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Sam Clafin has reflected on his divorce from Inbetweeners star wife Laura Haddock in an emotional interview where he admitted he'd been left needing therapy after the split.
The Daisy Jones & The Six actor, 36, split with the actress, 37, in 2019 and the couple share son Pip, six and daughter Margot, four.
Speaking about their divorce, he said: "It's a horrendous thing to go through. Every break-up is difficult, and obviously having kids makes it even more. During Covid I really f***ing struggled with the kids and, mentally, where my life was."
The actor went on to reveal he struggles with confidence in the recent interview and assumed producers of Daisy Jones & The Six "just had to make do" with Sam.
Sam Claflin and Laura Haddock divorced after six years of marriage (PA)
The couple share son Pip, six and daughter Margot, four (PA)"I'm working on this in therapy," he added in the honest chat with GQ magazine.
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In his most recent role in Amazon Prime Video's Daisy Jones & The Six, Sam plays a singer struggling with his marriage.
He explained it was the first time he found it easy to cry on screen after the breakdown of his own marriage with the Inbetweeners star.
The couple announced their split in a joint Instagram post in August 2019.
Sam is now dating Leonardo DiCaprio's ex Cassie Amato (Getty Images for Elton John AIDS)
Sam Clafin and Riley Keough star in Daisy Jones & The Six together (GC Images)It read: "Laura and I have decided to legally separate. We will move forward with nothing but love, friendship and a deep respect for one another whilst we continue to raise our family together.
"We won't be commenting on this further. Thank you in advance for your support and respecting our privacy at this time. Both of us x."
Both Sam and Laura have since moved on with the Peaky Blinders star dating Leonardo DiCaprio's ex Cassie Amato, 28, while Laura is in a relationship with her White Lines co-star Tom Rhys Harries, 30.
Daisy Jones & The Six is based on the Taylor Jenkins book of the same name and focusses on solo artists Daisy Jones (Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley ) being matched the band The Six.
They become a huge hit in the 1970s but eventually split with The New York Times bestseller author previously revealing that Fleetwood Mac was a huge inspiration for the novel.