Strictly star Wynne Evan's marriage split sparked irrational fear and 'changed his life'

Wynne Evans is presently astatine the centre of a contention that has engulfed Strictly Come Dancing aft helium and creation spouse Katya Jones were caught connected camera successful 2 uncomfortable incidents

Strictly Come Dancing’s Wynne Evans struggled with his intelligence wellness aft his archetypal matrimony imploded.

The 52-year-old Welsh star was near with an “irrational fear” aft helium divided from Tanwen successful 2016. The mates had met portion studying connected the aforesaid British Youth Orchestra people - with the talented violinist asking him retired connected day archetypal - and opera vocalist Wynne romantically popped the question to Tanwen astatine Cardiff Central Station arsenic she departed a train. They tied the knot successful 1999, and welcomed children girl Ismay and lad Taliesin, but 17 years later, Wynne and Tanwen divorced.

The Go Compare advert prima has opened up connected the devastating effect the divided had connected his intelligence health, and led to a conflict with objective slump and value gain, with Wynne reaching 22 stone. Earlier this year, helium spoke to BBC Radio Wales astir the break-up, and admitted helium was truthful debased helium contemplated taking his ain life. “It was astir similar grief, but you can't grieve for idiosyncratic that's inactive there. So, it truly affected my intelligence health, my assurance and my ego - it wholly changed maine arsenic a person,” helium sadly explained.

“It made maine precise alert of being alone. And, adjacent though I was lone 46, I had this irrational fearfulness of dying connected my own. I had precise acheronian thoughts and precise acheronian days wherever I would contemplate each sorts of unspeakable things. I deliberation it's evident what I'm saying, but I don't privation to accidental it due to the fact that immoderate radical find it distressing. I'm good to speech astir it now, but astatine that clip thing would assistance me. I realised that I wanted my beingness to beryllium implicit and I did immoderate anserine things,” Wynne bravely shared.

He said portion hosting his BBC Radio Wales amusement successful the aftermath of the divorce, Wynne was astatine breaking constituent but had to enactment connected a cheerful front. “The strapline of my amusement is, 'cheering Wales up by 1 o'clock,' but I was going done the worst depression, objective depression,” helium said. “I would deliberation astir [suicide], I would effort and enactment it... I couldn't spot a mode out; I couldn't spot a mode of ever being blessed again.”

“I was feeling suicidal, and it was terrible… I conscionable thought, I'm either going to bash thing unspeakable oregon I request to spell and spot a due psychiatrist,” Wynne confessed. However, he’s taken power of his intelligence health, and said helium feels “alive again.”

The Celebrity MasterChef victor has since recovered emotion again with events manager Liz Brookes, 50, who encouraged him to get acceptable and suffer weight. A root adjacent to the mates told The Sun that they met astatine an lawsuit and were taking things slow. “He is successful a overmuch amended spot present than erstwhile his matrimony ended. It's similar nighttime and time - and helium is truthful happy,” they added.

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