Alan Carr opens up on tragic split from husband Paul Drayton as it became 'stressful'

Alan Carr has told how he split from his ex husband Paul Drayton because their marriage “broke down” after finding the pandemic stressful.

The funnyman, 45, announced in January the pair would be breaking-up after 14 years as a couple shortly before he went on tour.

On Lorraine Kelly’s snow today (April 27) Alan discussed the split, saying: “Oh me and Paul, 14 years”.

“That’s a long time,” Lorraine commented

Alan then joked: “Which in gay years, is 207 years!”, adding: “I wrote the tour, and then our marriage broke down during Covid, because it was so stressful, everything ….”

He went on to say: “And then I was going on stage and I was just like, ‘Well this doesn’t make sense, this doesn’t make sense.

“So we’re divorced now, he’s excited about the future, I’m excited about the future.

“We’re still always going to be friends because we’ve been through so much together.”

The pair announced their split in a statement, in which they explained: “After 13 years as a couple and three years of marriage, Alan Carr and Paul Drayton would like to announce they are separating.

“They have jointly and amicably made the difficult decision to divorce and go their separate ways.

“We request that their privacy is respected at this sensitive time.”

Later rumours circulated that their relationship never recovered after Paul shared a photo of his black eye on social media and claimed “we had a row”, The Sun reports.

Alan is said to have believed Paul’s Instagram post, shared last April, could lead to him losing his career and was the “final straw”.

Paul later deleted the shocking image just an hour after he posted it and admitted in another post he actually punched himself.

He explained how he hit himself during a drunken binge after “falling off the wagon”, adding: “I hate myself.”

“I’m feeling very fragile at the minute and would like to say that Alan would not and has never hit me.”

Speaking to the Mail Online, Paul added: “I punched myself in the face because I hate myself. There was no fight.”

Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk