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Would I Lie To You's Sarah Millican's marriage to famous comedian after ex walked out on her

Sarah Millican is a household name, having become one the UK’s top comedians in recent years.

After shooting to fame following a Best Newcomer win at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, she has has featured on a whole host of shows including Would I Lie To You and 8 Out Of 10 Cats does Countdown.

The 46-year-old from South Shields, Newcastle worked at the jobcentre until the age of 29, before pursuing comedy, MyLondon reports.

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She now regularly appears on Live at the Apollo and was listed as one of the 100 most powerful women in the UK back in 2013 by Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour.

But before finding fame, she suffered huge heartbreak.

Sarah married her first husband Andrew, back In 1997, but one day in 2004, out of the blue, he told her he didn't love her and was leaving.

She then moved back in with her parents for two and half years.

In her book How to Be Champion, which was published in 2017, she opened up about her past marriage - revealing that she still cries about how he just "got up and left” her.

The event left a lasting mark on Sarah motivating her to pursue a life-changing career in comedy.

She has since moved on and found love with fellow comic Gary Delaney, 47, whom she married in 2013, but admitted the breakdown of her previous marriage still affected her.

Millican has also shared that she had no plans to have any children and that she did not feel “remotely maternal”.

Speaking on the Graham Norton Show, she said: “I don’t like kids and I think it all stems from when I was eight years old and was given a baby doll.

“She was a giant and I remember having an inkling then what childbirth was and realising that I didn’t want something that size coming out of me. That was the moment I was put off children forever!”

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