Kym Marsh was seen for the first time since the dissolution of her marriage was reported when she stepped out on Sunday.
The former Hear’Say star, 46, cut a low-key figure on a day out with her supportive daughter Emilie, 26, in the wake of the news she’s split from her soldier husband Scott Ratcliff, 34, after 19 months of marriage .
Last week it was reported by The sunthat Kym and Scott decided to end their marriage due to work pressure, but that there had been “cracks” for some time.
Kym, who has spoken in the past about the “grim” reality of being an army wife, flitted back and forth between looking pensive and laughing with the group as they stepped outside with her blingy engagement and wedding ring conspicuously absent.
While Kym was still wearing a very thin band on her ring finger, her engagement ring and chunky diamond wedding ring were no longer on her hand.
Ahead: Kym Marsh was seen for the first time since the dissolution of her marriage was reported, stepping out on Sunday
Put a ring on it: While Kym still wore a very thin band on her ring finger, her engagement ring and chunky diamond wedding ring were no longer on her hand
Tight knit: Kym is pictured with her daughter Emilie, 26, who she is famously known as, very close
Distance: Kym and Scott are pictured in January, just months before they split
It comes after it was revealed that Kym had split from her third husband Scott after they got married in a lavish ceremony in October 2021.
After being husband and wife for 19 months, they allegedly separated after a trial separation due to work keeping them apart.
A source told The sun“They both really tried to make it happen, but the cracks had been there for a while and they only saw each other once or twice a week.
“Kym has been so busy, and last year (when she was on Strictly Come Dancing) meant that even her weekends were packed with weekday rehearsals.
“She’s been filming everywhere lately and rehearsing for a new theatrical performance.”
The insider added how Army Major Scott’s work drove a wedge between him and Kym, saying: ‘Scott is stationed in a barracks down south – he has a very busy career too. Kym is also still a working mother and lives with her family in Cheshire.
On the road: Kym seemed to take the fork in her stride during the journey
Happy days: Emilie and the rest of the gang seemed to put a smile on Kym’s face
Shock: Kym is about to divorce her husband Scott after an apparent strike from the ‘Strictly Curse’,
“In the end, the fact that they lived so far from each other just made it impossible.”
The source said the couple “had a trial separation earlier this year” and are “hoping to get things back on track,” but added that they’ve decided “it’s best to go their separate ways.”
They added: ‘It’s very sad for everyone involved, but they’ve decided it’s time to tell their family and friends and focus on the future – which means filing for divorce. They hope to keep things as friendly as possible.
“Hopefully time will help things heal.”
Hi there: After 19 months as husband and wife, they allegedly split after a trial separation, due to work keeping them apart
Laughter: The group seemed to have no shortage of jokes
In January last year, Kym revealed he was sent away for a fortnight two days after their October 2021 wedding – something she ‘didn’t expect’ and labeled life as an army wife as ‘pretty grim’ due to the distance.
In addition to the stress of their distance, she admitted that the danger of his job compounded the problem, worrying about war.
She said, “There’s always fear, it’s always stressful when he leaves. There may not be an actual threat of war right now, but there is always a risk when you are in these dangerous places.”
In addition to her assessment of the distance in their lives, she also spoke of how Strictly exacerbated her anxiety — with training consistent with Scott’s time away from the Parachute Regiment — which led the pair to barely see each other.
There’s no business like show business: Kym and her lookalike daughter Emilie, 26, play the roles of Rachel and Young Rachel, respectively, in the musical Greatest Days (Emily and Kym pictured last month)
Rehearsals: Kym’s intense Strictly rehearsals last year reportedly put further strain on the marriage (pictured with pro parter Graziano Di Prima)
In conversation with OK! in January 2022 she said, ‘It was really good. Well I say that but we got married and two days later Scott was sent away for two weeks and we didn’t expect that! That was a bit grim, but it’s just part of being an army wife…
“It felt like on my honeymoon I could celebrate being Mrs. Ratcliff!”
Scott explained why he had to leave his new wife so soon after the wedding to go to work, adding, “I attend (military academy) Sandhurst for three semesters a year and each semester I go away for two weeks to do a overseas training exercise. .’
Aside from her life as an Army WAG, she also spoke about how her time on Strictly heightened her anxiety — just four months before her split was announced.
Kym’s first husband was former EastEnders actor Jack Ryder, 41, whom she married in 2002 but divorced seven years later.
In 2012, she married Hollyoaks star Jamie Lomas, 48, but they divorced in 2014 and she met Scott in 2018.
Kym has children David, 28, and Emilie from a previous relationship, as well as daughter Polly, 12, with Jamie, with whom she also had son Archie in 2009, who died shortly after his birth.
A friend in need: She enjoyed cuddles with the group as she smiled amid her marital troubles