‘It was really hard’ Devastated Rylan Clark slept in his mum’s bed after marriage split

Rylan Clark, 33, was inconsolable when his marriage of six years fell apart, and he couldn’t stop crying. He was left incapable of eating, working or even sleeping and – during one especially intense moment of desperation – his mother Linda suggested he slept in her bed with her instead of being alone.

The presenter and former X Factor star, who had been wed to Dan Neal until their difficult break-up, also needed to be “forced” to eat.

Talking of his period of depression, he described himself as a “puppet” and his mum as “the strings”.

“She was my entire support,” he explained to OK! magazine, adding: “I couldn’t have got through the last year without my mum.”

Linda, who was also present at his interview, chimed in: “It was really hard last year. He’s got this beautiful home, but he was here with me.

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“At the time [I told people] ‘Mummy’s not too well with her Crohn’s,’ but no, it was actually me that wasn’t too well.”

He added candidly: “She’s always taking the fall for her son.”

Rylan appeared to blame himself in his initial statement reporting his marital collapse.

“Following reports about Dan and I spending time apart, I feel I have to speak out – as the way it is being reported is unfair,” he revealed on Instagram at the time.