Alfie Boe Opens Up About Painful Divorce Struggles

Alfie Boe said its a shame he 'couldn't tell the truth' about his painful divorce from ex-wife Sarah, which he previously revealed had left him in a 'really dark place'.

The Opera singer, 52, separated from his former wife in 2020 after 16-years of marriage before she . 

Alfie told iNews: 'People don’t understand why the children [moved] away from me. It’s just a shame when you can’t tell the truth, and you take the higher ground'. 

'It’s been a very hard time after my divorce and I wanted to do what I felt was right for them. And they missed America and their old friends. I had to take the bigger path'. 

In 2022 the tenor emotionally revealed that he spent five weeks in a rehabilitation facility after taking an overdose following the split.

Speaking on  reality show Freeze the Fear with Wim Hof, said he went to a 'really dark place' following the separation.

He said: 'When my separation happened initially I went into a really dark place. It's weird to talk about, I've not spoken about this in public, but I'm willing to, if it can help anyone out there that needs that. 

'I'd gone through beating myself up and hating myself and not having any love for myself and it resulted in a foolish act of throwing some pills down my throat because I'd lost my way.

'I ended up in a ­rehabilitation facility for about five weeks and it was a scary time.'

The couple had lived with their children in the Cotswolds since 2018, having previously lived as a family in the US.

But holed up together during the Covid pandemic in 2020, all their troubles came brimming to the surface and they made the decision to separate.

Confirming the split at the time, Alfie said in a statement: 'After speculation about my marriage to Sarah ending, I can confirm that we have separated. 

'I have nothing but love and respect for Sarah who’s been an incredible partner and an amazing mother to our two beautiful children and everything is very amicable.'

He met Sarah, a Shakesperean actress, in 2002 after he beat off thousands of hopefuls to land the lead role in Baz Luhrmann's revival of Puccini's La Boheme in San Francisco. 

Last year Alfie confirmed his romance with Elizabeth Worth, 29, as he shared a photo of the couple enjoying a cosy date night at the Savoy Hotel in London.

The pair had known each other for years but were always in relationships, until 2022 when they both happened to be single and enjoyed dates in restaurants including Scott's in Richmond.

And according to The Sun, Hannah, 51, managed to 'sneak Alfie in backstage' during Eurovision to keep the relationship under wraps.

The source said: 'With Hannah's career massively in the ascendancy, she was keen to let her work, not personal life, do the talking so they deliberately kept things quiet.

'It was especially hard to keep things under wraps during the madness of Eurovision when all the spotlight was on her.

'But they managed to sneak Alfie in backstage and kept things low-key. Things have fizzled out but they remain on friendly terms.'