Myleene Klass' battles with booze, painful break-up and devastating losses

Myleene Klass has previously opened up about the biggest struggles in her life – from devastating baby losses to romantic heartbreak and a battle with alcohol

Loose Women star and broadcaster Myleene Klass was ‘over the moon’ after being named in the Kings New Year Honours list.

Myleene, 46, was made MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) for services to women’s health, miscarriage awareness and to charity.

The much-loved presenter boasts a successful career, three beautiful children and a loving partner – but she’s overcome a lot of tragedy and heartbreak to get there.

The presenter previously opened up about living through the “worst days of her life”, including four miscarriages, a sudden divorce and a difficult relationship with alcohol.

Before Myleene had her youngest son, Apollo, with fiancé Simon Motson, she experienced the overwhelming grief of baby loss.

Speaking on her documentary Miscarriage & Me in 2021, she said: “I remember the despair, grief and anger. And the panic. But it wasn’t until I looked back at my diaries that I realised how broken I was.”

The television star had a problem with alcohol after her marriage fell apart (
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Myleene shot to fame as part of Hear’Say alongside Danny Foster, Noel Sullivan, Kym Marsh and Suzanne Shaw. (
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The former pop singer met her other half Simon on a blind date eight years ago, but before that she experienced a toxic and explosive break-up with ex-husband Graham Quinn.

Myleene confessed to boozing into the early hours of the morning and waking up five hours later to drink more. She said her problems began when celebrity bodyguard Graham announced he was leaving on her 34th birthday, after two daughters and six months of marriage.

With dwindling finances and a drink problem spiralling out of control, Myleene said she struggled to cope with her mental health and feared she’d ‘lose everything.’

She said on White Wine Question Time podcast in 2019: “I was doing breakfast TV and I went to get out the car and I thought, ‘I can’t’.

“I was right in the middle of the divorce. And I opened the door, and I couldn’t get out the car. I couldn’t breathe. Finances were spiralling because I thought, ‘I’m going to lose everything.'”

She found love with fiancé Simon and the pair got engaged in 2020 (
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The couple met on a blind date eight years ago and instantly hit it off (
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GC Images)Myleene said things got so bad that her friend Lauren Laverne rushed to her house at 4am to check on her.

“That’s how low I was,” she told the podcast. “I’ve never ever been in the position where I’ve had to ask people for help. I didn’t want [divorce] to define me, but it did change me irrevocably.”

She added: “The humiliation, you’ve got people looking at you, blaming you without a clue as to what the f**k is going on.”

The singer previously vowed never to speak to ex Graham again, amid hints that he’d lied to her.

But Graham hit back on Twitter in 2015, claiming: “I’ve stayed quiet for three years now but enough is enough.”

Myleene Klass won the only series of I’m A Celebrity All Stars (
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The star said she is ‘proud’ of how far she’s come (
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This week Myleene was recognised in this year’s New Year Honours for services to women’s health, miscarriage awareness and to charity after suffering four miscarriages.

Speaking to the BBC, Myleene said she was “utterly shocked and surprised” to be made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

“When I think back to how all of this started, it all came from a very dark place, and I certainly didn’t have it in mind to become a campaigner at the time. Anyone who has experienced baby loss will know how personal and difficult it is to vocalise this level of trauma,” said Myleene.

The former Hear’Say singer, I’m a Celebrity.. Get Me Out of Here! star and mother-of-three has spoken openly about the psychological effects of baby loss on women and has spent years campaigning for government change regarding miscarriage care.

She has backed changes to the Women’s Health Strategy in Parliament which ensures women will not have to suffer up to three miscarriages before receiving help.

“If you suffered three heart attacks you wouldn’t only be offered support after the third one and so it shouldn’t be the same with baby loss,” Myleene explained.

Last year the Department of Health and Social Care announced new measures to “boost the health and wellbeing of women and girls”, including a pilot scheme that will see medical intervention for women after every miscarriage.