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Jay Blades is 'taking a break' from filming The Repair Shop following his shock marriage split from wife Lisa-Marie Zbozen.

Fitness instructor Lisa walked out on Jay last weekend, saying their 18-month marriage 'just got worse and worse, until I grabbed a bag of a few things and I left'.

In a statement, Lisa said she felt 'broken' adding: 'The world got the best parts of my husband. I got a whole lot of everything else.' 

Presenter Jay, 54, was expected to start filming the BBC show this week however filming has now been thrown into chaos, according to insiders. 

Just a week before his marriage split was confirmed, Jay revealed that his uncle Richard Brathwaite had been killed.

A source told The Sun on Wednesday: 'Jay has taken a step back and is having a break from filming The Repair Shop. His uncle’s murder in March and the breakdown of his marriage means he has decided to take some time out'. 

'The Repair Shop is carrying on without him for now and the other repairers are hard at work. People who worked with Jay said they were shocked to hear his marriage to Lisa had ended.

'It was not well known at all among the people who work on the show.'   

Jay's absence has also bought filming on The Repair Shop's Christmas special to a halt which was meant to be completed this week.

Last week the Mail On Sunday revealed that the furniture restorer and host had told bosses he would not be able to take part in planned recording, sparking 'genuine fears' the special episode may not be finished.

Filming had already begun at the Weald & Downland Living Museum in Chichester when Jay pulled out, sources on the hit BBC programme revealed, with work suddenly put on hold last Monday.