Radio star Ray Hadley reveals he's inviting his ex-wife to his wedding – and it was his lover's idea

Veteran radio identity Ray Hadley has revealed a name on his wedding guest list many didn’t expect – his first wife Anne Maree.

And it was on the insistence of his latest bride to be – glamorous former secretary Sophie Baird.

Speaking on Ben Fordham Live on Friday morning, Hadley told listeners Anne Maree, the mother to a couple of his now adult children, will be among the well-wishers on the NSW Central Coast on Saturday afternoon.

‘Anne Marie, who I was married to and we had Dan and Laura… she’s the grandmother to our grandchildren, she’s coming to the wedding at Sophie’s insistence,’ Hadley said.

Radio identity Ray Hadley is getting married for a third time on Saturday when he weds Sophie Baird

Ms Baird was Hadley’s personal assistant for 16 years before they eventually became an item

It is unknown if Hadley’s second wife (pictured left) Suzanne was invited to this weekend’s nuptials

‘She wants her to be there with the kids and with the grand-kids as it makes Dan and Laura happy, it makes me happy, it makes her happy.

‘The thing that she (Sophie) has done most of all, is cement my relationship with my children.’

Hadley proposed to Ms Baird – who was his personal assistant for 16 years – in October of 2019 as he left home to call the NRL grand final between the Sydney Roosters and Canberra Raiders at Sydney Olympic Park.

The couple also had to postpone their big day on four occasions last year due to Covid-19.

With a combined three previous marriages, the loved up pair have six adult children.

They include Daniel, 30, and Laura, 28, from Hadley’s first marriage with Anne Marie, Emma and Sarah from his second with Suzanne – and Nick, 21, and Jessie, 19, from Ms Baird’s previous marriage.

Last month Hadley, a former taxi driver, put his sprawling Sydney mansion featuring two swimming pools, five bedrooms and ten car spaces, on the market.

Hadley hopes to snare more than $7million for the estate, with other acreages in the Hills District recently selling in the mid $8million range.

He plans to then move into a neighbouring four-bedroom townhouse with Ms Baird after they tie the knot at media tsar John Singleton’s restaurant Saddles. 

The man dubbed ‘Bolts’ in media circles also has no desire to retire from the airwaves anytime soon.

The workaholic has long divided his time between Sydney and the Gold Coast, where has owned an apartment at Main Beach since 2004.

Hadley and Ms Baird had to postpone their big day on four occasions last year due to Covid-19

Hadley was previously married to Anne Marie and Suzanne before finding love again with Sophie Baird