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Megan Shaw

Helen Skelton warned women not to date sports stars in blog five years before heartbreaking split

Presenter Helen Skelton was married to estranged husband and Leeds Rhinos player Richie Myler for eight years before they sadly split earlier this year.

The pair, who share three children together, married in 2013 but in an unearthed and very candid blog post Helen opened up about the frustrations of having a relationship with a famous sports star.

The Countryfile star revealed that her estranged husband's "tantrums" were worse than that of her toddlers if he lost a rugby match as she admitted she found it difficult to organise their lives around the rugby player's sporting career.

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