Comedian Jim Davidson has revealed he is dating television presenter Maria Rice-Mundy, weeks after cancelling his sixth wedding to former fiancé Natasha.
The 72-year-old Big Break star told the Daily Mail that Natasha, 49, ended their relationship three months ago. He is now seeing 60-year-old Rice-Mundy, a beauty pageant winner and Ms Great Britain Classic 2026 finalist who co-hosted game shows including Sale Of The Century and Bob's Your Uncle alongside the late Bob Monkhouse in the late 1980s.
"Maria's not a new lady. I've known her for years," Davidson said. "In fact, I gatecrashed her wedding 30 years ago. She is too good to be true."
'Too good to be true'
"In regards to Tash and I, we broke up three months ago. We were together for three years and of that time, I would say we had a great 18 months," he said.
Davidson said he was not short of female attention but that Rice-Mundy made him feel special.
"I'll be honest, I am not short of ladies who want to date me but Maria has something special about her. She makes me feel like I'm not as useless as I've been made out to be," he said.
He said he is still processing the end of his relationship with Natasha, but dislikes being lonely.
"It takes a while to get over something like this. Maria and I have had some dinners together and we are seeing how it goes," he added.
"Natasha dumped me three months ago. She said I had given her no choice but to be honest it was up and down and we would split up every month. I would just like to not be lonely. I hadn't actually seen Nat much this year and Maria is a fantastic person to go out to lunch with."
Cancelled sixth wedding
A source told the newspaper that the couple had been dating for a few weeks, with Davidson posting a photograph of Rice-Mundy on his Facebook page.
"Jim's already fallen big time for Maria and posted a picture of her on his Facebook," the source said. "They've been on a few dinner dates and she's very giggly around him. Jim doesn't mess about when it comes to the ladies."
Rice-Mundy, a mother of three who dated Simon Cowell in the late 1980s, is currently competing as a finalist in the Ms Great Britain Classic 2026 national final.
Davidson had intended to marry Natasha at Hampton Court, a venue chosen as a nod to King Henry VIII's six marriages, but confirmed the cancellation in early September.
The split resulted in the loss of a £10,000 deposit, with the comedian reportedly fearing he could lose more of his fortune following £60 million in previous divorce costs.
Despite the breakup, Davidson said there was "no bad blood" and called it a "grown up separation," noting that conflicting schedules meant they had been unable to make time for each other.
"But I will say, if my ex Tash is ever in the s**t, she can call me and I'll be there for her," he added.
Five previous marriages
Davidson and Natasha began their relationship in early 2024, following his split from Michelle Cotton, his wife of 14 years.
At Nigel Farage's 60th birthday party at Boisdale's in Canary Wharf, Davidson publicly declared he was completely smitten with Natasha, believing he had found "the one." She worked with him as a freelance assistant on his streaming channel, Ustreme.
He urged his friends to "tell her she should marry me" and renamed his £350,000 yacht from Princess Mitchie, after his ex-wife, to Lady Natasha.
Taking to the stage at the party, he joked about his marital history: "I've just got my divorce through and I'm here with my new girlfriend."
Discussing his divorce from Cotton in a video on Ustreme, he said the house had been sold and the process would conclude in March.
"There you go, the divorce came through today, so it's done. I'm divorced again, my fifth divorce," he said. "The house has been sold and that will be going through in March, fingers crossed. It's a new chapter for all of us."
Davidson, who wed Cotton in 2009, said he remains on good terms with her, adding: "I've spoken to Michelle today and wished her the best of luck. I've arranged to take some stuff and pick up some bits and pieces."
"She said I was welcome around there any time. I said I was only going to do it if the dogs weren't there so I've asked that if I call up to go round that she take the dogs for a walk because I don't want to heap any more sadness on the situation."
The comedian announced his split from Cotton in April 2023 after two decades as a couple, and was reportedly devastated that they could not make the marriage work.
His first marriage was to childhood sweetheart Sue Walpole in 1971. They had a daughter, Sarah Walpole-Davidson, now 51, before divorcing a year later.
He was married to Julie Gullick from 1981 to 1986, and they share a 41-year-old son, Cameron.
A third marriage to journalist and TV presenter Alison Holloway lasted less than two years from 1987.
In 1990, he married former Page 3 model Tracy Hilton. They had three children, Charlie, 34, Fred, 32, and Elsie, 31, before divorcing a decade later.
