Louise Redknapp regrets her split and Kim Kardashian’s ex Kanye won’t let go… here’s how to move on from a break-up
FROM Adele’s divorce album to actress Alice Evans’s public shaming of estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd, the fallout from showbiz break-ups takes on many different – and dramatic – forms.
While it may look like the rich and famous have it all, they go through the same painful stages of separation as everyone else.
But how do you get through a break-up without breaking down?
Relationship expert Kate Taylor tells Katy Docherty what she’d advise.
Regretting the split: Louise Redknapp
TIRED of being a stay-at-home mum-of-two, Louise used the confidence she gained while competing on 2016’s Strictly Come Dancing to waltz out of her marriage to football legend Jamie.
But the former girlband star has since admitted she regrets leaving. Louise, 47, inset with Jamie before their 2017 split, said: “I should have paused and thought about other people and had just a bit more time to work out why I felt I couldn’t do it any more.”
Now Jamie, 48, has remarried and his Swedish model wife, Frida Andersson, is expecting his baby. Ouch.
Kate says: “The way to Eternal misery is to torture yourself with ‘if onlys’. Your reasons for leaving the relationship were valid, so don’t let guilt, loneliness (and Swedish supermodels) cloud your memory.
“Stay strong in your decision, and learn to love the independence you craved. Have fun with friends, freedom and flings.”
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The (very) public breakup: Alice Evans
HAPPILY married for 20 years, Alice Evans was devastated when her husband Ioan Gruffudd announced he was leaving.
She accused Ioan, 48, of having a three-year affair with his new girlfriend, fellow actor Bianca Wallace, 29 – which they both deny.
Ever since, scorned Alice, 53, inset with Ioan in 2006, has lived her break-up on social media and via emotional TV interviews.
Kate says: “People who rant in public have just one motive: to control how other people see your ex.
“But even if you succeed and the entire world ends up thinking they’re a wrong ’un, so what?
“You’ll still be alone and in pain.
“Take that Twitter time and spend it on yourself. What might make you happy? Start thinking of small, positive steps to turn the light back on in your own life. Then you’ll stop caring about your exes.”
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Ex won't let go: Kim Kardashian
WHILE Kim, 40, appears keen to move on with her life, husband number three can’t seem to let go.
Although sources close to Kim say “there’s no chance for reconciliation” with Kanye West, 44, the rapper doesn’t seem to be on the same page.
Earlier this month he declared on a podcast that Kim was still his “wife” – despite her filing for divorce back in February.
Oh, and despite Kim kissing rumoured new boyfriend Pete Davidson live on TV.
Kate says: “If your ex is clinging on, stop playing nice. Instead, commit to the split.
"Unfollow your ex on social media, stop all non-essential communication and don’t try to stir up jealousy with public displays of affection.
"It’ll hurt you too, but you both need to feel that the break-up is permanent in order to move on.
“Trying to stay friends will only prolong your ex’s misery, as will turning up to their concerts wearing a wedding dress – like Kim did in August. Baffling.”
Your ex is loving single life: Giovanni Pernice
STRICTLY pro-dancer Giovanni Pernice and Love Island star Maura Higgins, 30, broke up just days after they moved in together.
Even though Gio, 31, said there was “absolutely no wrongdoing” behind the pair’s split in October, Maura is moving on at lightning speed.
Maura, right with Giovanni during their four-month relationship, signed up for celeb dating app Raya just one month after they parted.
Kate says: “Take it as a compliment when your ex jumps straight back onto the singles scene. If you were that bad a partner, you’d have put them off dating for life. Instead, they can’t wait to recapture what they lost.
“Feel free to go on a swipe-athon of your own, but resist the urge to plaster your dates all over Instagram in revenge. Your ex will only study them with a critical eye and find things to laugh at.
“Instead, operate in total mystery. Let your ex wonder what you’re getting up to – and who with.”
Keeping your friends close and your ex closer: Adele
AFTER splitting up in 2019, Adele bought a house directly opposite her ex-husband Simon Konecki.
She and charity CEO Simon, 47, share custody of their nine-year-old son Angelo.
Adele, 33, said: “He sees that I still love his dad, we live across the street from each other, we are away together sometimes and me and Simon chat away without Angelo.” Sounds cosy . . .
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Kate says: “Staying civil with your ex is great for the kids. But staying in their life and in their postcode makes it hard to move on. If you live near your ex, speak every day, or still wear their T-shirt to bed, you’re stopping yourself from recovering.
“Your body formed an emotional dependency to your partner during your relationship by releasing a hormone called oxytocin. And it’ll stay there unless you go cold turkey.”
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