James Martin’s Saturday Morning star Alysia Vasey has claimed she had a ‘toxic’ relationship with her husband before announcing their divorce.
Alysia, known as The Yorkshire Forager, has said her ex called her family ‘scum’ and threatened to leave her if she had the knee surgery she needed.
Alysia only got married last year, but earlier this month she announced that they had split several months earlier after being ‘made fun of’.
She has now said that her partner – who she has never publicly named – has been “accumulating bills on her credit card” and making her feel trapped.
On Instagram, Alysia said, “Let’s just say there are some things you can’t come back from.
“Getting married and being told – and you all know I have bad knees, I’ve had them for ages – that if you had knee surgery and it didn’t work, they didn’t want to be with you anymore.
James Martin’s Saturday Morning star Alysia Vasey has revealed she had a ‘toxic’ relationship with her husband before announcing their divorce
‘Because they are not going to care for a disabled person and the house was not suitable for such a person.’
Alysia went on to claim that her husband called her family “Polish scum” when he learned her grandfather had fought in World War II.
Alysia captioned the post, “I’ve thought about this long and hard, but it helps me to get this out, the words you just can’t forgive or go back on.
‘I made excuses for myself and thought: she didn’t mean it. But living a toxic life is not good for anyone. If you are dealing with this or managed to escape, please share in the comments and rebuild brighter and better.”
Alysia recently announced she was divorcing her husband after losing “just about everything” less than a year after their wedding.
Alysia shared an emotional video with her Instagram followers this week, telling them, “So this is a tough one. I feel like being honest because there’s no point in wearing a wedding ring when your marriage is over.’
“And it’s been since before Christmas. I know I haven’t been married that long.’
The star, who left her job as a teaching assistant to become a collector and regularly appears on ITV, said: ‘I’m a big believer in love, marriage and everything. But I was just taken for a ride. I had all the money taken from me.
‘Everything. Absolutely everything. It’s been a struggle. Absolute struggle over the past eight, nine months. I didn’t expect it.’
Alysia announced she’s divorcing her husband after losing ‘just about everything’ less than a year after their wedding
‘I’m a bit ashamed of it, but it is what it is. So I’m on my own and I didn’t expect that,” she admitted at the time.
“Anyway, I feel like I’ve become honest now, so it is what it is, right? Anyway, good night. I hope you’re doing well.’
In the accompanying caption, she added that she has been through “unbelievably difficult times, which I put a brave face on. It’s been very hard for me these past four years. I managed to break free, but I lost just about everything.”
She wrote: ‘I’m still processing everything and hopefully one day I will find the peace and love I deserve.’
In February 2025, Alysia revealed that she had recently gotten married on James Martin’s show, excitedly telling the host that she would be using her new married surname Greenwood.
James told her, “I’m not going to master this. I’ve been calling you Alysia Vasey for years.”
Alysia then added, “Better foraging name, Greenwood!”
In a January 2024 post on
‘Looking forward to spending a lifetime together… (what’s left of it is kind of right) an exciting year ahead!’
Alysia had posted photos of her travels with her husband in the months before the split, including a holiday snap from Sorrento in August 2025.
Alysia, who also appears on Countryfile, makes a living by supplying some of the country’s best Michelin-starred restaurants with her collected finds.
She was encouraged to pursue the unusual career after foraging with her grandfather in her youth.
“Every weekend me and my brother Adrian would walk with our grandfather in the woods and on the heathland looking for plants, nuts, mushrooms and fruit,” she told the Yorkshire Post.
“I don’t remember him teaching me exactly, but I copied him and listened, and he tested my knowledge and corrected me when I was wrong.”
“Thanks to Grandpa, by the time I was seven or eight I could identify every tree, plant, flower, animal and bird we came across. I knew which plants, nuts, berries and mushrooms were safe to eat and which should be left alone.’
Later, while researching her 2020 book The Yorkshire Forager: A Wild Food Survival Journey, she discovered that her Polish grandfather’s foraging came out of necessity while he lived in the woods and hid from the Nazis during World War II.
With her first husband Chris and the help of her mother, Alysia launched her company Yorkshire Foragers in 2010.
