THEY were a couple on screen and off, but Tina O’Brien’s split from Ryan Thomas was more painful than any soap writer could ever imagine.
The Coronation Street couple’s daughter, Scarlett, now 13, was less than a year old when Ryan called time on their relationship in 2009, with Tina later claiming that he broke her heart — despite her desperate pleas.
Tina, 38, said: “He said he didn’t love me any more. Those were his words. He said he didn’t want the responsibility of a relationship with me.
I was devastated.” Tina admitted she begged Ryan, 37, to change his mind, but that instead he “refused” to “fix” their troubled romance.
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