James Haskell shares sweet snaps of daughter Bodhi, 14 months, and wife Chloe Madeley as they focus on co-parenting in the wake of their split

James Haskell has shared an insight into his co-parenting with his wife Chloe Madeley after they announced they had decided to go their separate ways over the weekend.

The former rugby player, 38, took to his Instagram on Monday to share a snap of the personal trainer, 36, holding their daughter Bodhi, 14 months, while sat in a restaurant.

On Sunday he shared another slew of snaps with his baby girl, posing together while Bodhi sported a pair of headphones, to emulate her DJ father.

James beamed next to her for the camera, before planting a kiss on top of her head in one sweet shot. 

Captioning the photos, he wrote: ‘Little love. DJ Dinky in the house’. 

Family: James Haskell has shared an insight into his co-parenting with his wife Chloe Madeley after they announced they had decided to go their separate ways over the weekend

Sweet: The former rugby player, 38, took to his Instagram on Monday to share a snap of the personal trainer, 36, holding their daughter Bodhi, 14 months, while sat in a restaurant

Following in his footsteps: On Sunday he shared another slew of snaps with his baby girl, posing together while Bodhi sported a pair of headphones, to emulate her DJ father

The former couple released a joint statement on Saturday where they said they had ‘mutually decided to separate’ and that their ‘sole focus’ was their daughter.

It read: ‘Chloe and I mutually decided separate at the end of September, 2023.

‘We had not planned on releasing a statement at this time – certainly not while the television show was airing – but constant speculation about our marriage has, unfortunately, forced our hand.

‘Beyond this statement, we will not be speaking about this matter publicly, and we would request privacy at this time.

‘Our sole focus now is our beautiful daughter. We shall continue to co-parent with nothing but love.’

Sharing his own statement to Instagram, James added: ‘It’s with a lot of sadness I write this post, but unfortunately, in the world we live in, it has to be done.

‘My priority is my daughter’s and Chloe’s happiness and security. For that reason, I won’t be commenting any further.’

A source told MailOnline: ‘James is still living at the family home in London, he arrived back on Monday and was still there yesterday morning.’

Adorable: James beamed next to her for the camera, before planting a kiss on top of her head in one sweet shot

Proud dad: Captioning the photos, he wrote: ‘Little love. DJ Dinky in the house’

The couple, who married in 2018, had fuelled speculation about their relationship after Chloe emerged without her wedding ring as she partied with friends – shortly after James was pictured chatting to a mystery blonde outside a London nightspot.

It comes after Chloe revealed she and James had previously tried to save their marriage by attending couples therapy.

Speaking on her ITV2 reality show, Chloe Madeley: A Family Affair, Chloe confessed that their relationship came under intense strain during the Covid lockdowns in 2020 and they sought professional help. 

The couple were filming the lead-up to Bodhi’s first birthday in August when they spoke candidly about the issues in their relationship. 

Chloe reflected on their past struggles while filming a podcast on the show, a month before their split.

She explained: ‘We went through a really hard time in lockdown – our marriage was really quite tested’, which prompted James to quip ‘it’s not much better now!’ 

Chloe joked back ‘I know, still in hell,’ before adding: ‘We did couple’s therapy at the time.

‘I think it was my way of easing my anxiety about the fact people thought we were an amazing couple, but we were a very tempestuous couple and we’d go through some  really hard times.

Split: The former couple released a joint statement on Saturday where they said they had ‘mutually decided to separate’ and that their ‘sole focus’ was their daughter

It’s over: It read: ‘Chloe and I mutually decided separate at the end of September, 2023. ‘We had not planned on releasing a statement at this time – certainly not while the television show was airing – but constant speculation about our marriage has, unfortunately, forced our hand’

‘I like that – I know it sounds silly – but I do think it’s important for people to be able to relate to what’s normal in a relationship, what’s not so normal, where the boundaries are…’

Earlier when discussing the decision to take part in the recording, she confessed: ‘I’m on the fence about doing a couple’s podcast with James because we aren’t these kind of happy, smiley, performy youngsters. 

‘We’re always butting heads, not quite seeing eye to eye and it’s quite intimidating to let people hear that. 

‘I like lifting the curtain like no, we are all struggling, relationships are hard. It’s nice to remind people relationships are hard work.’

Elsewhere in the in the fourth and final episode of their show, tensions flared as James claimed his wife was treating him ‘like a dog’. 

The pair were preparing to film their new couple’s podcast, with Chloe – the daughter of Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan – left irked by the fact that her husband wasn’t prepared. 

She explained: ‘You’ve done what you love to do, you’ve said “here’s an idea that I really wanna do and I think it’s going to be amazing” now the day is here, you’ve done absolutely no prep for it. 

‘I was up until 11.30 last night in  bed writing treatments for the show.’ 

Candid: It comes after Chloe revealed she and James had previously tried to save their marriage by attending couples therapy

Ups and downs: Speaking on their ITV show – which was filmed a month before their split – Chloe reflected on their past struggles while they were filmed recording a podcast

She added to the camera: ‘Classic. James has not prepared anything for the podcast he insisted we do so obviously it all falls down to me and I’m quite nervous about this now.’ 

The personal trainer revealed she had a work call to complete before filming the podcast and proceeded to open Zoom, while James kept talking to her in the background. 

READ MORE: All the signs that Chloe Madeley and James Haskell’s marriage was on the rocks 

She told the camera: ‘When I’m trying to work and James is just talking, talking, talking – I’m just like not now – I have two methods – shush him and just keep shushing him until he gets annoyed and then just ignore him.’ 

James snapped back: ‘You’re just going to invade my space while I’m having breakfast. It’s a bit like your own podcast, bit all over the place, bit scatty, not very interesting.’ 

As Chloe continued to shush him it then cut back to her talking to camera as she explained: ‘If James is contributing anything of value I wouldn’t shush him but he’s contributing s**t banter on a work call that isn’t appropriate and he needs to pipe down!’ 

Having stormed out of the room, James proceeded to moan: ‘She shushes me like I’m a dog or like I’m a baby. I’m like “shush me again and that’s the last thing you’ll ever do.”‘

Chloe went on to explain: ‘The difficulty in mine and James’ relationship comes from the fact that both of us think we’re in charge. 

‘The relationships that I know are very calm and tranquil there’s a dominant and there’s a submissive.

‘James and I are both dominant so obviously it’s like World War Three.’ 

The scenes were filmed a month before Chloe and James separated.

One friend of the couple told MailOnline: ‘It is all so weird, and it all seems rather rum that Chloe did a round of interviews and talked very openly about her life and the marriage but she failed to say that she and James had split despite her television show being all about her family life.’

Not impressed: Elsewhere in the episode, tensions flared as James claimed his wife was treating him ‘like a dog’ by shushing him when he spoke 

It comes after Chloe emerged without her wedding ring as she partied with friends in October – shortly after James was pictured chatting to a mystery blonde outside a London nightspot. 

The woman was later revealed to be PR director Martine Bridge, a close friend of the former rugby ace with connections to the upper echelons of London high society. 

Days later he was seen without his wedding ring while out with daughter Bodhi close to their family home. 

In recent scenes from their reality show he bore the brunt of Chloe’s frustration after jetting to Ibiza for a DJ gig – where he was pictured partying with a troupe of bikini-clad dancers. 

Documenting the job on social media, James was surrounded by scantily-clothed women – leaving his wife, who was back in the United Kingdom, less than impressed.

Bikini babes! It comes after she shared her frustration after spotting her partner’s latest photos on his Instagram page

Not happy: In recent scenes from their new show he bore the brunt of Chloe’s frustration after jetting to Ibiza  – where he was pictured partying with a troupe of bikini-clad dancers

After spotting the pictures, she raged: ‘He’s on Instagram uploading videos and photos of all these girls, and I was like, “I will kill you. I will fly to Ibiza and kill you”.

‘He posted videos of him with loads of girls in thongs ‘cos he thinks that it like makes him look cool on social media. I’m like you’re a k*** and you make me look like a k***. Stop doing it.’

However, she did admit: ‘But he loves it. Honestly, at least he’s having fun. You know what I mean.’

Chloe was at home looking after their 14-month old while James was out DJing in Ibiza, which he has done since retiring from professional rugby.

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