Nigella Lawson devastated over Charles Saatchi divorce filing

OHMYGOSSIP —Nigella Lawson has been left “devastated” after her husband Charles Saatchi filed for divorce. The TV star’s marriage to the millionaire art collector was on shaky ground — as evidenced by those now-infamous “choking photos” from early June — but Nigella, 53, is still cut up by the end of the union.

“She moved out, she needed a break, she needed to think, to be apart from him, but in no terms did they break up or even discuss the D-word,” a source told Us Weekly.

“She didn’t expect him to pull this move. Before all of this, their relationship was certainly strained, but they were always working on it. There were a lot of things wrong with their relationship, but Nigella was always hopeful that they could fix things, that he would change, that they could get along without arguing.

“She’s devastated. Their family is falling apart, and she can’t control the situation. She’s worried about how this is going to play out. All she can do now is look after the children and make sure they don’t get hurt in all of this. They are the most important people in her life.”

Charles Saatchi announced on Sunday, July 7, that he was divorcing his wife, in part because she failed to defend him after photos surfaced in which he appeared to be grabbing her throat.

“I am sorry to announce that Nigella Lawson and I are getting divorced,” he told the U.K.’s Daily Mail in a statement. “I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so, and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women, and have never abused her physically in any way.

“This is heartbreaking for both of us as our love was very deep, but in the last year we have become estranged and drifted apart. The row photographed at Scott’s restaurant could equally have been Nigella grasping my neck to hold my attention — as indeed she has done in the past.”

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