Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans.Photo: Christopher Polk/Walt Disney Television via Getty Images; Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic
Alice Evans says her husband,Fantastic Four(2005) star Ioan Gruffudd, has allegedly decided to leave her after 13 years of marriage.
“My beloved husband/soulmate of 20 years, Ioan Gruffudd, has announced he is to leave his family, starting next week,” Evans, 49, tweeted. “Me and our young daughters girls are very confused and sad.”
“We haven’t been given a reason except that he ‘no longer loves me.’ I’m so sorry,” she added.
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Gruffudd — who currently stars on the Australian dramaHarrowand is also known for his roles inTitanicandKing Arthur— tied the knot with Evans, an English actress who has appeared in series likeLOSTandThe Originals, in September 2007.
The spouses went on to welcome two daughters, now aged 7 and 11.
Ioan Gruffudd and Alice Evans in 2011.Matt Baron/BEI/Shutterstock
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Ahead of their older daughter’s birth, Gruffudd told PEOPLE he had “basicallybeen the best husband in the world"during Evans' pregnancy (“or trying to be,” he noted).
During his wife’s pregnancy, the Welsh actor said his role has changed many times.
“You go from being lover to husband, lackey, taxi driver. Youjust have to have so many caps on. Listen, it’s a blessing that I am here, at home not working, being able to be there for her,” Gruffudd said.
Still, “It’s been tough,” he added. “I’m sure we have no idea what we are heading into. But we both love each other so much and really hope that we will create an environment of love and happiness.”
More recently in 2020, Gruffudd admitted toThe Guardianthat he and Evans have “struggled the past four years, making time for each other because physically we’re apart.”
“Alice had come back, she had been away for a week. I was showing off – ‘the kids are in bed’ – and she was [like], ‘Yeah, you’ve done one week [alone], try six months,'” he said at the time.
source: people.com
