Tina O'Brien and Ryan Thomas were once sweethearts on the set of Coronation Street, with the pair having played an on-screen couple while also being together in real life.
The former couple, both now 38, are understood to have been in a relationship from around 2003 onwards, with their daughter Scarlett Thomas, now 13, then born in 2008.
The two actors however split the following year, with Tina - who plays Sarah Barlow on the ITV soap - later saying that she was "absolutely devastated" to have been left by Ryan.
She had already left the show, with her having since stated that she was a single mother to baby Scarlett at a time when she had "no income" and suffered from post-natal depression.
According to the Sun, a few years later, her daughter - then a toddler - introduced her to future-husband Adam Crofts in 2011, with the pair now married with a child together.
Scarlett is said to have wandered over to Adam in a cafe, with Tina said to have recalled that she thought he was "quite fit" and the two adults soon "got talking".
Adam - who married Tina in 2018 - referenced this during his wedding speech, saying: "Scarlett is the first one who approached me [and] Tina soon came scuttling after her!"
The relationship came after her split from Ryan, which she has attributed to him. Tina said: "[Ryan] said he didn't love me any more. He said I didn't do it for him any more."
Tina later posted on Instagram that she had been "scared and fragile" around the time of the break-up, revealing that she had "very bad" post-natal depression as well.
"The dark days eventually lifted. I was then a single mum, times when absolutely no income was coming in. I'd be lying if I said it was easy. 2009 was a tough year," she said.
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Ryan - who has since begun a relationship with Lucy Mecklenburgh, 30 - was invited to Tina's wedding to Adam in 2018, suggesting the former couple were on good terms.
Discussing the dynamic between them, Tina said around that period: "It took a while for everyone to find a way to make it work, but now it does - really well, in fact."
There however seemed to be drama earlier this year though, when it was reported that Ryan had accused his ex Tina of smashing his car wing mirror with a baseball bat.
It's said to have happened after tension "boiled over" into a nasty row at 3am. Paintwork is said to have been scratched and the wing mirror was reportedly "smashed off."
A source told the Sun: "Tina, who was at a pal’s house party, came out into the street to meet him as he drove up. Soon after that his car was damaged with the baseball bat."
The Mirror approached reps of Tina and Ryan for comment.
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