Lisa Armstrong admits she ‘hasn’t done anything’ during lockdown

Lisa Armstrong has candidly discussed life in lockdown and revealed she called out pal Piers Morgan over a live TV make-up gaffe in a candid new interview.

Speaking to the Royal Television Society, the Strictly make-up guru, 43, said she now had plenty of free time on her hands as the UK remains in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic.

She said: ‘I haven’t done anything for months. People are having to do their own make-up. 

Discussing Piers’ hilarious gaffe, she said: ‘When Piers [Morgan] did his for Good Morning Britain, I texted him and asked: “What the hell’s happened to you?” 

‘People are now appreciating what make-up artists do.’

Lisa has been moving on with her life since her £31million divorce with her ex-husband Ant McPartlin was finalised in April 2020.    

Lisa and Ant, 44, share custody of their dog Hurley and have previously been transferring the dog between homes during lockdown. 

The couple, who were married for 12 years and had been together for 23 years, agreed that Hurley would spend a week at each of their homes.   

Ant will now be able to marry his ‘rock’ and former PA Anne-Marie Corbett, 44. 

A source told The Sun: ‘It’s been an extremely difficult road with a lot of heartache and unpleasantness, but it’s finally done. It’s over.

‘Ant’s been desperate to start the next chapter of his life and at least now he and Anne-Marie can plan for the future. It won’t be long before they are married.’  

It was recently reported that Ant would have to close his £20 million television business to fund the divorce.  

According to Companies House, the presenter’s production business Teecourt Limited has filed paperwork to cease trading in the coming weeks. 

Earlier this year, Saturday Night Takeaway host Ant was reported to have handed over £31 million to Lisa, including their £5 million home in West London, after an ‘eight-hour negotiation’.

The beauty expert was said to have been the ‘peacemaker’ during a recent eight-hour long discussion about her divorce from the TV star, claimed The Sun. 

The publication first alleged the TV veteran offered up more than half of his estimated £50m fortune, but was ‘delighted’ that the case has come to an end as he can ‘move on’, two years after announcing their split. However, as the news broke, the former Deuce musician took to Twitter to deny the reports, posting: ‘Nope a load of nonsense AGAIN….’

She went to ‘like’ tweets that stated: ‘no amount of money could ever compensate for what this poor girl has had to endure’, and ‘Get what you can! 

‘You deserve it! Terrible treatment of you since you found out when we did! And with a so called friend! It’s heartbreaking behaviour.

‘I bet the money means nothing in some respects, it certainly can’t buy the respect she deserves or make up for the sh***y spineless way he scurried off & tried to silence her.   

Whatever the sum is I’m sure it will be put to much better use & I wish her all the best’; and ‘Why do people care what you get, no amount of money big or small can change the fact a heart was broken’. [sic] 

As of last month, Ant and Lisa are said to be on civil terms, with the exes speaking have ‘without an intermediary’ as they continue to share custody of their beloved pet Labrador, Hurley.  

Late last year, friends of the former couple told The Mail On Sunday that despite efforts by Ant to keep their split low-key, Lisa still wanted her day in court. 

Lisa is understood to have felt that Ant ‘got away with a lot’ following their split.

She was also believed to be dismayed and deeply hurt that he moved on so quickly when he started a new relationship with Anne-Marie.   

A source close to the couple said: ‘Ant has been very generous in terms of the financial settlement but Lisa is totally the opposite of someone who is motivated by money. 

‘She doesn’t care about that – she earns her own. But she has been so hurt by all of this. 

‘What the general public and his fans don’t realise is that Ant’s decision to end the marriage came after years of Lisa trying to save him from himself.

‘There were at least three years when she was at her wits’ end and it was tough. Watching him move on was very, very difficult. Lisa is very much aware that a judge may not award her as much as Ant is offering but she doesn’t care. 

‘She has suffered tremendously in all of this and she wants her day in court.’  

Their union legally came to an end during a 30-second hearing in October 2018, finalising over a decade of marriage.