Rylan Clark became emotional when winning a TV BAFTA for Rob And Rylan's Grand Tour as he revealed how working on the show had helped him to come to terms with his divorce.
Clark, 36, and Rob Rinder, 46, took home the Factual Entertainment prize for their hit BBC travel show at the annual awards ceremony, which took place on Sunday at London's Royal Festival Hall.
After accepting the gong, the former X Factor finalist, who split with his ex-husband Dan Neal in 2021 after six years of marriage, spoke candidly about what the show meant to him.
Admitting that he “wasn't fully over” the break-up, he said that travelling around Italy with the barrister had become a “therapy” for him.
He said: “For me, the show, it happened at a really weird time for me like I still wasn't fully over sort of the breakdown of my marriage and was flung with the judge.
“It was the best therapy I needed, put it that way,” he continued.
“I think the journey, and I hate that word in telly but its so true, when you watch our series, that journey from when we meet to sort of how raw especially I was at that time.”
The BBC Radio 2 star further described how it felt like “being an adolescent again and starting again but with cameras there”.
Dropping hints about what fans could expect from the second series, he added: “We are not fully healed and so we went to India. We didn't think we would be able to top the Italy show but it is incredible.”
Clark and Rinder proved to be the onscreen duo viewers didn’t know they needed and they were delighted when Rinder announced that they had got “engaged” last year.
However, not all was as it seemed.
Taking to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, Runder uploaded a stunning image of the two of them standing in what appeared to be the Italian countryside.
In the snap, they could be seen facing each other under the bright sun, both dressed in crisp white shirts and trousers.
"Elton's set at Glastonbury has inspired us to tie the knot. I [heart] @Rylan," Rinder wrote alongside the image.
As messages of congratulation soon flooded in, Clark was quick to set the record straight, saying: “Fake news he's had a wine.”
