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Millie Mackintosh's split from her husband Hugo Taylor came after struggles in their marriage were heightened by the star's admissions about her sexuality, sources claimed on Tuesday.
The Made In Chelsea couple, who share daughters Sienna, five, and Aurelia, four, have quietly separated following a difficult start to the year.
It comes one year after Millie admitted she used to 'drunkenly snog girls' at the height of her battle with alcohol.
Millie, 36, who went sober in 2022, is said to have found being fully open 'a lot to deal with,' and insiders are now claiming that realising her sexuality led to a widening 'gap' in her marriage to Hugo.
A source said: 'She’s really come to understand who she is as a person - not a mother, not a wife but actually as herself.
'It’s the first time she’s been able to be fully open about her sexuality and, of course, it’s been a lot to deal with.'
Millie Mackintosh's split from her husband Hugo Taylor came after struggles in their marriage were heightened by the star's admissions about her sexuality, sources claimed on Tuesday
The Made In Chelsea couple, who share daughters Sienna, five, and Aurelia, four, have quietly separated following a difficult start to the year
They added to The Sun: 'Part of her is always wondering if she missed out on a relationship with a woman and what that could have been like.'
The Daily Mail has contacted Millie's representative for comment.
Last year, in an interview on her pal Caggie Dunlop's Saturn Returns Podcast Millie spoke openly about her drinking problems before going sober in 2022, and has since released a book about her struggles, titled Bad Drunk.
The TV personality revealed that during her teenage years, she struggled to express her attraction to women, and would only find the courage to 'kiss' them when she was drunk.
She went onto admit that she had developed 'intimacy issues' with women after being bullied at an all-girls' school, and would upset her male partners by brazenly kissing girls when she was drinking.
Millie said: 'As a teen when I would drink, I would make out with women, but that's not something I felt confident to do when I was sober...
'I had crushes on girls at school and I just didn't have the awareness to go "I like girls as well". I'd just have crushes and get all weird about them. I remember having sleepovers and going "I wonder if they're going to kiss me".'
Millie added that a lot of her struggles have been unpacked in therapy, telling Caggie: 'I've explored a lot of my relationship to women, I was bullied so I definitely have intimacy issues with women, but there's this attraction as well.'
Millie, who went sober in 2022, is said to have found being fully open 'a lot to deal with'
The TV personality revealed that during her teenage years, she struggled to express her attraction to women, and would only find the courage to 'kiss' them when she was drunk
She continued: 'Obviously I'm married to a man, it's not something that affects our relationship at all now, but looking back and realising that was one of the reasons I drank in a destructive way, because there was a part of myself I didn't understand and I didn't know how to express it and I felt scared to express it.
'Every time I would drink I would just keep doing it, even if I was in a relationship.'
Sharing the moment she opened up to husband Hugo Taylor about her sexuality, she revealed that he was incredibly supportive.
The Daily Mail revealed on Monday Millie and Hugo Taylor had split after seven years of marriage.
Sources close to the pair say they remain committed to co-parenting their young children, who continue to be their priority, and to maintaining a loving family life.
Millie and Hugo, who met as teenagers and first dated during E4's Made In Chelsea, had been married since June 2018.
A source revealed: 'Millie and Hugo are currently going through a separation and have sadly decided to split.
'They have known each other for many years, and in recent weeks, have had serious conversations about their future, ultimately deciding it's better for them both to part ways.
'Their main priority remains their children and family life, and separating is not something they ever hoped would happen.
'At present, they are considering what living apart might look like and how they plan to navigate co-parenting their young children.
'It's been an incredibly difficult start to the year, and one they hope to continue managing in private.'
Millie first met Hugo as a teenager, and they began dating when she was 21, rising to fame together on the E4 reality series.
In 2013, the heiress married rapper Professor Green, 42, but the couple divorced in 2016, the same year she rekindled her relationship with Hugo.
The pair tied the knot two years later and welcomed their first daughter, Sienna, in 2020, followed by Aurelia in 2021.
In recent years, Millie has been open with her fans about her past struggles with alcohol, which led her to become teetotal and write the book Bad Drunk, as well as her journey in overcoming severe anxiety.
Millie has spoken candidly about how she began binge drinking at a young age while at boarding school, using alcohol to cope with being away from home, bullying and her own insecurities.
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