A year on from their split, presenter Helen Skelton is still adjusting to the pace of her ex’s new romance
It’s been just over a year since her husband left the family home he shared with her and their three children, and despite Helen Skelton putting on a brave face in public, she’s said to be still hurting by the way she was treated by Richie Myler.
When it was announced last week that rugby player Richie had welcomed a child with his girlfriend of eleven months, Stephanie Thirkill, the pain of the split, understandably, hit Helen all over again.
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“Hearing about the arrival of Richie’s baby really knocked Helen for six,” a source tells Closer. “It’s not that she’s in love with him any more, but she’s still so hurt and upset by the break-up. To see that he’s had a baby less than a year after leaving her is very hard to take. It’s brought back all that pain.”
Helen, 39, and Richie, 32, announced their split in April 2022 and just one month later, the rugby player confirmed his relationship with businesswoman Stephanie, 32. The pair then made the surprise announcement in October that they were expecting their first child together.
News of their baby’s birth at the end of last month was revealed by Richie’s rugby coach, who announced, “Richie has spent a bunch of time in hospital for the birth of his new little baby, so we’ve given him a little time off to settle in at home.”
Helen and Richie met back in 2011 and tied the knot two years later in a low-key ceremony at her hometown in Cumbria. But after welcoming three children together – sons Ernie, seven, and Louis, five, as well as daughter, Elsie – in 2022, Helen shared a statement to her Instagram story revealing that he’d left the family home. Seemingly blindsided by their separation, as just one month earlier she had been posting tributes to her husband, He
