Mrs Brown's Boys star Fiona O'Carroll broke down in tears as she opened up about her separation from her co-star husband Martin Delany on RTE’s Ultimate Hell Week.
The actress is one of the recruits taking part in the new celebrity series of Ultimate Hell Week: The Professionals.
In an emotional moment on the show this week, the mother of four opened up about how she has coped with the breakdown of her marriage, and her reasoning for signing up for the show.
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Fiona told the D.S leaders: "I need this. Think I’m a bit lost and I'm rediscovering who I am.
Fighting back tears, she added: "I’m emotional. I actually wasn't expecting it to be this emotional.
"I want to do it but it doesn't stop me being scared. I don't think I'll ever not be scared.”
As the leaders assured her, and told her ‘everyone is scared’.
She added: “I used to see crying as a weakness but now I don't any more, it's just a release.
“I've learnt that in the last three years, I'm trying to go with it, since my separation."
Fiona said she hoped the show would help her feel ‘empowered’.
"I would consider myself a strong woman now. But there was a time I didn’t,” she added.
Fiona, who is best known as Maria, Agnes’ daughter in law on Mrs Brown's Boys, and Martin, who played Mrs Brown’s youngest son Trevor in the show, had been married for over 15 years before they announced their split last year.
The couple first met when they were just 16 years old, and Fiona told at the time that they ‘grew apart’ as they both wanted different things.
The pair continue to co-parent their sons, whilst Delaney lives in Portugal.
Fiona, who is the daughter of Mrs Brown's Boys creator and star Brendan O’Carroll, also broke down on the show over her upset at missing her son’s birthday.
The mum-of-four, who shares four sons with her ex husband, said: "I’ve never missed any of my son’s birthdays."
"It felt very selfish, being here and not being at home with him. That’s that whole inner chat. Sometimes you need to be selfish because it’s important, this is something that you need to do. For yourself."
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