Former Brookside actress Ann Marie Davies has told friends of her heartache after splitting from her husband Karl Robinson, the football manager.

Ann Marie, 47, who married Karl in June 2010, is devastated after their 13-year marriage ended when he moved out of the family home.

Just weeks later, Karl, 42 – who at 29 became the youngest ever manager in Football League – was sacked from his last job with Division One fighters Oxford United.

The couple have been together for nearly 20 years and share a 17-year-old daughter, Jasmine.

The actress declined to comment on the split but told Web: “I’m going through a divorce right now. It has been a very challenging time for me and my family.’

Heartbreak: Former Brookside actress Ann Marie Davies, 47, has told friends of her heartbreak after splitting from her football manager husband Karl Robinson (pictured December 2021)

Ex: Ann Marie, who married Karl in June 2010, was devastated after their 13-year marriage ended when he moved out of the family home (Karl pictured in January).

Friends told how Ann Marie – who had retired from acting to support her husband’s career – had been devastated by the split.

One said: “They have been separated for seven months. There are many things that have happened over a long period of time.

“It has been a very difficult time for Ann Marie and her family – she has a 17-year-old daughter. There is much sorrow in relation to the family situation.

“She just wants to keep her head up and take care of herself and her daughter.”

Ann Marie starred in Brookside from 1998 to 2001, taking on the role of Katrina Evans, who ran a daycare center on the Channel 4 soap.

It was around this time that the Birkenhead-born actress met Karl, who was playing for a local football team.

She continued to appear in Doctors and Heartbeat before putting her acting career on hold when Karl got his first big job in football management in 2010, replacing Paul Ince at Milton Keynes Dons.

The appointment made Karl, who had previously coached at Liverpool youth academy and Blackburn Rovers, the youngest manager in the league.

After six years at the club, he took charge of Charlton Athletic before joining Oxford United in 2018.

Upset: The actress declined to comment on the split but told Web: “I’m going through a divorce right now. It was a very challenging time for me and my family.

He was sacked at the end of February after eight games without a win and the club are battling relegation from League One.

Ann Marie, who now runs her own business offering mental wellbeing programs, is said to have had little contact with her husband since the split.

The friend said: “Ann Marie is dealing with a difficult time in her life right now. “She was running her own life trying to focus on her work and family and just trying to get out of all the noise.

“She doesn’t know where he is because he’s here, there and everywhere. “She is not ready to say anything publicly – she would rather preserve her dignity.”

In an interview with the Liverpool Echo in 2012, Ann Marie told how, after months of separation, she moved away from Merseyside to be with her husband when he took the job in Milton Keynes – nearly 170 miles from home.

She said: “It was a decision I made to keep the family together. I was practically a single parent and it’s difficult. I’ve balanced motherhood with my own career, but it’s been difficult for him to travel back and forth.

Ann Marie, who married Karl in June 2010, admitted she struggled initially, saying: “I’m a sociable person with friends who stop by for a cup of coffee all the time and my family is in Merseyside so I missed them .

“But 12 months later I’m really enjoying it. I’ve settled in, as has our daughter Jasmine; I met new friends and of course I’m proud to be able to support Karl. I like being a football manager’s wife!’

Ann Marie, who played volleyball for England, represented the UK in Mrs Universe and won Mrs British Empire.

Upset: Friends shared how Ann Marie – who took a step back from acting to support her husband’s career – was reeling from the split (Karl pictured in January 2022)

Last year she placed second in the Ms Great Britain Classic Content for women aged 45+.

After being fired from his last job, husband Karl opened up about how his family had been bombarded with abuse during his final months at the club.

He said his mum had to leave the ground during an away game, telling the BBC 72+ podcast: “My daughter has been constantly criticized on Instagram and has been told some horrible things over the past two or three months.

“I got the old ‘it’s an integral part of what you do, you get paid for it. We’re paid to take criticism, but our families aren’t paid to listen and accept it either. But is it part of modern society? It can only be nowadays.’

Having friends is useful in life, it is an emotional support, mutual help and appreciation. But friendship can sometimes be a double-edged sword and prove toxic when expectations on both sides are not identical.

Stéphanie and Laurence met at the beginning of their freshman year. “We started chatting at the end of an English lesson and we never left each other,” said Laurence, 25. Stéphanie is a very intense girl who demands a lot of attention. She was talkative and playful, but also had a dark side. Laughter and tears were never far away.

As the months went by, Laurence felt that their relationship was faltering. “I don’t know if it was jealousy, but there was always something wrong with Stephanie. She would call me regularly in tears and I would drive my car to her house to cheer her up. Sometimes I felt like she was alone in the world and that I had to take care of her. I spent a lot of time with her without being able to see my boyfriend or my other friends.

Moreover, when Laurence didn’t reply or say she had something else, her friend didn’t hesitate to sulk and not tell her for several days. “My friend has started opening my eyes. Little by little I realized that she was trying to lock me into an exclusive relationship, she was preventing me from doing what I wanted. We saw each other at the university, in the evenings and every weekend.

Realizing that this relationship was toxic for her, Laurence stopped responding to all messages from Stephanie, stopped coming to her rescue when she left him tearful messages. “In the end, I decided to change majors because the course I was enrolled in with her didn’t really appeal to me. Stephanie took it very badly and overnight she stopped talking, calling and texting me. She even deleted me from her Facebook friends. I found it harsh and unfair.”

Oddly enough, despite knowing this relationship was going nowhere, Laurence experienced a kind of friendship pang. “It’s crazy because I knew this friendship was going to end, but the fact that it came from her got me on a spiral. It was hard for me to get out of his grip because I was thinking about it all the time.” Luckily, Laurence was well surrounded and a vacation with her lover allowed her to move on.

Sylvain and Annie met at her place of work. Both of French origin, the connection is strong. “We started getting together regularly for drinks and food together, my spouse, her and I,” Sylvain explained in an interview. She was single and needed love. She lived alone in a small apartment and her landlord wasn’t exactly nice to her. Sylvain invests in this friendly relationship by regularly inviting Annie over to the cottage for dinner or weekends. “It was a one-sided relationship. Then she allegedly developed health problems. Sometimes she had celiac disease, sometimes she had irritable bowel syndrome. She couldn’t eat something like that one day, then the next week it was something else. One month she drank only red wine and the next month only white wine.” Of course, the menus had to be adapted to his condition, which changed regularly.

“I lived well, but she never shared the costs. She never gave gifts to my spouse or to me. Eventually I realized that she didn’t bring me anything in life, that she’d become more of a drag.” Sylvain ended this relationship by canceling his attendance at Annie’s birthday party at the last minute when he had to bring the champagne. He replied never return their calls.

In a friendship, like in a romantic relationship, you need to set your boundaries and express them. If you often feel put down that communication is difficult, you need to talk about it with the other person and not get smothered.

It’s often difficult to let go of someone you loved and sometimes still love, but the goal is to make time for yourself. do what you really want Finally, avoid going to places where you might meet your boyfriend and try to meet new people.