Helen Skelton revealed the real reason she still keeps pictures of her ex-husband Richie Myler on her Instagram.
The Countryfile and Inside the Superbrands presenter, 40, and Leeds Rhino rugby player Richie, 33, announced they had split in 2022, just four months after welcoming their third child, Elsie Kate.
Helen Skelton split from Richie Myer
Taking to Instagram to announce their split in 2022, Helen wrote: “Very sad to say that Richie and I are no longer a couple. He has left the family home. We will be doing our best to co-parent our small children.”
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The ex-couple are parents to sons Ernie and Louis and daughter Elsie.
Mum-of-three Helen still has pictures of her ex on her Instagram. In 2023, she revealed the real reason why she keeps those pictures on her Instagram – and why she hasn’t cut the rugby star out of her life completely.
Helen Skelton on Instagram
Opening up to fans in her autobiography In My Stride, Helen confessed she wanted her ex to remain a constant presence in her and their children’s lives. She also added that she also wanted her kids to remember they were together.
“I want them to know that we loved each other, but things change and that’s OK too,” Helen explained.
Meanwhile, the telly presenter admitted how she was shocked by the breakdown of their marriage. She said: “I was in shock.”
I know that following break-ups. People often say they didn’t see it coming and it sounds like a cliche, but that was me.
However, Helen didn’t open up about why she split from ex Richie. She admitted she was “so heartbroken” by the events that she didn’t tell her parents for some time, as she didn’t want to ‘inflict’ pain on them.
Since then, she said that her parents have shown so much support towards her, so much that she even moved back in with them to rebuild her family life again.
Inside the Superbrands airs on Sunday (March 31) from 6.46pm on Channel 4.
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