Alfie Boe – who appears on James Martin’s Saturday Morning this weekend (June 22) – previously opened up about being in “a really dark place” following the split from his wife Sarah.
Singer Alfie opened up on BBC One‘s Freeze the Fear back in 2022. He and Sarah were married for nearly two decades before their split was announced in August 2020.
And he has since shared how he ‘threw pills down his throat’ amid his depression – and ended up in rehab.
Alfie Boe on what happened after separation from wife
Musical theatre star Alfie spoke about what he went through during an episode of the BBC ice challenge series.
Alfie revealed he ‘hated himself’ following the break up from the mother of his two children.
He said: “When my separation happened initially I went into a really dark place. It’s weird to talk about, I’ve not spoken about this in public, but I’m willing to, if it can help anyone out there that needs that.”
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‘I’d lost my way’
He added how he turned to pills in the aftermath.
Alfie continued: “I’d gone through beating myself up and hating myself and not having any love for myself and it resulted in a foolish act of throwing some pills down my throat because I’d lost my way.
It was a scary time.
“I ended up in a rehabilitation facility for about five weeks and it was a scary time.”
Alfie went on to admit the end of relationship was still “raw” for him.
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He also noted how travelling for his work – and having to say goodbye to his family for months at a time – was “hard” for their marriage.
Alfie added how depression is “really debilitating” – and that he believes it is necessary to accept faults to find an “inner love” to deal with it.
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