announced that they were splitting "jointly and amicably" earlier today after 13 years of marriage. However, it has now been suggested that their relationship struggled to recover after Paul shared a post on Instagram in April last year.
The photo, which showed Paul sporting a black eye, was captioned: "we had a row". A source told the MailOnline : "Alan knew Paul's claim was potentially career threatening and could have had disastrous consequences. "They managed to correct the situation, leaving Alan's reputation intact, but it could have been so much worse and the final straw in a line of issues. "They added that Alan has been leaning on Adele for support, as he was for her during her split from Simon Konecki.
Paul had removed the photo of himself with the black eye after an hour and confirmed the next day via a statement that "Alan would not and has never hit" him.
Alan said that he had been in Wales at the time of the incident and said that the injury was a result of Paul "being back on the wagon".
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