TV presenter Myleene Klass is reportedly keeping her marriage split secret from her two young daughters, because she can't bear to tell them their daddy's not coming home.
The former Hear'Say star was left heartbroken earlier this year when her bodyguard beau Graham Quinn left her and walked out of the couple's £3.2m Hertfordshire home.
The split came just six months after the pair wed in October - even more shocking since they had enjoyed an 11 year relationship before their marriage.
Graham is said to be on tour with Bruce Springsteen at the moment, and it's now been alleged the star still hasn't told her girls - Ava, four, and 14-month-old Hero - about their separation.
Myleene with daughters Ava and Hero
The Sun reports Myleene told a pal: "I've never been so hurt - how could he do this? It's heartbreaking for me but it will be even more devastating for Ava and Hero.
"How can I tell them their daddy is never coming home? How do you tell a young child their father doesn't want to be with them any more? I never thought this day would come. I married for life, but now it's over."
It's also emerged friends and family are worried for Myleene's well-being following the split, with a source telling the Sunday Mirror: "Myleene has hit rock bottom. She can't believe this has happened to her and that he's walked out on 11 years of being in a relationship. She's mostly hurt about their baby girls and has no idea what Gray's playing at. She says he's turned his back on her.
Myleene during the Jubilee Family Festival in Hyde Park, London
"Her friends and family are worried whether she'll be able to cope with a divorce, especially as it's likely to turn nasty. She's not herself at all... and Gray's failed to give her any sort of acceptable explanation. She's been continually in tears, but she's a fighter and her first priority is her babies.
"She has no appetite. She's lost a lot of weight quickly and everyone's worried. She looks shattered constantly, but she's desperate to hold things together for the kids. It's frightening."
Heartbroken Myleene has also pulled out of performing at the wedding of JLS star Marvin Humes and The Saturdays singer Rochelle Wiseman next month - because Graham is an usher at the ceremony.
The Sunday Mirror source says, "Last time she was in a church she was getting married to Gray. It would kill her to watch a wedding go ahead like this. She's so raw right now. The past few weeks have been the worst time of her life. How can he be ushering at somebody's wedding when he's done this to Myleene's marriage?"
Meanwhile, Graham has broken his silence to dismiss reports he dumped Myleene on her birthday in April. The Sunday Mirror quotes him as saying: "My marriage wasn't great and it had gone on for a long time and unfortunately it's come to an end. But we just have to sort these kids out... that's the main thing.
"I've spent 11 years with the girl and I don't want to see her hurting. I just want everything to get better. It's unfortunate what's happened. People get hurt but now people hearing total nonsense is just really bad.
"Who in their right mind would drop someone on their birthday? I'm not sick in the head, do you know what I mean? Especially after 11 years with the girl. You know, I have respect for her. I'd never do something like that... I feel like a scapegoat right now."