Paul Hollywood's estranged wife is still grieving the breakdown of their marriage.
Paul and Alex Hollywood
Although Alex Hollywood took her 'Great British Bake Off' star husband back after he had a fling with another woman in 2013, she was devastated by a second infidelity and promptly ended their relationship in 2017.
However, Alex admitted that she hasn't found the split easy, telling the Daily Mail's Weekend magazine: "Well, it is a grieving process, isn't it. It's grieving for your marriage. It's grieving for something that's dead. Finished. Don't forget, I was married for nearly 20 years - most of my adult life. I never expected it would end. Who does?"
While Alex was willing to forgive 52-year-old Paul's first infidelity and tried to save their marriage for the sake of their son, she admitted she could not cope with him cheating for a second time.
She said: "It happened again and it was a done deal, my marriage was over. From the minute I knew, it was over. It is over. There is nothing. It's such a big thing to comprehend, to end a marriage. But I had to do the right thing, and to have self-respect as well."
Alex, 54, also revealed her belief that "it's so hard to stay married these days, because everything is so moveable, so transient".
She explained: "People don't take things... well, they think of marriage in a different way than they did in my parents' time.
"I just think it's sad, because there's an awful lot more to marriage than just two people hooking up because they like each other."
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