Alice Evans insists she has ‘no regrets’ in sharing her mental anguish on social media
‘It’s every woman’s nightmare’: Tearful Alice Evans says she considered harming herself after husband Ioan Gruffudd revealed he no longer loved her before filing for divorce
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Alice Evans says she considered harming herself after husband Ioan Gruffudd abruptly ended their 14-year marriage, and admits she has a ‘very long and messy divorce’ ahead of her.
Evans, 53, confirmed her separation from the Welsh star in a series of furious tweets posted on Twitter in January, and has since documented every toxic turn in their subsequent divorce proceedings across social media.
The actress is now adjusting to life without Gruffudd after he publicly confirmed a new relationship with Bianca Wallace on Instagram, a move she described as ‘every woman’s nightmare.’
Appearing remotely on Thursday’s edition of Lorraine, Evans admitted she feared the worst when he returned to the family home in Los Angeles after filming his new show Harrow in Australia.
Devastated: Alice Evans says she considered harming herself after husband Ioan Gruffudd abruptly ended their 14-year marriage
She said: ‘He came back, hugged the kids, he very dryly gave me a kiss on the cheek and that was when I knew something was wrong.
‘He told me within the first few days I don’t love you anymore. I’m not questioning his right to do that, but it was just so out of the blue. Over four months he said I don’t love you anymore, I might leave you or I might not leave you.’
She added: ‘I’d been on my own for the pandemic. I’ve looked after them for the past 10 years when he’s mostly filmed outside Los Angeles. He wouldn’t talk to me, look at me, went to sleep in the same room. I thought I might do myself harm.
‘I spoke to my friends and they said this is not like him. At one point I said I’m going to lose my mind… I tweeted he’s leaving us, and then all hell broke loose.’
Emotional: Evans broke down as she shared her mental anguish during a remote appearance on Thursday’s edition of Lorraine
Happier times: Evans and Gruffudd embrace on their wedding day in Mexico on September 14 2007
Evans has divided followers since going public with the split, but she insists she has no regrets in her willingness to share personal details regarding the nature of her relationship with Gruffudd, including their sex life, as she comes to terms with the collapse of their marriage.
She said: ‘His reaction wasn’t good, initially. Nobody had done this before. The reaction was 50/50. A lot of people were angry with me and almost didn’t believe me. It’s a strange thing to make up. A lot of people were shocked and there was so much talk of a dignified silence.
‘How can you talk about a dignified silence wen I’m talking about my entire life falling to pieces around me? I did stop tweeting because I was told legally not to.
Opening up: Evans admitted she feared the worst when he returned to the family home in Los Angeles after filming his new show Harrow in Australia
‘As people understood what had happened, support is now like 80-90 to 10, in favour of me speaking out and understand why I’m doing it.’
Gruffudd announced his new relationship with Wallace in October, and Evans says she has had no contact from her estranged husband since then.
She said: ‘He’ll only talk to me through lawyers. If he’s talking to the children on face time, he’ll move away and call the lawyers. I don’t know why.’
