Rylan Clark wipes away tears as he shares heartbreaking divorce confession at BAFTA TV Awards after scooping win with Robert Rinder
Rylan Clark emotionally shared a heartbreaking divorce confession at the BAFTA TV Awards after he scooped a win with Robert Rinder.
The former X Factor star, 36, and barrister, 46, took home the Factual Entertainment prize for their show Rob And Rylan's Grand Tour.
After accepting the award, Rylan, who split with his ex-husband Dan Neal in 2021 after six years of marriage, spoke candidly about what the show meant to him.
He admitted he 'wasn't fully over' the break-up and his travels around Italy with Robert and the hit BBC programme became a 'therapy' for him.
'For me, the show, it happened at a really weird time for me like I still wasn't fully over sort of the breakdown of my marriage and was flung with the judge,' Rylan confessed while he clutched his BAFTA award.
He added: 'It was the best therapy I needed, put it that way.'
After accepting the award, Rylan, who split with his ex-husband Dan Neal (right) in 2021 after six years of marriage, spoke candidly about what the show meant to him
'I think the journey, and I hate that word in telly but its so true, when you watch our series, that journey from when we meet to sort of how raw especially I was at that time,' Rylan divulged.
He described how it felt like 'being an adolescent again and starting again but with cameras there'.
Rylan and Robert captured the nation's heart with their fun-filled, historic adventures around some of Italy's most cultural cities during the first season of their show.
The TV personality hinted about the contents of the upcoming second series and said: '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.'
Rylan competed on ITV's singing talent show, The X Factor, back in 2012 and went on to have a successful TV career.
He reflected: '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.'
Rylan competed on ITV's singing talent show, The X Factor, back in 2012 and went on to have a successful TV career
Rylan and Robert forged a close friendship after sharing a divorce lawyer and through filming their BBC travel show.
Robert and his ex-husband, barrister Seth Cumming, divorced in 2018.
Both previously claimed the three-part series worked its way into being a 'heartbreak holiday'.
Having both endured painful divorces, they were ready to embrace the next chapter in their lives by throwing themselves into experiences outside their comfort zones.
2025 BAFTA TV AWARD WINNERS AT A GLANCE
Drama Series - Blue Lights (BBC One)
Limited Drama - Mr Bates vs the Post Office (ITV1)
International - Shogun (Disney+) - WINNER
Scripted Comedy - Alma's Not Normal (BBC Two)
Entertainment - Would I Lie To You? (BBC One)
Entertainment Performance - Joe Lycett, Late Night Lycett (Channel 4)
Strictly Come Dancing: Chris McCausland and Dianne Buswell's Waltz to You'll Never Walk Alone (BBC One)
Factual Entertainment - Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour (BBC Two)
Factual Series - To Catch a Copper (Channel 4)
Specialist Factual - Atomic People (BBC Two)
Live Event Coverage - Glastonbury 2024 (BBC Two)
News Coverage - BBC Breakfast: Post Office Special (BBC One)
Single Documentary - Ukraine: Enemy In The Woods (BBC Two)
Leading Actress - Marisa Abela, Industry (BBC One)
Leading Actor - Lennie James, Mr Loverman (BBC One)
Supporting Actress - Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
Supporting Actor - Ariyon Bakare, Mr Loverman (BBC One)
Female Performance in a Comedy - Ruth Jones, Gavin & Stacey (BBC One)
Male Performance in a Comedy - Danny Dyer, Mr Big Stuff (Sky Comedy)
Reality - The Jury: Murder Trial (Channel 4)
Soap - EastEnders (BBC One)
Daytime - Clive Myrie's Caribbean Adventure (BBC Two) - WINNER
Current Affairs - State of Rage (Channel 4)
Shortform - Quiet Life (BBC Three)
Sport - Paris 2024 Olympics (BBC Sport)
Children's Non Scripted - FYI Investigates: Disability and Me (Sky Kids)
Children's Scripted - CBeebies As You Like It at Shakespeare's Globe (CBeebies)
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