United Kingdom, Oct. 20 -- Rachel Stevens didn't "fully grieve" the end of her marriage to Alex Bourne.

The S Club Seven star, 47, was married to Alex - the father of her two children - for five years before they divorced into 2022 and she went on to date her Dancing on Ice co-star Brendyn Hatfield, but she has now admitted she struggled to come to terms with the end of her previous relationship because she buried her feelings.

Speaking to HELLO!'s Second Act podcast, Rachel explained: "From some days to the next, some days you feel empowered, you feel like: 'Yes, I've got this' and then other days you feel like you just wanna cry under the duvet and hide ...

"I went from being married and then went into another long relationship, and ...