Rylan Clark ‘cried all the way home’ after heartbreaking discovery as he gives relationship update
The much-loved television presenter, shot to fame on The X Factor and went on to marry Big Brother’s Dan Neal in 2015 before they sadly split six years later. And now, at 35, Rylan has now opened up about the deep impact his first serious boyfriend, a professional dancer, had on him.
Rylan reveals heartbreak when ‘serious boyfriend’ left him crying all the way home after finding cheating texts
Rylan Clark has opened up about his love life, recalling how he was left heartbroken after discovering his first serious boyfriend was cheating on him by finding texts on his phone.
The BBC Radio 2 star has opened up about his past relationships and gave a fresh update on where his love life is at now
The BBC Radio 2 star is known to have married Dan Neal in 2015 before the couple announced their separation in July 2021. The pair met on Big Brother’s Bit on the Side – which Rylan was hosting – in 2015 and they became engaged the following year.
Rylan and Dan, an ex-Met Police detective, walked down the aisle in 2016 and kept their relationship away from the public eye. The news of his marriage coming to an end emerged amid Rylan’s four-month break from the spotlight and it wasn’t until later that he opened up about his serious mental health struggles during that period.
Rylan told the Mail on Sunday: ‘I met his family, did all that stuff, rah rah rah, and we all went to see him in panto [in Aladdin].
‘I swiped to open a message on his iPhone and found out he’d been f***ing his co-star!’
He explained James Morrison and Nelly Furtado’s ‘Broken Strings’ single was the soundtrack to his emotional journey.
Reflecting on the devastating memory, he said: ‘I know it was when James Morrison and Nelly Furtado’s Broken Strings came out because I cried the whole way home on the train to that. I won’t tell you his name because he’s married to a woman now.’
Who is Rylan Clark
Ross Richard “Rylan” Clark is an English television and radio presenter. After beginning his career as a model, he appeared on Signed by Katie Price before coming to prominence as a contestant on the ninth series of the television talent show The X Factor in 2012, which he finished in fifth place.