Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
Divorce? Oh, thanks for letting me know
AS their bitter split turns increasingly toxic, actress claims husband didn’t even tell her he was filing for divorce to end their 13-year marriage.
Alice Evans Ioan Gruffudd
After the 47-year-old Liar actor submitted documents at the Los Angeles Superior Court, Alice seethed: “Oh, OK. Thanks for letting me know I guess?”
The couple met on the set of movie 102 Dalmatians in 2000 and married in 2007.
After they split in January, Alice made a vow to “wash my linen in public”.
She posted messages on Twitter claiming Ioan walked out on her and their two daughters, Ella, 11, and Elsie, seven, and had told her that he “no longer loves” her.
Yesterday, the Reunion actress described herself on Instagram as “heartbroken” that the divorce papers were served “out of the blue”, claiming her estranged husband had changed her Twitter password.
She has also accused Welsh-born Gruffudd, who rose to fame in Hornblower, of “gaslighting” and “mentally torturing” her.
“I’m also scared of my ex-husband’s response to the fact that I had commented on his sudden decision to serve me,” she continued on social media. “I know he’ll be angry.”
Alice, 49, went on to imply that Ioan could have a new “girl”, although she appeared to not know this for certain.
The Mirror contacted the couple’s representatives yesterday.
Previously they released a joint statement asking for privacy “at this incredibly difficult time” and Alice had called Ioan her “soulmate of 20 years”.
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