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Alice Evans Ioan Gruffudd

176 replies

drpimplepooper · 26/01/2021 17:33

Is anyone following the story? Sorry for DF link. Sad for all involved Sad

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BananaPop2020 · 26/01/2021 17:36

My first thought was “what a public airing of dirty laundry” to be honest.

Radio4Rocks · 26/01/2021 17:38

I don't think it's any of my business.

Leave them be speculation can only cause hurt.

VampireTheBuffetSlayer · 26/01/2021 17:45

I don't doubt he'll have a younger girlfriend on his arms in a few weeks.

User27aw · 26/01/2021 17:47

I think she seemed in shock and completely bewildered.

peak2021 · 26/01/2021 17:48

Is it our business? Unless one or other has been violent in which case it should be a police matter.

Marmite27 · 26/01/2021 17:50

I thought you’d spelled ‘loves Gruffalo’ wrong Blush

shitinmyhandsandclap · 26/01/2021 17:51

I think it's strange that she posted what she did, are people not allowed to fall out love? I've split with my DP of 15 years a few months ago, not because there was anything else but because the feelings were no longer there

GloGirl · 26/01/2021 17:55

Sounds exactly how my Mum reacted to her divorce. What a horrible shock, she has no idea why etc. She's a complete narcissist.

Doesnt feel like a very mature public statement.

Pinkblueberry · 26/01/2021 17:59

‘Leaving his family’ is a bit of a dick remark - he’s leaving her, someone obviously needs to move out. Splitting with your partner and moving out doesn’t mean leaving or abandoning your family.

iftherewereahorseyinthehouse · 26/01/2021 18:01

I think it's quite sad. Wasn't she the secret actress in the Guardian many years ago? I always felt it was a proper love match and they went through a lot with IVF. But I suspect he will have a younger model on his arm in a few weeks like they all do.

OnceIWasAnApe · 26/01/2021 18:07

Those poor little girls, having to deal with the very public airing of dirty linen.
I followed her on Insta and thought she seemed high maintanence, and quite obsessive about her camera shy husband. He was obviously uncomfortable with so much personal aspects of his life being made public.

Lockheart · 26/01/2021 18:08

Why would you post this here? There's a sleb gossip forum if you want to pore over other people's dirty laundry.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 26/01/2021 18:10

I think she will regret that strange announcement in time.

HmmSureJan · 26/01/2021 18:11

Met someone else. Using the "it's not you it's me" severance line. Standard. No wonder she's all over the place. Many of us have been there and I do not judge her.

devildeepbluesea · 26/01/2021 18:12

I was in school with Ioan.

He was always a nice bloke, very unassuming. Quite sad, that story. I hope he doesn't just acquire a younger model.

Bibidy · 26/01/2021 18:13

I thought this was a total cringe to read tbh.

Smacks of Alice trying to get her version of the truth out asap and cast Ioan in a bad light before he can address the split himself. Whether he deserves that bad light or not, the tweet was a bad idea and she would have been better off venting to people in real life. Especially as her kids are old enough to see it and all the subsequent news articles about it. And this thread!

Now both of them will be relentlessly stalked by the media until they can get some dirt on what's happened.

FanOfTheCheese · 26/01/2021 18:15

I think it’s really sad they seemed such a lovely couple

GrimDamnFanjo · 26/01/2021 18:19

Really feel for her. She is obviously very shocked and upset. I wouldn't use sm myself like this but some do and she is probably not thinking rationally any way.

FraughtwithGin · 26/01/2021 18:30

I have never heard of either of them and really couldn't be less interested. Some people are massive attention seekers, which probably means, in real life, that they are pretty underwhelming.

Figgygal · 26/01/2021 18:33

She needs to step away from social media and not embarrass herself or her kids

Chicchicchicchiclana · 26/01/2021 18:48

It's sort of proof if anyone doubted it that public social media is the ultimate nonsense because even the most fame-hungry celebrity is going to want privacy sometimes.

I don't accept that celebrities have to have a Twitter/Insta profile to survive.

DianaT1969 · 26/01/2021 19:08

He isn't leaving "the family", he is splitting with her. That doesn't mean he isn't still the girls' family. The fact that those words came out of her mouth speaks volumes and she it strikes me that she can't have been easy to live with. Plus, the airing dirty laundry in public. So upsetting for the DC to do it that way.

Chicchicchicchiclana · 26/01/2021 19:25

I think he might be leaving the family. When my father left my mother he also left us children in an all but weekly Sunday afternoon contact visit behind.

TheUndoingProject · 26/01/2021 19:38

I feel really bad for her. She’s probably distraught and has done something quite cringe making she’ll probably be horribly embarrassed about in the future.

FoxyTheFox · 26/01/2021 20:12

Given that she had made comments about gaslighting, mental torture, and harassment I would guess there is probably a lot more to the story than what little has been made public. She has also stated that he accessed her SM and deleted her posts.