Former Coronation Street star Katherine Kelly has allegedly split from her husband of seven years, Ryan Clark, bringing their marriage to a sad end.
The 40-year-old actress – famous for playing Becky McDonald in the ITV soap opera between 2006 and 2012 – and her Australian husband have said to have been separating their belongings from their home in the past week.
Katherine and digital analyst Ryan met in 2011 and tied-the-knot two years later at a ceremony in Las Vegas.
They have two daughters – six-year-old Orla and three-year-old Rose – and the couple are said to be selling their North London home so Katherine can relocate to be closer to her family in Barnsley.
A source close to the couple told The Sun: “Katherine and Ryan have made the difficult decision to separate.
“They see it as a positive move for both of them and the separation is completely amicable.
“Their children are their top priority and they will continue to co-parent as good friends.”
While the break up is sad news for the couple, sources claimed to The Sun that the break-up was not a case of love in lockdown turning sour.
It is also reported that the pair are on good terms and keeping in contact to keep on top of raising their young daughters together.
Glamorous Katherine has previously expressed how she has been good at hiding the stress of being a parent in the spotlight.
She told the Daily Mail’s YOU Magazine in 2016: “Like every working mother, I’m paddling away like a duck beneath the water.”
She also said that becoming a mother had brought a softer side out of her.
She said: “I get weepy even watching the news. I agree with my mother that having children removes a layer of skin that you never grow back.”
In the same interview, the mum-of-two discussed meeting Ryan and how they fell for each other.
She revealed: “I met Ryan at my best friend’s wedding in Australia. But he was with someone else and I’d only split up with my boyfriend of six years the week before.
“We became good mates first because he was part of my friend’s circle and I’d see him whenever I was visiting her. Then when I went back, he was single and so was I, so it was lovely to get together romantically at last.”
