Guy Martin Marries Sharon Comiskey in 2025 After Marriage U-turn
guy martin has married his long-term partner, Sharon Comiskey, in 2025 after previously saying he did not believe in marriage. The move closes a public U-turn for the 44-year-old former motorcycle racer and television presenter, who once insisted he was not the marrying sort.
Guy Martin and Sharon Comiskey
Martin and Comiskey met in 2010 at a moped race in Ireland. Their seven-year-old daughter, Dottie, acted as flower girl at the wedding, bringing the milestone into the same family orbit that had been part of his comments years earlier.
He had been plain about his position before changing it. “She wants to get married, I'm not up for it. I'm not the marrying sort of man. No one trusts anyone. My missus obviously doesn't trust me, that's why she wants to get married. But I'm not bothered, I don't need it. Getting married just to keep her happy is the wrong reason,” he said.
He later softened that view. “We've got a kid. She puts up with me, I put up with her, we get on with it. And it would make her happy,” he told Radio Times in 2023 after saying he had bought an engagement ring for a low-key wedding with only “half a dozen” guests.
Guy Martin Proper Jobs
The wedding adds a personal turn to a year in which Martin remained visible on screen. His reality series Guy Martin: Proper Jobs aired on U&Dave in 2025, with the first run showing him working as a firefighter, a wildlife warden on a remote island, a deckhand on a fishing trawler and a mountain rescue dog handler.
The second series pushed that pattern further. He drilled one mile beneath the North Sea in the UK's last deep mine, milked dairy cows on a remote island in the Hebrides and worked in HGV recovery, keeping his public image tied to hands-on work rather than the racing career he ended in July 2017.
Martin's racing years
Martin was born on November 4, 1981, in a suburb of Grimsby and was named in tribute of Guy Gibson. His father, Ian, was a privateer motorbike racer who competed in several Isle of Man TT events, while also working as a lorry mechanic and selling bikes.
His mother, Rita, was of Latvian heritage, and his maternal grandfather came to Britain in 1947 as a political refugee. Those family details sit behind a career that began in racing, moved into television and, now, has landed on marriage after years of saying it would never happen.
Last month, another part of his public life drew attention when he was banned from driving for six months after being twice caught breaking the law on his Honda motorcycle. The marriage changes one part of his story; the driving ban sits alongside it as the other recent headline involving a man who has spent years living in public view.
