BBC Strictly Come Dancing star Wynne Evans' devastating marriage breakdown that left him suicidal

Go.Compare prima Wynne Evans is preparing to vie successful this year's Strictly Come Dancing. The opera vocalist has spoken openly astir battling backmost from the brink

Go.Compare prima Wynne Evans tries to unrecorded each time to the afloat aft reaching stone bottommost erstwhile his relationship collapsed.

In a overmuch amended spot physically and mentally today, the Welsh opera singer's adjacent situation is Strictly Come Dancing 2024. Wynne's marriage broke down backmost successful 2016 and helium describes the consequent acheronian play arsenic 'the saddest (he had) ever been successful (his) life'.

"I would deliberation astir (suicide), I would effort and enactment it," said the 52-year-old. "I couldn't spot a mode out, I couldn't spot a mode of ever being blessed again."

Matters came to a caput 1 Easter Sunday, erstwhile the prima realised helium needed to crook his beingness around. "I was feeling suicidal, and it was terrible," helium said.

"I conscionable thought: 'I'm either going to bash thing unspeakable oregon I request to spell and spot a due psychiatrist." Thankfully the begetter of two, amended known for playing tenor Gio Compario successful the Go.Compare adverts, sought nonrecreational help. He started to enactment his beingness backmost unneurotic and was prescribed medication, saying helium felt 'much better, practically instantly'.

Wynne is simply a large advocator for opening up astir intelligence wellness battles and nowadays helium says his slump and anxiousness is his 'superpower'. "I had atrocious anxiousness and I utilized to get signifier fright, and I deliberation it's made maine a overmuch amended idiosyncratic actually," helium said.

"I'm overmuch kinder, overmuch much patient, I effort and unrecorded each time to the fullest and truly bask myself." Wynne, who weighed 23 chromatic astatine his heaviest, decided to overhaul his carnal wellness excessively and has since mislaid 5 and a fractional stone. He says helium feels 'great'.

"I consciousness amazing; I tin formal smarter, I tin beryllium smarter," Wynne said. "I mean, if you're blessed being a bigger person, that's great, that's fantastic, but for me, it has conscionable made maine consciousness truthful overmuch better. I consciousness live again, and I consciousness similar I tin bash thing now."

The singer, who hosts a BBC Radio Wales show, was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) successful the Platinum Jubilee Honours List. He would emotion to instrumentality connected a bigger amusement connected a presumption similar Radio 2.

Looking back, helium feels shooting to fame arsenic the Go.Compare antheral was a treble edged sword. "I was successful people's houses 24/7," helium said. "I've got to beryllium honest, radical were annoyed by the advert and I was devastated."

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