I had to disappear to lose myself – my bad break-up is a f***ed up blessing, says emotional One Show star Rylan Clark

RYLAN Clark has revealed that he had to disappear in order to feel better about his marriage break down - and also sees it as a "f***ed up blessing".

The TV star, 33, split up with his ex husband Dan Neal last year.

After meeting back in 2013, Rylan and Dan, 43, tied the knot two years later.

Everything seemed great until The Sun revealed in June last year that the couple had separated following on from Rylan's seven-week disappearance from our screens.

Earlier this week The Strictly: It Takes Two host opened up to The Sun about how he's been coping at No7's  launch party.

When asked what advice he has for anyone going through something similar, Rylan said: "Do what’s right for you.

"What was right for me was to disappear to get bad, to feel s**t, to lose myself.

"I didn’t want to that, but it happened.

"I get a lot of messages from people saying they’re going through a break-up or a divorce and I usually think I wish I can help you, but I can’t."

Despite his heart ache, the TV presenter has tried to see the positive in what has happened to him.

Rylan added: "It’s only now all these months on that I can sit there and go that I’m glad I’ve been through that in a real f***** up way because I know I will never let myself let anyone let me feel like that.

"It’s almost like a cursed blessing."

As he reflected on what he's like as a person now, The One Show star thinks that everything he has been through has made him a better person.

He's now learnt to always put himself first.

Rylan, who also revealed his wish list for a new man, said: "I’ve come back a lot stronger.

"I’ve actually come back with the greatest of respect without sounding like an absolute p***k – I’ve always been nice to everyone and been a yes yes yes man.

"But I’ve actually come back with a little bit of not f*** you, that’s the wrong word, but a little bit of no, but in a nice way, not in a rude way, I’d never be rude to anyone."

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