James Haskell reveals he didn't know Chloe's dad was Richard Madeley and he thought she had a picture of him because she was 'into kinky s***'

James Haskell has revealed that he didn't know ex-wife Chloe's dad was Richard Madeley as he recalled the awkward moment in a new video on Thursday. 

The TV personality explained that he had seen a picture of the Good Morning Britain presenter, 70, on Chloe's wall and believed that she fancied him.  

Speaking to No Parental Guidance podcast, James said: 'I love Richard and Judy, they're great, they were always really nice to me. I didn't know Chloe was their daughter until I went on a date with her and it was the first night we spent together.

He continued: 'She took me back to her parents' house and I remember there was a picture of Richard on the wall. 

'I thought Chloe's into a bit of kinky s***, I was like I don't look anything like that guy, he's tall, dark and handsome and I was like this isn't going to last.' 

Looking a little red faced, James added: 'So I got back into bed and I was like, "Why have you got a picture of Richard Madeley on the wall?" and she was like, "He's my dad" and I was like, "Right, OK"'.

Chloe and James tied the knot in 2018 and welcomed their daughter Bodhi in 2022, before splitting in 2023.

Speaking on This Morning, he said: 'Chloe is an amazing mum, an amazing woman. She is so talented and smart, and brilliant at what she does.

'When you get separated, obviously, because we live our lives in the public eye in some respect, basically you put yourself out there and sometimes people look to you to see how you behave in those situations, and for me, when you separate, the priority always becomes the child and your egos don't matter.

'We're able to co-parent in a way, sometimes is good, sometimes is bad, that's what happens. But we do it constructively for our daughter.

'I think it's important to talk about it. A lot of men reach out to me on social media and go, "Listen, I'm separating, I'm having this, I wonder how you do that, I've seen that."

'I think sometimes social media can give you a false image, sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad.

'You never post about bad stuff. You've got to take everything with a pinch of salt.'

He added of Chloe: 'She always had my back. She's got my back now. She's always great like that. Our daughter is amazing, and hopefully you can keep that process, it's not always straight forward. But you've got to try!'

 Previously Chloe said she had 'the worst breakup imaginable' from James. 

'Me and my ex husband, as much as we had the worst breakup imaginable when our marriage fell apart, we've managed to co-parent respectfully throughout all the trauma and toxicity, and it was a lot,' she told the No Parental Guidance podcast.

She added that she was shocked they made it through the traumatic time.

'We've managed to come out the other side, very surprisingly to me more than anyone, having formed a completely new bond and new relationship and a new friendship.'

She also explained that 'one of the many, many reasons' the couple separated was because she didn't want their daughter to see them argue anymore.

'One of the reasons I left my marriage was because it was so bad, it was becoming harder and harder to keep it from her and she was only a baby,' Chloe explained.