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Jamiroquai's Jay Kay confirms he's MARRIED long-term partner Maria as he thanks
'wife and daughters' in BMI London speech
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The 47-year-old musician accidentally let slip that he'd tied the knot to the mother of his two daughters, Carla, two, and five-month-old Tallulah
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He was accepting the BMI President’s Award in London on Monday night when he made the onstage gaffe about his 10-year relationship
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Jay Kay has previously enjoyed romances with model Heidi Klum, singer Kylie Minogue and most famously, TV presenter Denise van Outen
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He also waxed lyrical about actress Winona Ryder's ferocious sexual appetite during their fleeting relationship
Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay has tied the knot with the mother of his two children, Maria.
Thanking his 'wife' in his BMI London awards acceptance speech on Monday night, the 47-year-old let slip that he had married his other half after 10 years together. Glamorous Maria - with whom he welcomed two daughters, Carla, two, and five-month-old Tallulah,
during his six-year musical hiatus - was there to support the musician on the night. An insider told MailOnline on Tuesday:
'Jay Kay did a shout to his wife and two daughters when he was on the stage collecting his award.
'The audience seemed a bit surprised because he wasn't wearing a wedding ring on his left hand and I don't think anyone even
knew he was off the market.' A representative for Jay Kay has been contacted by MailOnline for further comment.
In an interview with The Times newspaper in April, Jay Kay hinted that he had settled down with his 'missus' and children.
'I am totally serious about my missus and kids,' he shared. 'My biological dad and my mum were adopted,
my identical twin died and my parents split. There's a whole history of insecurity there. And so this is it.
'I am the dad for my girls. Forever. I don't want them calling any other man 'Daddy'. They've got me for life.'
He described the moment that he met his now-wife as a Sliding Doors moment in 2007,
when he decided to jump out of a taxi to greet her on a chance meeting in London, many years after they first knew each other.
'I recognised Maria's face from a little skirmish we'd had abroad years previously. Our meeting again was a real 'Sliding Doors' moment.
'I've always wanted a family, but I'd reached 45 and wondered if it would ever happen. I'm a touch late, but it's brilliant...'
Famous 1998 film Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, features two alternate realities
- love stories which play out in parallel - based on whether or not she catches a train.
Frontman Jay Kay picked up the BMI President’s Award because of his 'originality,
which has inspired generations of musicians and fans alike,' on Monday.
On the night, Jay Kay said of the award: 'I'm very happy to receive this award tonight, it's been 30 years since I began a career
in music, and I'm lucky to still be able to do my thing and express it through songs.
'There's still no better buzz really, than starting off with that 'thing' in your head and letting it get to the stage
where you hear it on the radio, in front of loads of people, all over the world, it's a real privilege.'
Jamiroquai, who also performed on the night, have returned to the music scene after many years away.
In May, Jay Kay was recovering from spinal surgery that left him immobalised and threatened to jeopardise tour dates
that followed the release of the band's eighth studio album, Automaton.
In his heyday, Jamiroquai's lead singer was known for his promiscuity and womanising ways.
His most famous relationship was with The Big Breakfast's Denise van Outen, which last for three years in the late Nineties.
Many speculate that his songs that followed were written about the bubbly blonde, even though he insisted that she was
the one to spill on their relationship. In 2005, he sniped: 'When it comes to things like that I'm a gentleman
and I don't want to talk about it, but I think Denise saw it a different way.
'It was a case of walking into the local petrol station and seeing 17 different magazines
with her on the cover talking about how she had to finish it...'
Then, following a fling with actress Winona Rider, he said he hoped to find Mrs Right, describing his ideal woman
'as a nice brunette with nice shoes'. He said he was 'done' with fornicating with groupies and gave explicit insight into
Winona's sexual appetite in a crude chat with FHM magazine.