Comedian couple Shaparak Khorsandi and Mark Steel have broken up after the pair previously got back together claimed they this time their reunion was ‘for good’
Two comedians have split up again, after previously getting back together and claiming their reunion was “for good”. Shaparak Khorsandi revealed she and Mark Steel had broken up via an update on how she was faring on dating apps.
53-year-old Shaparak, who performs under the name Shappi Khorsandi, said she had already given up on looking for love online, writing: “I have come off the site becuase I really didn’t like who I was on it. I never thought I would hate someone for wanting ‘travel tips for Japan’.”
Fans quickly hopped in the comments to point out that they thought she was already in a relationship. “I thought you were already in a relationship, Shappi……’ wrote one. Another said: “I thought you were with Mark Steel?”
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The two had been in an on and off relationship for years. They last got back together in 2024, following Mark’s brief romance with another comedian, Cally Beaton, who supported him through his throat cancer diagnosis.
In just 2025, Mark told the Guardian that he felt they had worked out how to be together for the long haul. “We were no good not being together,” he said, adding: “It’s lovely. You can never say with these things, but… I think it’s permanent now.”
When they got back together, Shaparak said: “Mark and I are blissed-out and rebuilding. It’s so important to both of us to be in the moment. I adore him. He was my loved one on and off for many years, but now we’re fixing it.”
Shaparak rose to fame in the UK in 2006 after her Edinburgh Fringe show Asylum Speaker. In the 20 years since, she featured on a number of British TV and Radio programmes including Have I Got News For You, Mock the Week and I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! in 2017.
In 2005, Shaparak married another comedian, Christian Reilly and the two had a son together in 2011. She also has a daughter born in 2013.
Mark, meanwhile, is also a stand-up comedian. In 1992, he presented a satirical BBC Radio 5 show called The Mark Steel Solution. He would later move to television, appearing on Have I Got News For You and Mock the Week, like Shaparak, as well as Question Time.
The 66-year-old has two children from a prior relationship. His son Elliot Steel, a comedian who has performed at a number of festivals and on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle. Mark also has a daughter.
Amid his illness, Mark praised now ex Cally for taking such good care of him. He said she had been “extraordinary”. Cally is not only a comedian, who has made several television appearances such as on Live at the Apollo, but she is also a podcast host, presenting Cally Beaton: Namaste Mother f***ers.
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