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Team Ioan Gruffudd or Alice Evans?

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BabyBearRus · 30/10/2021 00:47

I've been following the story around the breakup of Ioan and Alice. I haven't been a great fan of Alice in the past, but I do feel for her and her children right now. Who else thinks that Ioan has behaved atrociously to his family? According to his wife, he has been having an affair for a long while, and making her feel as though she was in the wrong for months.

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Bluntness100 · 03/11/2021 18:25

This is so bad, he’s fighting her for joint custody, what a thing to write that he’s forgotten his own kids,

Bluntness100 · 03/11/2021 18:26

Sorry photo

Team Ioan Gruffudd or Alice Evans?
Viviennemary · 03/11/2021 18:43

His own father told the DM online in January that it was sad but didnt come as a surprise to the family as the marriage had been in difficulty for some time.

ChequerBoard · 03/11/2021 18:45

Well, if it's her intention to be the self-documented poster girl for parental alienation then she's well on track.

If on the other hand she wants to retain custody of her kids she needs put down her phone and start thinking about their emotional needs rather than hers.

WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps · 03/11/2021 18:47

She needs her internet cutting off, she's coming out with comments that are unpleasant (to put it mildly), being thoroughly encouraged by absolute randoms.

HandlebarLadyTash · 03/11/2021 19:01

Team Alice all the way
Ione should be working out a way to support the kids & hes done a stereotypical bloke thing & fucked off.

PoppyMonth · 03/11/2021 19:02

Archie Leach would be a cool, hipster name rn.

Anyway, that tweet makes her sound like an unhinged cowbag.

Tokyotammy · 03/11/2021 19:25

Poor kids Sad this is going to end very badly in the long run

She needs help and fast, but I think it's become an ingrained behaviour that will be very self destructive.

WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps · 03/11/2021 19:34

Her updated bio... doesn't ruin their lives (just compounds their misery a little more) 🙄

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AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 03/11/2021 19:38

Completely team Alice.

He can’t help his feelings but he can certainly help how he behaves and expresses his feelings.

bogeythefungusman · 03/11/2021 19:42

All the usernames, the same could be said of Alice, to a much greater extent.

Glassofshloer · 03/11/2021 19:43

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

Completely team Alice.

He can’t help his feelings but he can certainly help how he behaves and expresses his feelings.

The same could be said of her though as well…
AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 03/11/2021 19:44

She’s hurting.
She’s been blindsided.

He’s had time to plan, prepare, execute and have another relationship lined up.

WalkersAreNotTheOnlyCrisps · 03/11/2021 19:45

Yeah I'm only seeing the actual behaviour of one of them and the perceived behaviour of the other 🤔

Glassofshloer · 03/11/2021 19:46

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

She’s hurting. She’s been blindsided.

He’s had time to plan, prepare, execute and have another relationship lined up.

It’s been a full year and she is still ranting online like it was last week.
AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 03/11/2021 19:47

I didn’t realise there was an agreed time frame for recovering from something so life shattering (and ongoing).

bogeythefungusman · 03/11/2021 19:48

They've been separated for a year........ Maybe Ioan is trying to move on from a toxic relationship. She may be hurting but at the moment she seems to be trying to make things as horrendous as possible for all concerned, including her children. Her eldest daughter is 12. It's unlikely she's not fully aware of what's going on on her mother's twitter feed.

Glassofshloer · 03/11/2021 19:48

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

I didn’t realise there was an agreed time frame for recovering from something so life shattering (and ongoing).
She isn’t ‘recovering’ by ranting online & letting her followers rile her up. She’s doing the opposite.
AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken · 03/11/2021 19:53

@Onyernelly

Don’t you just hate it when one poster takes over an entire thread pushing their own narrative and minimising everyone else’s opinion or statements until they create an echo chamber that they are in control of?

Ruins the thread.

Completely agree.
sunglassesonthetable · 03/11/2021 19:54

It’s been a full year and she is still ranting online like it was last week.

What's this 'full 'year' crap? . He only revealed his new GF last week? They were married 20 years.

Since when is that the allotted shock/grief time? Some people take YEARs to get over shit like this.

LoekMa · 03/11/2021 19:56

@sunglassesonthetable Grin

bogeythefungusman · 03/11/2021 19:58

So it's going to be OK for her to carry on this one sided feud on twitter for the next few years. How long do you think it will take for her 'supporters' to get tired of tweeting 'yeah hun, you' re so right' and move on to the next twitter drama?

sunglassesonthetable · 03/11/2021 20:03

So it's going to be OK for her to carry on this one sided feud on twitter for the next few years. How long do you think it will take for her 'supporters' to get tired of tweeting 'yeah hun, you' re so right' and move on to the next twitter drama?

No idea.

Thinking a year is not long time in a sad situation like this is not the same as thinking "it's ok to blah blah ...... etc". So don't know why you're asking.

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Gwrach · 03/11/2021 20:08

Team Ioan.

Her tweet about not understanding why a man with a Welsh name need not change it to satisfy others was the nail in the coffin for me. She's ignorant.

She's also batshit crazy! You've been seperated 11 months, he's not "your husband" he might be your seperated husband at best.

She needs to grow up. She seems hard work and a drama queen.

Glad Ioan is happy with someone else, and to be honest I don't actually care if he had an affair. Imagine living with that woman.

LemonTT · 03/11/2021 20:08

@AllTheUsernamesAreAlreadyTaken

I didn’t realise there was an agreed time frame for recovering from something so life shattering (and ongoing).
There is rightly agreement that people shouldn’t be insulted and trolled on social media or anywhere else. Doesn’t matter if they are married, separated or divorced.

If someone leaves you, then you accept even if you don’t respect their decision. You cannot start harassing them, whether you are a woman or a man. Any justification of that is an abusers charter.

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