The Chase’s Mark Labbett breaks silence on split from TV star girlfriend as he reveals heartbreaking reason he ended it

THE Chase prima Mark Labbett has breached his soundlessness connected his divided from woman Hayley Palmer - and revealed the heartbreaking reason.

The ITV quizmaster, 59, ended his narration with writer Hayley Palmer conscionable weeks aft they celebrated their one-year day with a Beefeater pub repast and locomotion connected the beach.

Mark has present revealed that the divided was down to him and his property - saying "It's me, I got old".

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Mark opened up astir the crushed for the split, saying: "She's [Hayley's] a beauteous woman and I was precise fortunate to day her for a year, and arsenic I said...it's me, I got old."

"There's been nary 1 since Hayley, I'm not saying determination won't beryllium different one. But I'm surely not looking."

Opening up astir his azygous life, Mark said: "I gag I americium a shed antheral - a feline of a definite property that's rather contented being successful oregon retired of a narration - but loves to beryllium spending clip connected their own.

"It's primal, I deliberation it goes each the mode backmost to the hunter-gatherers wherever the antheral would spell disconnected a batch of clip connected their own.

"To beryllium just it's not conscionable men, determination are radical who really similar their ain company.

"I've got a relationship radical astir present wherever we spell retired but astatine the aforesaid time, I've truly loved this summer, conscionable being softly present etc."

Mark, who has starred connected the deed ITV quiz amusement for 15 years, archetypal wooed Hayley with his Toby Carvery Gold Card.

The TV favourite admitted helium is "comfortable" not having a spouse aft spending a galore years single.

He shared: "It's not that I miss anyone successful particular, I was azygous not coincidentally for a agelong long clip erstwhile I was a 29st maths teacher, who knew it was rather hard to pull a spouse then.

"So I'm rather comfy without a partner."

Although Mark is enjoying his bachelor life, helium is not abbreviated of offers - saying his DMs person been flooded with messages from azygous women.

He laughed: "Yes [single women are sliding successful my DMs] but don't inquire maine immoderate much than that.

"It's the eventual icebreaker astatine a party, due to the fact that radical travel up to you and whatever.

"It's fantastic but astatine the aforesaid clip determination are definite informing signs.

"Things similar 'I'm your fig 1 fan', that's ne'er a bully sign. It mightiness beryllium large for different radical successful my presumption but for me, I'm conscionable going 'oh no', defences to a maximum.  

"Ultimately due to the fact that this happened to maine precocious successful life, this occupation didn't beryllium until I was 43.

"You ne'er acceptable retired to beryllium a bully quizzer due to the fact that you thought you'd get fame and glory retired of it. The occupation didn't beryllium until 2009. I'm truly gladsome for 15 years I was a maths teacher and I had a due job.

"I inactive deliberation erstwhile I get offered work, I deliberation however galore days existent enactment would I person to bash for that.

"When I went to America and they offered maine silly money, each I was reasoning was 'you'd person to walk a just spot of clip successful the schoolroom to gain this benignant of cash'."

Mark insisted that helium is precise "content" with his narration presumption astatine the infinitesimal and has nary plans to dip his toes successful the dating excavation immoderate clip soon.

"I'm 59 now, I've reached the benignant of slippers and comfy seat benignant of thing. Right present I'm successful my PJs and pottering astir the place," helium told us.

"I'm settled down a small bit. I americium an aged man, I mightiness not look it but I am. I'm rather contented doing my ain thing."

He besides confirmed that dating apps are not connected his radar, saying: "Definitely not a dating app! What's the aged phrase...when you're successful a dessert, you're hopeless for water.

"I'm successful a concern wherever we went retired connected Saturday nighttime and I got a load of radical travel implicit to speech to maine connected assorted things and you don't consciousness immoderate peculiar needs, it's conscionable bully to chat to people.

"Sometimes you've got to beryllium realistic and spell prime appropriately oregon whatever.

"While each antheral is looking for beauteous girls, I'm looking for astute girls, telephone maine strange."

Mark, champion known arsenic The Beast connected The Chase, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes successful 2016, a turning constituent that inspired him to marque important manner changes.

As portion of World Diabetes Day , Mark has opened up astir beingness with Type 2, and his enactment with diabetes absorption company, Dexcom.

More than 4.3 cardinal radical are surviving with a diagnosis of diabetes successful the UK (according to Diabetes UK). 

With Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) devices, radical with diabetes tin spot their glucose readings successful real-time without having to painfully prick their fingers. 

New information from Dexcom, whose instrumentality Mark wears to assistance enactment connected apical of his diabetes, reveals the interaction exertion has connected radical with diabetes.

For example, 80 per cent of radical with diabetes felt empowered to prosecute their dreams with their continuous glucose show (CGM).

Mark, who has shed 10 chromatic successful caller years, admitted years of having a saccharine bony impacted his wellness long-term.

"I was diagnosed backmost successful 2016 and by 2018 I astir got un-diabetic. I indispensable confess, I person a wont to cheat and reward myself, it's my sin," helium said.

"I don't drink, don't smoke, don't bash drugs, don't gamble, don't person immoderate escaped women successful my life. Everyone's got a misdeed and excavation happens to beryllium sweetener but I didn't realise however bad."

Speaking astir his Dexcom CGM device, Mark said: "It's a spot of bid of mind, it beeps if your glucose levels get excessively precocious and besides beeps if your glucose level gets excessively low.

"It's a large motivator, for remembering to instrumentality your medicine and for reasoning astir what you eat."

Mark said helium is astir 19.5st present and is aiming to get to his extremity value of 17st.

He told america that he's conditioned himself to devour smaller meals, saying: "The epoch erstwhile you'd spot maine decorativeness a main people and spell 'what's next?', I devour thing what I utilized to. I get the unusual time erstwhile the hunger is there, but astir of the clip it isn't."

Mark besides opened up astir a caller information has helium has precocious been struggling with.

He shared: "I've besides got aboriginal on-set arthritis, it's not atrocious but it's successful my close hip, I lone announcement it, I've got a nonaccomplishment of powerfulness from getting up from a chair.

"I can't bash it without putting my limb down to springiness maine a tiny small boost and I can't prime up the canine from the crushed - I conscionable don't person the strength."