Johnny Vegas has put Vikki Jones to work in his Cheshire shop, saying the pair wanted more quality time together. The move folds his private life into the antiques business he now fronts, and it comes with a blunt caveat: he still keeps most of the relationship off social media.
Three Years With Vikki Jones
Three years is the length of time Jones has been dating Vegas, and the latest comment adds a practical layer to that relationship. Vegas said, "They say never work with your partner, but it's great. She and Bev make fun of me most of the time."
That line matters less as gossip than as an operating detail. Jones has recently begun helping with Johnny Vegas' Little Shop Of Antiques, which is the business shown on the Quest series tied to the Cheshire shop. For a public figure who has moved away from stand-up, the shop is now the centre of the workday rather than a side project.
Stand-up Took the Toll
Vegas also drew a line under why he stepped back from live comedy. He said, "Stand-up was great, but it was manic. The nerves took their toll. Never say never, but I just see that as a project that needs to rest."
That is the useful context here: the shop arrangement is not a throwaway romance story, but part of a broader shift in how he works. He has already said he announced in 2023 that he was diagnosed with ADHD, and that it "made sense of a lot of things". The antiques business gives him a steadier setting than the pace he associates with stand-up.
Social Media And Privacy
Vegas told The Times, "I wasn't keeping it under cover, but I don't share much about it on social media." He is not hiding the relationship, but he is drawing a boundary around how much of it becomes public, which is why a work update like this lands with more weight than an ordinary personal post.
He also said the arrangement has been good for the relationship, which is the practical takeaway for readers tracking whether business and private life can coexist here. The answer, at least in his account, is yes: Jones has moved from being only a partner to being part of the shop's daily rhythm.
Johnny Vegas And Catherine
Vegas has been here before, with public relationships stretching back to his marriage to Catherine 'Kitty' Donnelly in August 2002, the birth of Michael Pennington in 2003, their split in 2006 and divorce two years later. He married Maia Dunphy in 2011 in Spain, they had Tom in 2015, and Dunphy said in 2018 that they had separated the year before. That history makes his current choice feel less like a publicity beat and more like a deliberate attempt to keep work and life on a smaller, more manageable scale.
What matters now is simple: Jones is in the shop, Vegas says the setup works, and the only unanswered operational detail is what she is doing there day to day. For a business built around personality as much as stock, that is the part that will show whether the arrangement lasts.
