Comedian Jim Davidson has revealed his four divorces have cost him up to £60 million.
The veteran TV host, 64, has been married to his fifth wife, Michelle Cotton, since 2009 and has five children from his different partners.
Appearing on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, Jim said he “absolutely” thought it was always the woman’s fault for his failed relationships and admitted the four divorces had cost him dearly.
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“It’s how much money I’ve spent over the years. I don’t know, I’m not sure, getting on to 50, 60 million must have passed through my hands.”
Asked how he felt about that, Jim told Piers: “Brilliant. Thank God I had it. When I won New Faces I said, ‘mum you’ll never have to work again as long as you live’, and she never did.
“That’s alright, surely? She was a lazy cow, my mum.”
Jim was married to Sue Walpole between 1971 and 1972, then Julie Gullick from 1981 until 1986, Alison Holloway from 1987 to 1988, and Tracy Hilton from 1990 until 2000.
On his long-lasting relationship with current wife Michelle, he said: “She is a very nice person. She’s impatient, she’s fiery like me. She’s a bear-poker and her mum says, ‘well you need that.'”
He added: “I hope I’m with Michelle for the rest of my life, there’s no one better I’d want to spend the rest of my life with. Liz Hurley, perhaps?”
Jim previously told The Guardian that he believed his first marriage to Sue would have lasted if he hadn’t become famous.
He said in 2016: “I got married for the first time when I was 17. I would have been happily married for ever if I hadn’t been famous. It was just too tempting suddenly having all these available nice-looking women.”
Jim added: “I’ve got five children and one granddaughter and I’m a much better father than I used to be. I put the last four through private school; they’re bright as hell and have university degrees.”
Meanwhile, during his interview with Piers Morgan, Jim also spoke about being arrested as part of Operation Yewtree which he said he found “pretty traumatic”.
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“I won’t now have a conversation with a woman in a room without someone else being there,” he said.
“I need to protect myself, I’ve been through the hell. I’m easy to accuse.”
He claimed rumours he had once had a cocaine-fuelled “twelvesome” were false, adding: “Actually it was nine and then three turned up later when we were asleep.”
Piers Morgan’s Life Stories: Jim Davidson airs on Saturday March 10 at 9.50pm.
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