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Hayley Palmer and The Chase star Mark ‘The Beast’ Labbett are set to reconcile for one night – a year and a half after he blindsided her by breaking up with her.
Hayley, 44, revealed on Monday she will be interviewing her ex, 59, at London’s Hippodrome despite blocking him when he dumped her following their one-year anniversary.
At the time, Hayley claimed that they split because he ‘didn’t want to divorce’ his ex-wife Katie, who is also his second cousin, with him later blaming their age-gap.
‘Hayley realised her hurt feelings are all in the past and wants to move on as friends. She drew up a list of people she would like to interview and he’s top of her list.
‘She had blocked him when they first broke up, but she was the one who finally reached out to him in the end and they’ve been getting on well since.’
Hayley Palmer, 44, and Mark Labbett, 59, are set to spend a night together for an interview at London’s Hippodrome a year and a half after their chaotic split (pictured May 2024)
The TV personality and The Chase star (pictured) who is commonly known as The Beast, announced their break-up in May 2024, days after their one-year anniversary
Hayley will sit down with Mark on January, 26, during her An Audience with show as he will ‘open up about his extraordinary career’
Hayley will sit down with Mark on January, 26, during her An Audience with show as he will ‘open up about his extraordinary career, from dominating the world of competitive quizzing to becoming a household name on prime-time television’.
The tickets start from £22 to £106 for a table of four.
Previously, Hayley claimed Mark ended their romance because he didn’t want to divorce ex Katie, 32, with whom he shares seven-year-old son Lawrence.
However, despite her claims, Mark told The Sun: ‘She’s [Hayley’s] a lovely lady and I was very lucky to date her for a year, and as I said…it’s me, I got old.’
In 2020, Katie – who had been dating senior design engineer Scott Bate for 18 months at the time – and Mark split because their attempts at an open marriage failed.
The Beast also blamed other factors, including their 27-year age gap, the Covid-19 lockdown and his own mental health, for their eventual split.
Last year, Hayley told the Daily Mail that she was forced to turn the TV channel over after seeing him on Loose Women as she admitted she found it ‘triggering’.
She said Mark ‘lives up to his nickname’ after ‘blindsiding’ her by brutally breaking up with her over the phone.
Hayley previously claimed Mark ended their romance because he didn’t want to divorce ex, Katie, 32, with whom he shares seven-year-old son Lawrence (pictured 2018)
Hayley has had a change of heart and wants to leave the past behind them (pictured during their one year anniversary in May 2024)
‘It was really upsetting seeing him pop up on my screen, and I had to turn over. I didn’t expect it to feel like that.
‘As the last time he was on there, I was sat beside him and we were speaking about celebrating our one year anniversary and then exactly one week later my world came crashing down.’
She added: ‘To be honest, thinking about him with anyone just brings it all back.’
Hayley explained she was taken aback by her feeling as she continued: ‘It was triggering. I didn’t think it would be as I have worked really hard on my mindset and have been in a good place.’
