The iconic duo first met back in the 80s while working at ITV Granada Television, before going on to tie the knot in 1986.

Appearing on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Richard made a candid confession about his and Judy’s longtime partnership.

Richard revealed that he sleeps in the spare room when he presents Good Morning Britain because he has to wake up in the middle of the night and doesn’t want to disrupt Judy’s sleep.

‘When I’m doing Good Morning Britain I sleep in the spare room,’ Richard admitted.

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Richard Madeley revealed on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast that he and his wife Judy Finnigan sleep in separate beds (Pictured in 2019)

The iconic duo first met back in the 80s while working at ITV Granada Television, before going on to tie the knot in 1986

‘I do probably sleep a little bit better in bed with Judy but I’m okay on my own.’

Of the possibility of disrupting Judy’s sleep with the early wake-ups, he added: ‘I wouldn’t think of doing that to Judy.

‘Apart from anything else, Judy and her sleep, you do not mess with.’

Richard and Judy recently reflected upon their relationship in their Channel 5 documentary, Our Best Bits – In Our Own Words, which aired in summer.

The pair spoke about the first time they met at Granada and the initial chemistry between them.

At the time Judy was wedded to journalist David Henshaw and Richard was in the midst of separating from his first wife Lynda.

Judy said: ‘I remember you coming into the newsroom on your first day, you were wearing a ridiculous sky blue suit… you just looked like a pr**.

‘I was assigned as your minder, they had a system at Grenada that the newbie would be assigned a father or a mother to show them the ropes literally, and I was your mother.’

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Appearing on Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Richard made a candid confession about his and Judy’s longtime partnership (Pictured in July)

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Richard revealed that he sleeps in the spare room when he presents Good Morning Britain because he has to wake up in the middle of the night and doesn’t want to disrupt Judy’s sleep

Reminiscing, Richard said: ‘I suddenly felt two hands on the back of my neck and I heard this voice saying ”I’m your mummy” and I turned around and it was this beautiful blonde.

‘It seemed an off thing to say so I was like ”what??” So yeah she was my assigned mummy.’

Opening up about their first kiss the pair revealed it was after a working day in Blackpool in the back of a black cab.

‘We were filming in Blackpool, we spend a very long day filming promos, we really hit it off. We ended up getting a black cab, because the crew had gone, we went back to Manchester which was a good hours drive.

‘It was in the darkness of the cab that we kind of fell for each other really, and kissed.’

It comes after their daughter Chloe revealed that her parents have ‘really struggled’ at times during their 38-year marriage.

The couple married then welcomed children Jack and Chloe, while also carving out a successful presenting career together, fronting shows including This Morning and their very own teatime magazine show.

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It comes after their daughter Chloe revealed that her parents have ‘really struggled’ at times during their 38-year marriage (Pictured in 2013)

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The couple married then welcomed children Jack and Chloe, while also carving out a successful presenting career together, fronting shows including This Morning and their very own teatime magazine show (Pictured in 2020)

And in a new interview, daughter Chloe, 37 – who recently split from husband James Haskell – opened up about how her parents have navigated their four-decade long relationship as she divulged the secret to their long-lasting union.

When asked how her folks had sustained such a lengthy marriage, she told Closer magazine: ‘They would honestly say the same thing – that the secret to them having such a long marriage is to not get divorced.

‘They’ve been together for over 40 years and during that time there have been periods where they have really struggled, but they kept going and stayed together. I don’t think it was ever bad enough for them to split.’

The personal trainer went on to praise the pair for setting a ‘pretty gold standard’ before noting that she ‘hit the jackpot’ when it came to parents.

Despite their successful union, Chloe admitted that she never felt any ‘pressure’ to continue with her own marriage because of her parents.