Ben Ofoedu has opened up following his shock split from fiancee Vanessa Feltz after 16 years.
Over the weekend, the This Morning agony aunt, 60, announced the sad news saying she was "extremely sad and disappointed".
And now been Ben appears to have broken his silence on the matter by posting a large heartbroken emoji on his Instagram Stories, writes The Mirror.
Ben has updated his Instagram bio which previously included a link to Vanessa's Instagram account @vanessafeltzofficial. Instead, it now just has a link to the Instagram page of Boyz on Block - an English and Irish supergroup consisting of Ben and former boyband members Abz Love, Dane Bowers and Shane Lynch.
The couple got together back in 2005 and were regularly seen on-screen together and in magazines, but on Saturday, Vanessa announced they had broken up.
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She said: "I had thought it might take a bit longer before this came out, because it’s a lot to deal with — a shock like this takes some adjusting to — but I am extremely sad and disappointed that my 16-year relationship with Ben is over."
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Vanessa said: "Who knew I’d be single at 60? However, ladies, it’s onwards and upwards and I firmly believe that the best is yet to come."
She added: "I hear that Kylie Minogue is single again, so I’m in good company — if she wants to hit the town, hook me up."
Ben is said to have moved out of their £3.5million home in St John’s Wood, North London.
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They met in 2005 and a year later, Ben popped the question.
However, Vanessa had shared her worries about marrying him. She admitted her divorce from her doctor ex-husband Michael Kurer five years earlier made her "wary of getting married again."
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