Former Hear’Say star, Kym Marsh, has opened up about her love life after splitting up from actor, Samuel Thomas, earlier this year, who is 19 years her junior
Kym Marsh has vowed never to marry again after splitting up from her toyboy boyfriend earlier this year. The former Hear’Say star, 48, called it quits with Samuel Thomas – who is 19 years her junior – despite gushing she’d found her ‘soulmate’ when the pair went public with their romance last year.
Kym, who has been married three times, met actor, Samuel, after she split up from her third husband, Scott Ratcliff. Fans thought the 29-year-old, who is the same age as Kym’s eldest child, David Cunliffe, may propose. But now it’s all over, with Kym insisting she’ll never walk down the aisle again.
Talking to the Independent about her future plans as she gets ready to star in a theatre production of Abigail’s Party, playing Beverley, she said of the seventies – when the play was written: “You were expected to get married back then. It was almost a little girl’s dream.
“But not for Kym Marsh. I’ve been married three times, and three times it’s not gone well – so no more for me. Three strikes and I’m out.”
Before she married soldier, Scott, Kym was in a relationship with fellow soap star Jamie Lomas. She married the Hollyoaks actor 2012, but they sadly split up just two years later.
Prior to that she wed EastEnders star, Jack Ryder, which was her first marriage. The duo met in a canteen at the BBC when he was working on the soap and Kym was making an appearance on Top Of The Pops with her pop group Hear’Say.
A year later, in 2002, the pair decided to get married and said their ‘I do’s’ in front of their friends at St. Alban’s Parish Church.
They were married for six years, before it was revealed in March 2008 that they had separated and were to divorce. The couple finally announced their divorce over a year later in August 2009.
When she met Samuel last year, Kym faced a lot of backlash over the relationship, with many fans rolling their eyes over the singer’s claims that she had ‘found the one’.
Kym and Samuel have an age gap of 19 years, and the actor is the same age as the singer’s son, David. Instagram followers were quick to make the connection after Kym announced her latest romance by describing the actor as her ‘soulmate’ – and she was forced to defend her new relationship.
Commenting on the post, one unimpressed follower cruelly replied: “Jesus…… Another amazing man…..five minute wonder… he looks like your son.” A second added: “He looks like your son! Kym I like you but keep it private.”
Responding to the posts, the actress – whose third marriage had ended just 13 months ago – snapped: “Do one.” Her new boyfriend at the time also weighed in, adding: “I wonder what’s missing from your life that you need to comment on others. Sad really.”
There has always been a lot of interest surrounding Kym’s love life ever since she burst onto our screens in Pop Idol in 2001 when Hear’Say was formed in the first reality show of its kind, before X Factor was just a twinkle in Simon Cowell’s eye.
Revealing her frustration at the ‘ludicrous’ interest, she said: “I mean, even when I’ve been doing interviews for jobs, people have asked me about my love life. I actually said to somebody once: ‘Tell me about your love life.’ It’s just nonsense.”
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