LAST NIGHT on I’m A Celebrity, some of the campmates discussed dating, which prompted Alan Halsall to open up about his divorce.
Tyrone Dobbs star 42, who joined Coronation Street in 1998, got candid about his divorce from ex-wife Lucy-Jo Hudson last night, even admitting that he struggles to date.
Alan Halsall opened up about his divorce from Lucy-Jo Hudson during last night’s I’m A Celebrity[/caption]
The Coronation Street star admitted that he had never tried to use dating apps[/caption]
The Tyrone Dobbs star was candid and honest while chatting with his campmates[/caption]
Alan and Lucy-Jo got married in 2009[/caption]
The couple welcomed their daughter in 2013[/caption]
“Lucy left Corrie in about 2005, then we got married in 2009. We then split up after Sienna was born,” Alan told campmates Dean McCullough and Tulisa Contostavlos.
“I love what I’ve got, even now I’m on my own I love just being dad. I’ve never done dating apps,” he admitted.
The Coronation Street star then admitted that with dating apps, he wouldn’t know how to navigate them, exclaiming, “I don’t even know what I’d do!”
Tulisa then weighed in with her thoughts, “I’ve only done Raya [the celebrity dating app],” she explained.
She added: “I’m not really a dater, even though I’ve been on there, I’ve never gone on an actual date with anyone on there… I’m proper guarded.”
Alan and his ex-wife Lucy-Jo, who he mentioned while talking about his dating life, split in 2018.
The pair met on the set of Coronation Street and were then married in 2009, and in 2013, they welcomed their daughter Sienna-Rae.
The couple then called time on their marriage in March 2016 but rekindled their romance mere months later.
2018 then saw the pair split for good, with Lucy-Jo moving on with a new man and going public with him just two months later.
Lucy-Jo left Alan feeling “like a mug” when she fell for panto pal Lewis Devine, who played her title character’s best mate Muddles in Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs.
Then things took a turn when Lucy-Jo’s new man Lewis called Alan’s daughter Sienna his own on social media.
SOCIAL MEDIA BUST-UP
“You’re welcome to keep the lying cheating one & call her your own! But not my daughter,” Alan hit back on social media.
Lucy-Jo is now loved up with Lewis Devine[/caption]
Alan moved on with Tisha Merry who played Steph Britton on Coronation Street[/caption]
Alan and Tisha eventually split, with them calling time on their romance earlier this year[/caption]
Lucy-Jo previously opened up about Alan’s social media outburst to OK! Magazine, saying, “I had literally just given birth to Carter when he posted that so I didn’t see it and my head was elsewhere.
“He quickly deleted it so he must have regretted it. I didn’t bother bringing it up with him.”
“I didn’t bother bringing it up with him. Lew and I were both too focused on Carter so it just didn’t get our attention.”
CO-PARENTING CLASHES
Lucy-Jo then admitted at the time that co-parenting with her ex can be difficult as they sometimes clash.
She continued to the magazine, “The thing is, everybody who has a blended family knows it’s not easy. You can’t pretend that it is.
“And me and Alan sometimes have different views on raising Sienna so trying to co-parent can be challenging. It’s probably like that for a lot of blended families.”
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Lucy-Jo and Lewis welcomed their son Carter in 2020, with the couple still together to this day.
Alan eventually moved on with Tisha Merry, who played Steph Britton in Coronation Street, but the pair split earlier this year after several years together.
“Alan and Trisha split pretty amicably, but Alan has been keen for a clean break and has well and truly moved on,” a source told The Sun.
“They have a lot of the same friends and Alan has been spending lots of time with his Corrie co-stars and just concentrating on being a great dad.”
‘WE GET ON GREAT’
Lucy-Jo recently broke her silence on Alan’s jungle stint.
Reacting to speculation about their relationship since splitting, Lucy-Jo said, “First of all, me and my ex have been divorced seven years.
“I actually can’t believe it’s a topic of conversation because it’s pretty boring.”
She continued, “We share Sienna 50/50. We communicate. She’s a happy kid. We get on great.
“We have to work out weekends – what we’re swapping, certain days he wants, certain days I want.
“We don’t want her missing out so we change things for each other.”
She went on, “Second of all, myself and Lewis will be sat down with Sienna watching the jungle. We wish him nothing but the best.
“We are going to be there for Sienna supporting her throughout this journey because, yes, she’s going to miss her dad.
“He’s in her life all the time, so this is quite a strange thing.”
She then concluded by signing off with, “He is who he is to you guys, but for Sienna, it’s her dad and we’re supporting her through that.”
Lucy-Jo and Alan had a bitter split[/caption]
The former couple now co-parent their daughter[/caption]
