British comic Alan Carr is on the centre of a bust-up along with his ex-husband in a row over their respective friendships with pop celebrity Adele.
Breaking his silence in an unique interview with The Sun on Sunday — Carr’s ex, actor Paul Drayton, hit again at Carr’s claims that he had been “greedy” of their divorce.
Drayton spoke out after Carr stated on TV just lately that he had gained “custody of Adele” after his 13-year relationship with Drayton ended.
“Adele is one of my best friends and the truth is she was closer to me than Alan,” Drayton, 51, instructed the publication.
“The comments he made were in bad taste. They really upset me, to be honest, as there was also the suggestion I was being greedy.
“I texted Alan afterwards and said, ‘This is out of order, it’s upset me and it’s upset my mum’. He didn’t respond.
“I sent Adele the same clip and she replied, ‘Just take the high road, babe’, meaning just ignore it.
“She is amazing at giving advice, she really is. I know that whenever I need her, she will be there for me because she’s a loyal friend and an incredible person.”
Carr, who turned 47 on Wednesday, was showing on 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown final yr when he made the Adele gag.
Pulling out a sequence of dismembered props in entrance of a star panel, he stated his ex’s lawyer had insisted on a 50 per cent break up.
He joked that they had agreed who would see Adele and who would spend time with TV star, Gok Wan.
“I’ve gone through a really spiteful, messy divorce,” Carr stated on the time.
“My ex’s lawyer said take half of everything, look at that. But not just that, household items. Look at that, half a kettle, half a toaster, half a fondue set. All the cheese goes all over the floor.
“Obviously, people want to know about … We’ve divvied up our celebrity friends. I get custody of Adele. Paul gets Gok at the weekends. We’re still friends. I know he’s taken half of everything. But the one thing he can’t take is my dignity. Am I right?”
Drayton believes one of many present’s sketch writers was accountable for the “really nasty” feedback.
While he has not spoken out earlier than about their divorce, he now needs to lastly set the file straight.
He added: “My mum didn’t like me being called greedy on television.
“They were saying that I had asked for half of everything, but that wasn’t the case at all.
“And of course Adele didn’t cut me off. Some of Alan’s friends are no longer speaking to me, which I totally understand as it’s difficult for them. But Adele and I have always been close and that’s not going to change.
“Alan and I got divorced in April last year and we agreed what to settle on fairly and amicably. We are still friends and both get to spend time with our dogs.”
The pair have been first launched at a central London personal members’ bar in 2009.
Drayton was working in catering to pay the payments, having put his appearing ambitions on maintain.
“Alan immediately started to crack out the jokes and he made me laugh. We started flirting and we ended up going to a club and having a right laugh,” Drayton stated.
“I woke up the next day thinking, ‘Did I snog Alan Carr last night?’. I rang my friend and he said, ‘Yes you did and he wants to see you again’.
“Within a couple of months, we’d moved in together.”
They first met Adele, now 35, early of their relationship when she was dwelling close by in West London.
“We were backstage at the Brits and I saw her walking past. I shouted, ‘Adele, my other half loves you’,” Drayton stated.
“She said, ‘Who’s your other half?’. I said, ‘Alan Carr’. She said, ‘I love Alan Carr’.
“We started meeting up with the dogs and she would come round for a glass of wine.
“She loved me because I was very straight up and honest.
“We would have heart-to-hearts all the time. I always call her Pam. It’s because we used to go to TK Maxx together and I’d shout ‘Pam’ rather than use her real name.”
In 2012, Drayton and Carr moved on to a farm in West Sussex, the place they saved rescue horses, sheep, alpacas and chickens.
A couple of years later, Drayton proposed.
Adele was so thrilled about their engagement, she insisted on internet hosting their wedding ceremony at one in all her two new houses in Los Angeles in 2018.
She additionally acquired ordained so she might officiate the 2018 ceremony.
“There were only six of us at the wedding, including Adele, her then-husband Simon [Konecki] and two of our closest friends,” Drayton remembered.
“Adele planned the whole thing. The ceremony took about half an hour. Adele wrote the vows — I still have them — and put on priest-like robes so she looked the part.
“We had a wall of flowers and pictures of our families and dogs on a table covered in rose petals. At one point, one of the neighbours started mowing their lawn.
“Adele got on the phone and said, ‘Excuse me, I’m really sorry but I will pay for someone to mow your lawn but you can’t do it today’. We had a right laugh.
“Adele sang for our first dance accompanied by our friends, one of whom is Pink’s guitarist and the other being Taylor Swift’s backing singer.”
Drayton give up ingesting following their romantic honeymoon in Mexico, as he might see his alcohol consumption was getting uncontrolled.
But he fell off the wagon throughout lockdown and the couple determined to separate after Drayton posted a photograph of his bruised face on Instagram in August 2021.
Fans assumed he was accusing Carr of home abuse however he describes it as a “cry for help” and there’s nothing to counsel the comedian did something incorrect.
In January 2022, Drayton was jailed for 14 weeks after admitting being 4 instances the restrict whereas driving.
After hitting all-time low, he has launched into what he calls a “journey of sobriety” and he’s additionally in a brand new relationship.
This story initially appeared on The Sun and was reproduced with permission
Originally printed as How Adele is at centre of bust-up between Alan Carr and his ex after ‘spiteful’ divorce
Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au
