Debbie McGee ready for love again and finally happy after five years of sorrow
| Date | 27 February 2021 |
| Published date | 27 February 2021 |
| Publication title | Daily Mirror, The: Web Edition Articles (London, England) |
No wonder, then, that Debbie has been in such pain since losing her beloved hubby Paul to a brain tumour in March 2016.
It has taken five tough years to find herself again. To smile. To recapture the happiness she and magician Paul shared.
And to declare that, if the right man came along, she is ready to love again.
"It would be lovely to meet somebody,” she tells the Sunday People.
Debbie opens her heart in a moving interview in which she reveals she stuffed her bed with pillows to fill the space left by Paul.
She still hears his voice and recalls the time, out shopping, she collapsed in tears after grabbing her phone to ring her soulmate... forgetting, briefly, that he had gone.
The five-year anniversary – including plans to scatter his ashes – triggers poignant memories. It also allows Debbie to look forward, knowing Paul wanted her to be happy.
That could, of course, involve a new partner, though she is in no hurry.
Debbie tells us: “I’m not seeing anyone and haven’t been in a relationship with anybody since Paul died, but if I met the right person I could definitely see myself finding love again now.
“When Paul died I felt completely lost. I didn’t know who I was any more or whether people would want to know me without Paul. But now I feel very comfortable with who I am and I’m much stronger.
“Men show interest, but I also think when you’re famous lots of men are a little bit scared, intimidated. They don’t know that underneath you’re an ordinary person.
“I’ve learnt to be happy again without needing a person as such and I feel I can deal with life, which I think is a big thing when you’ve been left on your own.
“But it would be lovely to meet somebody. I’m not going to go hunting, as they say. I’m not out looking for it. I think if it’s going to happen it will. What’s meant to be will be.
“Most people I know who met somebody haven’t really been actively looking. They’ve found it where they wouldn’t expect to.
“It will be hard to find someone to follow in Paul’s shoes, but I don’t think you should ever compare. It would have to be somebody that makes me laugh. I’m a real people person and it’s all about their personality, never about the way a person looks.”
Debbie – Paul’s stage assistant and always introduced by him as “the lovely Debbie McGee” – says the pain of losing him never really goes away.
She goes on: “There were times when I...
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