Former Coronation Street star Faye Brookes suffered a jealous split from Pop Idol’s Gareth Gate during their on-off romance but she has finally found happiness with Iwan Lewis
Faye Brookes suffered a jealous split from Gareth Gates after their “real fairy tale” romance ended in pieces â before she finally found her happily ever after.
The former Coronation Street star, 35, said “I do” to her theatre boss beau Iwan Lewis on Wednesday after just a few of months of dating. Yet it took a while for Faye to find true happiness after her public split from Pop Idol star Gareth, 39. The pair were both starring in Legally Blonde The Musical when they met â and Gareth was still married to his now ex-wife Suzanne Mole at the time.
In October 2012, the Pop Idol runner-up announced he had split from his wife after “growing apart” and 10 months later, Gareth and Faye made their first public appearance together as a couple. Faye claimed their relationship was “like no other” and said she needed to keep them “well protected”. She shared how, from the moment they met, Gareth was writing songs for her.
Speaking toManchester Evening Newsin October 2015, Faye shared her caution:”Because sometimes when people know how good something is, all they want to do is pull it apart and that can be hard to take.I know that is not what someone’s intention is, and when you see something good it has got to come with some bad things along the way.I am in it with him for the journey, and he is in it with me. And I think it is really nice that he wants me to blossom.”