He was also quizzed on why he had told police he found Joanne dead on the bed before claiming she had stabbed herself, as detectives accused him of changing his story about there being no noises from his wife after being told a neighbour had heard an "almighty scream" from the house.
The trial was previously told that Samak had made a call to a debt advice service and shared worries about not being able to pay his portion of the household bills, which his wife would ask him to send to her every month.
A man accused of stabbing his wife to death after becoming interested in another woman and getting into money problems cried as detectives told him "she doesn't love you", a court heard.
Mohamed Samak allegedly murdered interior designer Joanne Samak, 49, in the early hours of July 1 last year at their home in Droitwich Spa, Worcs.
Samak is on trial at Worcester crown court, where a jury heard a transcript on Tuesday of his police interview two days after Joanne's death.
