EastEnders star Samantha Womack splits from ‘soul mate’ husband Mark
Actress Samantha Womack has revealed her marriage is over but the former couple are still living together despite the split
EastEnders star Samantha Womack has confirmed she’s split from her “soul mate” husband Mark.
The actress, who played Ronnie Mitchell in the soap, says the marriage is over but confirmed the former couple are still living together at their home in Bedfordshire.
Samantha and Mark are parents to children Benjamin, 19, and Lili Rose, 15, while she is also stepmum to Mark’s son Michael, 25, from a previous relationship.
She told OK! magazine : “Our family home is big enough and we’re co-existing happily. There’s no rush to change things
“But now feels like the right time to be honest and admit we’re no longer together.”
Mark is also an actor and they met on the set of police drama Liverpool 1 back in 1998 before they tied the knot in 2009.
Hes best known for his role in Emmerdale, playing DI Mark Malone earlier this year.
Samantha has revealed they split two years ago, but decided to continue living together and they remain “best friends”.
She told the magazine: “We decided that we didn’t want to stay in a romantic relationship, but we liked our way of living.
“We have this beautiful house and we get a lot of time away from each other. We’re still a family and we love and adore each other.
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“He’s still been the best relationship of my life and I think he would say the same of me.
“So we sat down with the kids and explained that we weren’t going to be in a romantic relationship any more, but we would stay best friends.
“We’ve been happily living together ever since. It’s bizarre but these have probably been the best years we’ve had as a family.”
She goes on to put the split down to the amount of time they had to spend away from each other while they were working and a breakdown in communication.
News of the secret split comes just days after Samantha’s onscreen sister Rita Simons, who played Roxi Mitchell, also ended her marriage and kept it quiet.
Rita split from her husband, hairdresser Theo Silverston, nearly two years ago.
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