Comedian and actor Jim Davidson has joked that he’ll ‘be like Henry VIII’ if he weds his new girlfriend Natasha, making her his sixth wife.
The star, 70, is said to be ‘completely besotted’ with his new lover, with a friend telling MailOnline that they ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if he popped the question soon.
In April, Jim was telling everyone that ‘he can’t wait to walk down the aisle with Natasha’ as they attended Nigel Farage’s 60th birthday party at Boisdale’s in Canary Wharf.
Jim’s love life has been as tumultuous as his career, having said ‘I do’ a whopping five times in the space of 40 years – he most recently finalised a divorce from his wife of 14 years, Michelle Cotton.
Here, MailOnline looks at Jim Davidson’s chaotic string of romances, as he considers tying the knot again.
Inside the tumultuous love-life of Jim Davidson, 70, as comedian is set to wed for sixth time (pictured in 2018)
Comedian and actor Jim has joked that he’ll ‘be like Henry VIII’ if he weds his new girlfriend Natasha (pictured above), making her his sixth wife
Sue Walpole
Jim’s first marriage was to childhood sweetheart Sue Walpole, who he tied the knot with back in 1971.
The pair had a daughter together in 1972 called Sarah Walpole-Davidson, who is now 51, before they divorced a year later.
He was just 17 years old when they walked down the aisle, following Sarah’s pregnancy at a young age.
Not much is known about the ex-couple’s short relationship and the reason why they split.
Jim’s first marriage was to childhood sweetheart Sue Walpole, who he tied the knot with back in 1971 – they had a daughter together
Julie Gullick
The comedian, who hosted The Generation Game and Big Break in the 1990s, went on to marry Julie Gullick, who is the mother of his second child Cameron, now 40, in 1981.
Julie gave birth to Cameron Gullick-Davidson in December of 1982 and the couple divorced in 1986 after a five-year-long marriage.
He has since admitted that during their marriage he paid for an orgy with 12 call girls at a London hotel as part of a celebrity stag do.
Appearing on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2018, the star made the shocking confession.
He admitted on the show: ‘He ordered all these girls and it was my money he was spending.
‘He thought it was a hoot and they all turned up at this boutique hotel in Kensington. I got a call from the hotel saying, “here are nine women downstairs waiting for you”.
‘They were in fishnets and whips. It was a great deal of fun and it did take 12 and a half hours. Three more turned up when we were asleep.’
The comedian went on to marry Julie Gullick, who is the mother of his second child Cameron, now 40, in 1981
Jim also revealed in his autobiography Close To The Edge, that he ‘chose not to see his son’ in the aftermath of the divorce to punish his ex-wife.
He penned: ‘I was going through so much hurt after the split I actually chose not to see him, to punish Julie.’
”B***er it,’ I thought. ‘Get rid of me and you lose your son’s father.’ This is something I do. I always cut my nose off to spite my face. ‘I haven’t got a child now,’ I thought. “I’ll see him later”.’
Alison Holloway
Just one year after Jim divorced his second wife, he walked down the aisle with journalist and TV presenter Alison Holloway in 1987.
Their marriage lasted less than two years and ended acrimoniously amid claims of domestic violence.
In 2001, Alison told the Sunday People that her parents were ‘afraid of him because they had seen how he had bloodied and bruised my body… He is a wife beater and abuser of women and people ought to know that.’
Meanwhile, in his 1993 autobiography, Jim wrote: ‘We’re like a couple of boxers. On the first occasion, I poked her in the eye by accident. I actually went for the mouth […] The second time I gave her a shiner.
‘I threw a bunch of keys which whacked her in the eye. Just for a giggle she kept blackening it up to make it look worse.’
He later explained in a 2014 interview with The Telegraph: ‘I didn’t mean to do it. That’s why I admitted it, and now I’m accused of being a wife beater.’
Just one year after he divorced his second wife, he walked down the aisle with journalist and TV presenter Alison Holloway in 1987
Their marriage lasted less than two years and ended acrimoniously amid claims of domestic violence
He added: ‘We were married for three months. I met her at pantomime and we were divorced by the summer. It’s a relationship that both of us regret.’
Joanne Urch later alleged she had an affair with Jim while she was 16 and he was still married to Alison.
A trainee dancer at the time, she claimed she would accompany Davidson and his friends, including women she already knew from the dance community, on the comedian’s boat, Dishy Doo, which he kept moored in Torquay harbour.
At the time, she told The Mail On Sunday: ‘Jim really was the perfect gentleman – at all times. It wasn’t rushed. I never, ever felt he was lecherous, or intimidating or forceful.
‘I had been out with older men before and the age difference didn’t bother me.
‘I want it to be really clear that I was not a little girl being taken advantage of. I knew what I was doing and at no point did I feel intimidated or threatened by him. I don’t think there’s a bad bone in his body.
‘It wasn’t like I was picked up in a bar – he was a genuinely fun and friendly guy, it was a good crowd, and one lady was a dancing friend of mine anyway. We had fabulous days out in lovely weather. There was nothing seedy or untoward about any of it.’
Jim later told in his autobiography how he had been accused of having an affair with an underage girl and was forced to defend potentially harmful allegations that turned out to be completely false.
Tracy Hilton
Jim’s fourth marriage was in 1990 to former Page 3 model Tracy Hilton. It lasted for a decade, before coming to an end in 2000 (pictured in 1994)
During their relationship, the couple had three children together: Charlie, 34, Fred, 32, and Elsie, 31 (pictured in 1990)
Jim’s fourth marriage was in 1990 to former Page 3 model Tracy Hilton. It lasted for a decade, before coming to an end in 2000.
During their relationship, the couple had three children together: Charlie, 34, Fred, 32, and Elsie, 31.
According to The Mirror, she ended their marriage after the TV comic admitted cheating on her with Debbie Corrigan after they met on The Generation Game.
She also appeared alongside him in his adult-themed pantomime Sin-derella.
Jim has previously admitted that his costly divorces have cost him around £60 million.
He was forced to declare himself bankrupt in 2006 after failing to keep up with the repayments on an unpaid tax bill.
Michelle Cotton
Jim went on to marry Michelle Cotton in Semptember 2009 and they were together for 14 years, before announcing their split in April last year.
The pair met at a restaurant in Southamtpon and he gave her his phone number on the same day.
Speaking to The Telegraph in 2014, he said: ‘She kept me waiting four days before she called. But then she did and she makes me very happy.
Jim went on to marry Michelle Cotton in Semptember 2009 and they were together for 14 years, before announcing their split in April last year (pictured in 2014)
Ater two decades as a couple and 14 years married, Jim was said to be devastated that they couldn’t work it out (the couple pictured in 2004)
However, the pair remain friends and Jim claims he is still on good terms with Michelle and will continue to visit his ex-wife, although he is too sad to see the dogs they once shared – Oscar and Bertie (the couple pictured in 2002)
‘She doesn’t come to my shows. She gets frightened that people won’t laugh. She didn’t want me to do Big Brother in case I say something wrong. I just like being with her.’
Speaking on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories in 2018, Jim said: ‘She is a very nice person.
‘She’s impatient, she’s fiery like me. I hope I’m with Michelle for the rest of my life, there’s no one better I’d want to spend the rest of my life with. Liz Hurley, perhaps?’
Ater two decades as a couple and 14 years married, Jim was said to be devastated that they couldn’t work it out.
However, the pair remain friends and Jim claims he is still on good terms with Michelle and will continue to visit his ex-wife, although he is too sad to see the dogs they once shared – Oscar and Bertie.
New girlfriend Natasha
Natasha is 23 years younger than Jim, but things seem to be going swimmingly after his most recent split.
The pair struck up a romance earlier this year after the comic’s split from Michelle.
Jim has said he has already sold the Georgian cottage in Stockbridge, Hampshire, that he and Michelle shared and is ready for a ‘new chapter.’
Jim Davidson (second from right) plans to wed new girlfriend Natasha, 47, (centre) who he attended Nigel Farage’s 60th party with on Wednesday
The pair attended the bash at Boisdale’s in Canary Wharf where they partied with Farage (centre) and Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard Matt Fiddes, (bottom left)
At Nigel Farage’s birthday party, he was telling everyone he can’t wait to walk down the aisle with her.
He said he is ‘completely smitten with 47-year-old Natasha and finally believes he has found ‘the one’, urging his pals to ‘tell her she should marry me’.
He also took to the stage at the party where he couldn’t stop gushing about his new love who works as a freelance assistant with him on his ustreme.com channel.
He said: ‘I’ve just got my divorce through and I’m here with my new girlfriend,’ joking about how many wives he has had and saying he has room for another.
Lizzie Cundy shared a rare photo of the happy couple on Instagram, alongside Michael Jackson’s former bodyguard Matt Fiddes.