Helen Skelton’s husband Richie Myler ‘has fled abroad for a holiday’ after dumping TV presenter
COUNTRYFILE host Helen Skelton’s pals claim her husband has gone on holiday — days after their marriage failed.
Rugby League star Richie Myler, 31, who has three children with Helen, 38, is believed to be “riding out the storm”.
Pals say the Leeds Rhinos scrum-half called at the couple’s home last week to collect his passport.
A source said: “He said he was going on holiday.
"He wants to be out of the public eye.
“Helen’s holding it together well, which is admirable given she was blindsided by his new relationship.
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“Mutual friends think he’s treated her appallingly.
"It’s a shock to them that he’s moved on so soon after she announced the marriage was over.”
BBC presenter Helen and Richie married in 2013 and live in Leeds.
They have sons Ernie, six, Louis, five and daughter Elsie, four months.
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The Sun told of Richie’s new relationship on Saturday. He did not reply to a request for comment.
Helen posted a short message on Instagram confirming the end of their relationship on Monday last Monday.
She wrote: "Very sad to say that Richie and I are no longer a couple. He has left the family home. We will be doing our best to co parent our small children."
The star signed it off with two broken-heart emojis.
After making her split announcement on social media, she shared another post about the stresses of motherhood that showed how emotional she was feeling.
It read: “A mama is always full of emotions, full of love, full of anxiety and worries, full of exhaustion and lack of energy, full of mum guilt and doubt, full of pride in her kids, full of pure joy.
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“She feels it all, that’s the beauty of her, she carries it all, too. And yet she gets up every day and does it all over again.”
The pair met through friends and started dating in 2011, before getting married in December 2013.
In 2015, Helen moved to France with Richie after he started to play for the Catalan Dragons before coming back to the UK to live in Leeds.
