Martine McCutcheon takes brutal swipe at ex Jack McManus in cryptic post about ‘lack of respect’ as she vows to find someone who ‘deserves her’ after he ended their 18-year marriage

Martine McCutcheon took a brutal swipe at ex-husband Jack McManus in a cryptic Instagram post on Sunday, after he ended their 18-year marriage earlier this year.

The former EastEnders actress, 48, shared an inspiration quote to her Stories ready for the New Year, which stated that only people that ‘respect’ her ‘deserve’ to be in her life in 2025. 

Martine, who shares son nine-year-old son Rafferty with her ex, then stated that she would not be wasting her time with ‘weird vibes’ and would simple move on.

In the pointed post, re-shared by the star it read: ‘The only people who deserve to be in your life next year, are the ones who treat you with love, kindness and respect’.

‘If the vibes are weird, move on.’ 

Martine  revealed in August that Jack had left her after 18 years together – days after she wrote a heartfelt birthday tribute to him.

The former EastEnders actress shared an inspiration quote to her Stories ready for the New Year, which stated that only people that ‘respect’ her ‘deserve’ to be in her life in 2025

It later emerged that the pair had put their £1.5million house in Surrey up for sale three months earlier, in May.

Yet after seven months and no luck securing a sale, the asking price has been slashed by £250,000, dropping from its original listing of £1.5million in May to £1.25million. 

Martine and Jack, 40, now look set to make a loss, having originally purchased the property for £1.3million in June 2022. 

The decision to lower the price comes just a week after Martine appeared to take a swipe at her ex in a series of cryptic Instagram posts.

Last month, Martine shared a series of quotes on her Stories, and captioned one by vowing to ‘keep the faith and look forward’ in the wake of her marital split.

In one pointed post, Martine re-shared a quote which read: ‘Sometimes, healing means telling people to f**k off,’ with the caption: ‘Absobloodylutely!’

She went onto share a poem, which said: ‘And all this time, you thought you were falling apart, you didn’t realise you were actually putting yourself back together.’

Alongside it she wrote: ‘For anyone who needs this, keep the faith. Look forward – not back… and smile… you WILL be OK… Maybe even better than OK.’

Martine broke the news of her split in a statement that read: ‘After much thought and consideration, Jack has decided it’s best for us to separate after 18 years together and I accept his decision.

‘We are both so very blessed and grateful for our beautiful, nine-year-old son Rafferty, who’s [sic] happiness and welfare has always been, and will continue to be, our number 1 priority.

‘We both of course, still cherish and look forward to being parents together to our wonderful boy for the rest of our lives…

‘Whilst this decision has evolved over a period of time, we are still finding our new way forward as a family and kindly ask for some privacy at this time… especially for our little boy.’