Chloe Madeley and James Haskell split for the 'sake of their baby daughter'
Chloe Madeley has spoken out about her split from husband James Haskell in September, and has said that they separated for the sake of the daughter Bodhi, after a period of turbulence in their relationship.
The 36-year-old personal trainer said that she is heading into 2024 with a “massive smile” on her face after the end of her marriage to James had left her wanting to “just sit and cry all day”, before announcing their split a month later in a joint statement.
Chloe has since joined a happy Christmas with her family, including parents Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, and has told OK! that her co-parenting arrangement with James had worked a treat during the festive period so that their daughter could have the best of times. She said about it: "When we decided to separate, I said to him that I’d like to have family time, so not just Bodhi spending time with each of us, but actually making time for all three of us to still be a unit. I think for our first Christmas as co-parents, we nailed it.”
Chloe Madeley and James Haskell are co-parenting their daughter Bodhi (jameshaskell/Instagram)She added that since their split, their relationship has actually got better: “Since James and I made the decision to draw a line under it, I’ve felt really free, happy and calm. It’s interesting. I think people hear about it and they automatically think it’s a negative thing. But in our case, it’s a very positive decision and it’s good. I’ve just felt a lot lighter.”
When their relationship came to an end in September, it was amid intense speculation in the media and across social media and Chloe has revealed that their announcement was not done as timely as they had hoped with the situation being taken out of their control somewhat. She said: "The statement was really rushed. I didn’t want to release it at all for as long as possible. I wanted to keep it quiet but, obviously, things happened that made that impossible. So that was a really awful day – probably the worst one so far. Because it just felt very raw and like you’re an open target. But the next day, I woke up and just had this massive smile on my face and felt like a load had been lifted.”
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Chloe Madeley looks happier than ever as she dines at the Ritz with ex James Haskell (instagram/ @madeleychloe)Speaking about what brought an end to their marriage, Chloe said they were on different paths and that the split was the best option for their daughter. She said: "We really, really tried our best. But ultimately his life was going in one direction and mine was going in a completely different direction. It became very hard and it just stopped being good. It was quite bad.
“We have a daughter, so we’re not messing around here. This is a big decision. We talked about it for months. What were we going to do? Could we figure it out? And ultimately we made the decision. I think people seem to think that you should stay together for the children but, actually, we made the decision for Bodhi more than anything. It wasn’t good and we want her to feel like she has a happy, healthy and loving family unit. So we made the best decision for her. Making that decision is really hard, but once it’s done, it’s done.”
Talking about reasons for their split, Chloe admitted that there were a number of factors that they just couldn't overcome as a couple after a decade together. She said: "It wasn’t any one thing... we still love each other deeply and we have a child together. So it would have to be quite a big board of things for us to decide that this isn’t going to be fixed, we need to draw a line under it.”
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