Rylan Clark opened up about his divorce and how it shaped him as a person (Picture: Getty Images)
Rylan Clark admitted his divorce from husband Dan Neal nearly killed him but he was ‘almost glad’ as it made him stronger.
The broadcaster and TV host, 34, tied the knot with the Big Brother contestant in 2015 but their marriage broke down years later in 2021 following Rylan’s cheating admission.
After revealing he had been unfaithful at the beginning of their relationship, the star needed hospital treatment when the pair split as he was ‘a threat to myself’.
As he struggled to come to terms with the fallout of the revelation, he shared that he failed to complete even the smallest task at the time such as making a cup of tea.
The star spoke candidly to Elizabeth Day on her How to Fail podcast and assured the host he was rebuilding his life after hitting ‘rock bottom’.
Admitting the divorce ‘pretty much nearly did kill me’, Rylan revisited the time for Elizabeth and reflected on how it changed him as a person.
Dan and Rylan got married in 2015 (Picture: FilmMagic)
The split after Rylan admitted he cheated (Picture: WireImage)
He said: ‘It was really difficult, looking back on it now, it’s awful to sit there and say this but I am almost glad it nearly killed me.
‘And I am so thrilled I can say that two years on, because I didn’t think I could say that two years on.
‘And I won’t go into too much detail but it was extremely traumatic and I’m not just being dramatic, it was very much trauma.’
The star explained that the breakup led to him hitting ‘rock bottom’ (Picture: BBC)
He said he was now happy and rebuilding his life (Picture: Getty Images)
Rylan explained how he weighed nine stone at the time of the breakup and that there were ‘a lot of elements that came into play with the breakdown of my relationship and then how that played out for months after, which is why I got so ill’.
He continued: ‘When you get to the point of no return nearly, that’s when you sit there and go “now I can see I will never let anything or anyone get me to where I was in that state”, I would never let that happen to myself again.
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‘Because of that trauma and because of that treading down on me, I think it’s genuinely for want of a better term made me so much stronger.
‘I would like to think the breakdown of my marriage had made me the person I am now and I am really happy with the person I am now and I can sleep very well at night.’
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