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EastEnders actress Rita Simons candidly opened up about her marriage breakdown in a recent interview.The Roxy Mitchell star split from her husband of 14 years, Theo Silveston, in 2018.Rita, 44, explained how she felt she had reached a “crisis point” after the end of their marriage.The beloved actress candidly spoke about how she fought depression following their split.Speaking in an interview published yesterday: “It was a deep sadness, I would say a depression.“I couldn’t see the wood for the trees.”Rita went on to share how she felt that she didn’t want to work but had to, so threw herself into everything.But, the actress explained this led her to become “very ill” and she “lost a lot of weight.”She then shared to The Sun how she reached a crisis point while working on the play The House On Cold Hill in 2019.She said: “There were some stairs on the set that I came on stage on, quite high at the top.“And I thought I could just chuck myself down.

Soap star Rita Simons, who is six months into her role as Marie Fielding in Hollyoaks, opens up to OK! exclusively about life after EastEnders, working away from her family and her years-long battle with anxiety, which she has finally managed to get a lid on. The star has been with her partner Ben Harlow since 2021, following her divorce from her husband of 14 years Theo Silveston – with whom she shares twins Jaimee and Maiya. And here, she tells OK! how she is feeling twelve months after undergoing major surgery.

She is six months into her role in Hollyoaks and soap queen Rita Simons is loving her time on the show, but isn’t finding it easy being away from her family and friends.The former EastEnders actress who played Albert Square’s fan favourite Roxy Mitchell took on the part of Marie Fielding in the soap and is thrilled to be part of the cast. But accepting the Hollyoaks job meant she had to relocate from her home in London to the North West and away from her loved ones – a tough decision for the devoted mum of 18-year-old twin daughters. And it has certainly been a roller-coaster few years for the star who also appears in reality show Drama Queens and has spoken out about her menopause experience, hysterectomy and marriage break-up.

Former EastEnders star Rita Simons has detailed falling into a "deep depression" following the breakdown of her 14 year marriage.The 44 year old had been separated from her hairdresser Theo Silveston for two years before the pair, who share twin daughters Jaimee and Maiya, 15, officially divorced in 2020. And the soap star has explained that her mental health took a turn following the split, and she had to force herself to "get out there" to work because she's a "grafter". However, despite her efforts to stay focused on her career, the actress admitted that she reached a "crisis point" while touring with the play The Cold House on Cold Hill in 2019.

Rita Simons suffered a deep depression after her divorce from her husband of 14 years Theo Silveston. The former EastEnders actress, 44, has spoken out about her difficulties after her stressful break-up, admitting she became 'aggressive, hardened and defensive' following the split. Soap star Rita - who is mother to twin daughters Jaimee and Maiya, 15 - and hairdresser Theo went their separate ways in 2018 before divorcing two years later, with the performer telling The Sun she struggled to get out of bed when she was at her worst.

As a successful actress, with a decade-long run on EastEnders followed by roles on the West End stage, Rita Simons appeared to have it all – but behind the scenes in recent years, she was secretly falling apart.

Former EastEnders star Rita Simons recently confirmed that she had split from her husband of 14 years after two years of separation. Hairdresser Theo Silveston moved out of the family home they shared with their twin daughters, Jamiee and Maiya, 14, "some time ago", according to her agent.The former couple's family home in Elstree, Hertfordshire, is decorated in a silver and grey theme, and as well as a spacious back garden Rita has also set up her own home gym.