Ioan Gruffudd is spotted for FIRST TIME since new girlfriend

Ioan Gruffudd was spotted for the first time since going public with his new girlfriend Bianca Wallace as he filmed in the South of France on Wednesday. 

The Welsh star of the Fantastic Four and ITV’s thriller Liar, 48, was seen on location in the south of France as he filmed the French murder mystery La Réunion, based on the best-selling novel by Guillaume Musso. 

He cut a serious figure when he was seen on the set of the TV mini series in an appearance that comes after his estranged wife Alice Evans hit out at his new romance in a series of Twitter and Instagram rants. 

Since Bianca and Ioan went ‘Instagram official’, Alice, 50, has made her feelings known and on Thursday morning she shared a throwback snap of her and Ioan, late night selfies and changed her social media bios to pointed slurs on ‘homewreckers’, and an attack on Bianca for ‘ruining kids’ lives and sleeping with married men. 

Ioan was seen with a facemask in place and wearing a black pea coat as he shot the thriller, in which he plays Thomas alongside Nicolas Robin and Rupert Graves.  

The Reunion’s sypnosis is: ‘An elite prep school frozen in the snow. Three friends linked by a tragic secret. One girl taken by the night. 25 years ago, The girl body was buried in the gymnasium wall, the same wall that is about to be demolished.’ 

On Wednesday last week, Ioan and Bianca, 29, went ‘Instagram official’ by sharing a cosy snap on their respective social media accounts just moments before Alice made explosive allegations about the duo having a three year long affair. 

In her ongoing tirade against the new couple, Alice has frequently reminded her critics not to call them ‘exes’ as she is still married to Ioan, with whom she shares two daughters – who she has accused Ioan of ‘forgetting’. 

Her latest post saw Alice share a throwback alongside a caption reading: ‘Oops! This came up when I was going through old photos. No offence to the ‘New Girfriend’. 

Following the image of her and her husband in happier times, Alice also shared a slew of stunning selfies in quick succession of one another. 

Her new Twitter bio meanwhile read: ‘I do not sleep with married men. I do not wreck homes I do not ruin little kids’ lives’, while her Instagram details are now listed as: ‘Not a home-wrecker’, alongside a link to her IMDB page.  

Earlier in the week, Alice, who is mother to  Ella, 12, and Elsie, eight, with the star, gave a shocking insight into their parenting arrangements. 

In her latest blistering tirade, Alice hit back at Twitter users who accused her of making the split ‘all about money’ and also suggesting it was ‘her choice’ to quit her career and become a stay at home – something she staunchly denied. 

Alice explained that she ‘altruistically’ allowed Ioan to continue working, while staying at home with the girls, despite battling chronic pain and tiredness in fibromyalgia – making it hard for her to even get out of bed at times.

She wrote: ‘I did NOT make that choice. Two actors cannot both work because it’s impossible to work in the same city. Just like two war-reporters or two overseas volunteers. I accepted to step down cos he earned more… 

‘It was hard. Really hard. I felt I was doing my bit for the family… every time I came to near breaking I told myself I would get back out there once they were older and that at least my husband was getting the opportunity to do the stuff he wanted…

‘Rather than the stuff which shoots here, which is very limited. everything I did was altruistic… It was so freaking hard during the early years…

‘I have fibromyalgia so sometimes it was hard to move or get out of bed. But I brought the girls on planes to wherever he was and TRIED to do the occasional guest spot. I felt a bit sad when I saw my friends doing amazing’.  

Ioan filed for divorce from Alice in March, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason behind their split. 

The document, which was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on March 1, revealed the former couple separated on New Year’s Day – a month before they went public with their relationship status. 

At the time, they had shared a joint statement that read: ‘As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for our family and we remain committed to our children. Thank you for respecting our privacy.’ 

It was also reported the divorce papers state the exes are in a ‘collaborative process and intend to resolve all issues including spousal support by written agreement’. 

Alice, meanwhile, had addressed the pair’s split in a shock statement shared to Twitter in January in which she claimed Ioan had ‘mentally tortured’ her. 

The mum-of-two also accused her estranged husband of ‘winding the s**t up me’ as she posted a vitriolic video about their ‘collaborative divorce’ talks.

Alice and Ioan met on the set of 102 Dalmatians in 2000, when Alice was in a relationship with Pablo Picasso’s grandson Olivier. 

 She and Ioan became engaged six years later after she gave him an ultimatum about their relationship, and they tied the knot in an intimate ceremony in Mexico in September 2007.  

Ioan hasn’t publicly addressed the couple’s divorce.