MILLIONAIRE art collector Charles Saatchi yesterday said he had made the "heartbreaking" decision to divorce TV chef Nigella Lawson.
His announcement came weeks after pictures showed him holding her by the throat as they had an argument on a London restaurant terrace.
Saatchi (70) told The Mail on Sunday the couple, pictured, had "become estranged and drifted apart" over the past year.
"I am sorry to announce that Nigella Lawson and I are getting divorced," he told the newspaper.
"I feel that I have clearly been a disappointment to Nigella during the last year or so and I am disappointed that she was advised to make no public comment to explain that I abhor violence of any kind against women and have never abused her physically in any way."
Lawson's spokesman said: "There is no comment from Nigella."