![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/call-the-midwifes-helen-george-reveals-split-from-co-star-jack-ashton-after-seven-years-together/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/crop-23070571.jpg&description=CALLED IT QUITS Published : 22:25, 15 Jul 2023 Updated : 22:37, 15 Jul 2023 CALL the Midwife actress Helen George and her co-star Jack Ashton have announced they've split after dating for seven years. Helen shared their sad news in a statement online and said the former couple will focus on co-parenting their children Wren, five, and Lark, one. 2 Actors Jack Ashton and Helen George have split after seven years together Credit: Rex 2 Jack, 36, starred as vicar Tom Hereward and Helen, 38, has played Trixie Franklin in Call the Midwife since 2012 The star said: "Some months ago, we separated. "Our two beautiful girls remain the focus and I respectfully ask for privacy for this next chapter." Fiction blurred with reality when Helen started dating her Call the Midwife co-star Jack Ashton, who plays Rev Thomas, in 2016. Jack, 36, joined the hit BBC drama as vicar Tom Hereward in 2014 and Helen, 38, has played Trixie Franklin since 2012. Viewers saw Jack's Rev Thomas propose to Trixie – but she eventually ended the relationship. The actors then found love in real life after filming the show's 2016 Christmas Special in South Africa, and welcomed their two daughters in 2017 and 2021. Helen spoke about what connected them after the birth of her second child, and said: "You're on set for a long time every day and you don't get to see many other people. "We are like-minded people who understand the industry, the career and the long hours." However, a source told the Mirror they had recently drifted apart. They said: 'Helen and Jack's decision to end their relationship has been amicable, and no one else is involved. "They have just grown apart as a couple. Until now, only their closest friends and family have known what is going on, but in recent weeks it has been shared more widely." Helen was previously married to actor Oliver Boot, who she met on the set of Hotel Babylon in December 2012. In August 2015, the couple confirmed their split. Helen got her first acting role just t){kind=link}
CALL the Midwife actress Helen George and her co-star Jack Ashton have announced they’ve split after dating for seven years.
Helen shared their sad news in a statement online and said the former couple will focus on co-parenting their children Wren, five, and Lark, one.
The star said: “Some months ago, we separated.
“Our two beautiful girls remain the focus and I respectfully ask for privacy for this next chapter.”
Fiction blurred with reality when Helen started dating her Call the Midwife co-star Jack Ashton, who plays Rev Thomas, in 2016.