Nova star Tim Blackwell splits from wife Monique after 14 years

Popular drive show co-host Tim Blackwell and his wife of 14 years, Monique, have announced they’ve called it quits.

Nova radio host Tim Blackwell and his wife have called time on their marriage after 14 years together.

Monique Blackwell, who wed the Ricki-Lee, Tim & Joel drive show co-host in 2009, shared the sad update on Instagram on Sunday.

“Not all good things end, but this has,” the yoga instructor wrote in a caption alongside two pictures of herself and Tim, 42.

“Thank you in advance for your messages of love, support and sadness at the news that Tim & I are no longer together.

“Our babes are forever supported by Tim’s and my love for them. And our friendship together is a source of strength for our family always, as we raise our children as best friends.”

Monique updated friends and family with the sad news on Sunday. Picture: Instagram

They share three kids. Picture: Instagram

The estranged couple are parents to three children: Bo, 10, Alfie, seven, and Artie, four.

Tim opened up about the day he met his future wife in an interview with Stellar back in 2018, revealing it happened to coincide with the biggest day of his career.

Nova Drive team Ricki-Lee Coulter, Joel Creasey, and Tim Blackwell. Picture: Justin Lloyd.

The popular radio host explained it happened after he’d just moved to Perth in 2002 to launch Nova 93.7FM’s drive show.

“It’s the cheesiest radio-nerd story ever — one of the biggest days for my career and certainly the biggest day of my love-life,” Tim told the publication.

“I had all the big bosses in town, all the news media there. I was shaking and absolutely sh***ing myself but also exhilarated at the same time.

“Once all that was over, we went downstairs and had this huge launch party and Monique was a part of the promotions team at the time there. She came over and I got the courage to say, ‘I’m new to Perth and I’d love to take you out to coffee or something’.”

The couple first met in 2002. Picture: Instagram

They tied the knot in 2009. Picture: Instagram

In an interview with 9Honey in 2018, Monique offered her perspective on their first meeting, admitting she’d thought he was “cute” after spotting him from inside a sound booth before the party.

“I saw him and I thought, ‘That guy’s really cute,’ but I couldn’t hear anything … I was like, ‘Mental note: I’ll ask who that is later,’” she told the site.

After dating for six years, the pair got engaged during a romantic trip to Greece.

Tim later told 9Honey that he’d been determined to propose in Santorini after realising he couldn’t deal with the stress of carrying around the expensive piece of jewellery anymore.

“I was like, ‘It has to happen tonight, I can’t carry this ring around with me any more, I’m not enjoying this holiday.’ I had to get it on her finger,” he joked, before praising the mother of his children.

“ … We have been together so long, and without being clichéd, it is still great.

“And now we’ve had children, all the things that should be throwing difficulties our way, I think make us stronger … I love watching [Monique] be a mum.”