose Women with husband Paul.
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