Si King, one of the Hairy Bikers, has found love again with a new ‘very special’ partner, having previously been married to Jane Dodd for almost thirty years
Hairy Bikers star Si King has recently revealed that he has found love again with a new partner, having previously been married for 27 years.
The TV chef, 59, married Jane Dodd in 1989. They were together for nearly three decades and welcomed children, Alex, James and Dylan, before splitting in 2016. Speaking at the time of his shock split, Si gave an emotional interview about how he and Jane “lost each other” when he put work first.
“Jane was focused on the family, and I was focused on work,” he admitted. “The reality is the industry we work in is incredibly brutal. There are timelines and deadlines. You have to be on form. Some people can do it. I find it quite difficult.”
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After finding huge fame as a Hairy Biker, Si said he no longer recognised himself, and often found himself wondering “What have I become?”. The star said he accepted he wasn’t “present” for many years and that it had affected his home life.
A decade later, Si seems to be in better spirits and has revealed that he has a “very special” new girlfriend. Speaking to The Sunday Times magazine, he also shared that his ex-wife and sons were happy too.
He said: “It’s been wonderful and continues to be wonderful. And you know, I think the lads [his sons] are really happy, as is my ex-wife Jane, actually.”
Si’s new lease of lives comes two years after he lost his much-loved best friend and TV partner Dave Myers.
TV favourite Dave died aged 66 in 2024 after a two year battle with cancer. His friend’s death left Si feeling lost and he admitted he had considered “riding into the sunset” as he wanted to be left alone and cut off.
The death is still affecting him though, as Si admitted earlier this month that he was continuing to process the loss of his friend and “doesn’t know what else to do” with his grief.
He added that he was continuing to work, despite not being able to do it with his friend anymore. Si confessed that it was “challenging” and that he was “probably working to hard” but he had to do something with himself.
And he previously admitted he felt somewhat guilty for a year after Dave’s death. Speaking to Lauren Laverne on BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs, he said: “The first year, I didn’t want to do anything at all.
“I just didn’t have it in me and then when I was shooting the show, I felt a sense of guilt that I was doing something that when he wasn’t there. It was a very odd experience, because I was having to remember and deliver pieces to camera that I’d go ‘ah you can do this’.”
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