Presenter Rylan Clark wiped away tears as he opened up on the breakdown of his marriage and looked back as his career following his BAFTA TV Award win with Robert Rinder
Rylan Clark gave a very candid confession at the BAFTA TV Awards following his win with Robert Rinder. They scooped up the Factual Entertainment prize at the annual award ceremony for their show Rob And Rylan’s Grand Tour, about them exploring Italy.
While on stage, Rylan thanked the BBC and the production company, while calling for a “bigger styling budget” from the corporation because he won the BAFTA. The BBC Radio 2 presenter also praised the trust in making a TV show about “two gay guys, going through a divorce”, before quickly adding in “but not to each other”.
Good Morning Britain presenter Robert hailed their mothers for giving them both “unconditional love”, and also praised Rylan, who parted ways with husband Dan Neal back in 2021.
However, when they headed into the winning room together the pair opened up even more about their personal lives and what the win meant to them – leaving Rylan wiping away a tear.
Speaking to the Mirror and other press, he said: «The show, it happened at a really weird time for me. I wasn’t fully over some of the breakdown of my marriage and stuff like that. I was flung with a judge. It was the best therapy I needed.
«The journey, and I hate that word in telly, from when we meet and how raw I was at that time. It was like being an adolescent again and starting again but with cameras there.
«Everyone who worked on the show made it look exactly how it was. They didn’t try to make it look good.» He teased the upcoming second series and added: «We are not fully healed and so we went to India. We didn’t think we would be able to top the Italy show but it is incredible.»
Speaking about how his life has changed since appearing on X Factor in 2012 and what it was like breaking into the TV industry, Rylan said: «Rob got a little bit of pressure at the start of his TV career as well. I think that’s exactly what this show is, it shows you don’t need to stay in your lane.
«Just because I finished fifth on X Factor, I should have been forgotten about by February after I had done all the gay clubs. You can take a different route. Slap that indicator on and go into the left lane, and it’s taken me somewhere else.
«I think that’s what the show showed. If you don’t try these new things and do it, then you are just going to stay standing still. I think the little Rylan on X Factor did alright in the end.»
Just last week, Rylan teased a new detail in his love life as he decided to ditch the dating apps. «I’m not on the apps no more,» Rylan said. «I’ve come off all the apps and I’m alright.»
In response, his Radio 2 co-star Zoë playfully noted live on air: «You’ve got a twinkle in your eye. I know you always have a twinkle in your eye, but that’s a particularly big one.» Rylan jokingly responded that it might just be a stye.
READ MORE: Amazon’s ‘dust-gobbler’ robot vacuum plunges to less than £100 in flash deal
Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Threads.
