For readers asking about Matthew Robertson, the former Pet Rescue presenter and ex-husband of Davina McCall, there is no reliable public confirmation that he has a new partner as of 25 August 2026.
That answer needs one important qualification: it does not mean Robertson is necessarily single. His romantic life has not been publicly documented in enough detail to establish his current relationship status either way. No direct statement from Robertson or credible recent report located for this article names a girlfriend, wife or new partner.
The distinction matters because some online pages turn a lack of public information into the much stronger claim that Robertson “has no partner”. The available evidence does not justify that conclusion.
What is actually known about Matthew Robertson’s relationship status?
Robertson became widely known in Britain as a television presenter, including through the animal-rescue programme Pet Rescue. He later received considerably more media attention through his marriage to Davina McCall.
McCall publicly announced their separation in November 2017 after 17 years of marriage. In her statement, she said that their three children were their priority and asked for privacy while the family went through the separation. Sky News reported at the time that McCall and Robertson had married in June 2000.
Later accounts place their divorce in 2018. A 2023 Press Association interview published by BreakingNews.ie describes Robertson as McCall’s ex-husband and states that the couple divorced that year.
Since then, there has been extensive coverage of McCall’s subsequent relationship but very little dependable reporting about Robertson’s romantic life. Searches of current mainstream coverage do not produce a direct statement from Robertson announcing a new relationship or an established publication identifying a confirmed partner.
The safest answer is therefore:
Matthew Robertson does not have a publicly confirmed new partner. His actual private relationship status is not established by reliable public information.
Why the 2017 split does not tell us whether Robertson is single today
It has been almost nine years since McCall announced their separation, so it would be tempting to assume that Robertson must either have entered another relationship or deliberately remained single. Neither conclusion can responsibly be drawn from the evidence.
The period immediately after the separation was complicated. In a 2021 interview reported by The Independent, McCall said that she and Robertson continued living in the same house for a time after splitting. She described the period as a transitional phase and said moving out subsequently felt like the beginning of a new chapter.
Those comments provide useful chronology, but they do not reveal Robertson’s later romantic life.
McCall has also spoken about the couple eventually reaching a better place as co-parents. The Standard reported in December 2025 that she had described them as able to co-parent happily after the upheaval of the divorce. Again, that tells readers something about their post-marriage family relationship, not whether Robertson has another partner.
Davina McCall has moved on — but that does not answer the question about Matthew
Some searches for Robertson’s “new partner” lead primarily to stories about Davina McCall and Michael Douglas. That can create a misleading impression that developments in McCall’s life also reveal Robertson’s status.
They do not.
McCall began a relationship with celebrity hairstylist Michael Douglas after her marriage to Robertson ended. In December 2025, The Standard reported that McCall and Douglas had married in a private ceremony on 5 December. The Independent likewise reported on 11 December 2025 that the couple had exchanged vows in an intimate ceremony attended by family and close friends.
McCall’s remarriage establishes her relationship status. It provides no evidence about Robertson’s.
This distinction is particularly useful now because recent articles mentioning Matthew Robertson often do so only as part of stories about McCall. Being described as her “ex-husband” in a current article should not be interpreted as confirmation that he is currently unattached.
Why there is so little dependable information about a new partner
Robertson’s personal life is a case where restraint is more accurate than filling gaps with assumptions.
When McCall announced the separation in 2017, the couple explicitly placed their children’s privacy at the centre of their public statement. Sky News recorded her request for “space and respect from the media” as the family dealt with the breakup.
Later interviews have provided some information about the end of the marriage and co-parenting, but they have not produced a verified account of Robertson’s subsequent romantic relationships.
For a living person, a supposed girlfriend or partner should not be identified on the basis of anonymous claims, photographs taken out of context, social-media speculation or repetition across celebrity-biography sites. A relationship is better treated as established when there is a direct acknowledgement or reporting from a publication with evidence strong enough to support the claim.
No such confirmation has emerged in the reliable sources reviewed here.
Do not confuse Matthew Robertson with Netflix’s Matt Robertson
There is another reason search results can become confusing.
Matt Robertson, who appeared with Khani Le in Netflix’s 2023 documentary Longest Third Date, is a different person from Davina McCall’s former husband.
The documentary followed Matt Robertson and Khani Le after what was supposed to be a short trip to Costa Rica for their third date turned into a months-long stay during the Covid-19 travel shutdowns. Entertainment Weekly reported on 20 April 2023 that the couple were still together at that point and living together.
That information should not be attached to the British former Pet Rescue presenter.
It also cannot automatically be presented as Khani Le and Matt Robertson’s status in 2026: the Entertainment Weekly report documents their relationship in 2023.
So, does Matthew Robertson have a new partner in 2026?
There is no publicly confirmed new partner for Matthew Robertson, Davina McCall’s ex-husband, as of 25 August 2026.
What can be established is that Robertson and McCall separated in 2017 and subsequently divorced, while McCall later formed a relationship with Michael Douglas and married him in December 2025. Reliable public reporting does not currently identify another romantic partner for Robertson.
That should not be rewritten as “Matthew Robertson is single”. His private life may simply not be public.
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Sources
- Sky News — “Davina McCall announces split from husband Matthew Robertson” — 26 November 2017. Open the Sky News report
- The Independent — “Davina McCall says living with her ex-husband after they split was ‘awkward’” — 2 June 2021. Open The Independent report
- BreakingNews.ie / Press Association — “Davina McCall: A famous woman is hard for a man to date” — 14 September 2023. Open the BreakingNews.ie report
- The Standard — “Inside Davina McCall’s storied love life — from a rockstar romance to her third marriage” — 11 December 2025. Open The Standard report
- Entertainment Weekly — “Yes, Khani and Matt from Longest Third Date are still together: ‘We’re dog parents’” — 20 April 2023. Open the Entertainment Weekly report
