Melanie Sykes has candidly revealed that her son's autism diagnosis was the main factor behind the breakdown of her marriage to Daniel Caltagirone.The 51 year old's son Valentino, 17, was diagnosed with the autism at the age of three and the following year, she parted ways from Daniel after eight years of marriage.
And the television presenter has now explained that her son's diagnosis made her realise she couldn't help him while "being in a marriage that she wasn't happy in".
Mel, who is now smitten with her toyboy Italian lover Riccardo Simionato, said: "That boy is the light of my life. When he was diagnosed, he changed my life." "I had to sort myself out, and he helped me get out of the situation that I was in – he was definitely the.
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