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Tammy Hembrow's ex Matt Zukowski makes bombshell divorce claim - just days after fitness influencer's steamy date with AFL star Bailey Smith: 'It was unhealthy for me'
Matt Zukowski made a shocking claim about his divorce from Tammy Hembrow on Thursday, just days after she was spotted locking lips with AFL star Bailey Smith.
The podcaster, 30, told co-host Anna McEvoy on the latest episode of Where's Your Head At? that he was the one to end things with the 31-year-old fitness influencer.
This reveal would come as a shock to those who watched Tammy's tearful split announcement video, in which she claimed the opposite.
'Yeah, so my weekend was a different style of weekend... Obviously, everyone's seen it … my ex has moved on with someone,' Matt said.
'A couple of months ago, I made one of the hardest decisions of my life. I decided to leave a relationship that I found was not right for me. It was unhealthy for me.
'And I made the decision for my mental health to leave.'
His claims were a far cry from his very first message about the couple's divorce, where he said they both made a joint decision to separate.
In June, after months of split rumours, he released a statement saying they had 'both struggled' with the choice to end things.
Tammy took to her own social media at around the same time, breaking down in tears on camera as she hinted their break-up wasn't mutual.
She tearfully claimed she had 'rose-coloured glasses on' when she first got engaged to Matt just three months after they started dating.
The mum-of-three went on to say, 'I am going to be getting a divorce,' leading her fans to speculate she was the one who dumped Matt.
However, the former Love Island star's most recent comments on his podcast have suggested the opposite.
Matt went on to say he was struggling to watch Tammy move on so publicly, after her Gold Coast tryst with Bailey, 24, flooded the headlines this week.
'As much as I know the relationship was done, seeing the person that you married and once loved and thought you were gonna spend the rest of your life with, it's not an easy sight to see them moving on,' he said.
'When it's splashed everywhere, that sucks.'
He went on to clarify he wasn't 'judging anyone for moving on quickly', but just found it difficult to watch it happen so publicly just weeks after their split.
'I don't think anyone wants to see their ex moving on with someone,' he said.
'No matter how the relationship ended, no matter what, you still don't want to see that, especially when you've married them, and you thought that that was your person for the rest of your life.'
He added: 'I'm not angry that it's happened. It's just not ideal to see. It's not what you want to see.'
It's a different tune to the one he sang when pap pictures first emerged of Tammy and Bailey cosying up during their first date over the weekend—a date the Geelong player flew up to Queensland just to attend.
When approached for comment on the photos of Tammy and Bailey, Matt told a reporter: 'I heard about this and it's not a nice feeling.
'We only broke up eight weeks ago. I just don't understand how someone can move on so quickly.'
'It's been 48 days and I'm still trying to work out how I feel as a person after committing in marriage. I'm trying to focus on myself and heal,' he continued.
Tammy was spotted cosying up to Bailey during a lunch date on the Gold Coast on Saturday— after the long-haired midfielder flew in from Melbourne just to see her.
The Cats' new recruit was riding high after helping his team thrash Essendon at GMHBA Stadium last Friday night.
By Saturday morning, he was on a flight to Brisbane for his secret weekend rendezvous with Tammy.
Bailey didn't skimp on their date, taking her out for a swanky meal at Pan-Asian hotspot Rick Shores at Burleigh Heads, where the pair were anything but discreet.
More photos emerged soon after which showed the frisky pair locked in a steamy make-out session while waiting on their food.
