Surreal Cheshire Husbands

Filming began this week in Alderley and Wilmslow for the new reality TV show Surreal Cheshire Husbands.

"This show is definitely not for the feint hearted," said producer Alex Diamond, when I caught up with him at a well-heeled local bar. "We want to show these successful men as they really are and not as they are perceived," he told me.

"We interviewed ex wives and partners on screen to give the show more gravitas and the secret cameras we used are dynamite."

Sadly, Alex refused to enlarge but sited 'legal reasons' for his reticence.

"We had a huge row over our daughter's third birthday party," one of the show's celebrity husbands told me. "My daughter loves animals and my ex wife thought it would be nice to surprise her with a real one.

"Stupidly she omitted to inform the restaurant and the manager was dumbfounded to see a giraffe stood in reception while resting its head on the first floor balcony. It took two keepers almost an hour to lure it into a nearby garden where it ate everything with foliage.

"Our daughter ran off screaming and the bill for cleaning and repairs came to almost £20K." He didn't disclose the going rate for giraffe rental and I didn't have the nerve to ask.

The show, which will be screened later in the year, has attracted the attention of HMRC following a number of 'leaked' interviews with ex wives intent on revealing all.

While one celebrity husband described it as a 'hoot' others were less sanguine about their experience. "My first wife was a loose canon. I never knew what she would do when we were married so God only knows what she'll say about me now," he told me with some trepidation.

We understand another celebrity husband is appearing in the show 'at Her Majesty's pleasure' which will make very interesting television.

"I'm no snitch", says his estranged wife, "But a girl has to do what a girl has to do."

Perhaps a more apt title for the show might be: I'm a celebrity get me out of here?

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