TV personality Alysia Vasey has shared further details about her struggles following her divorce, revealing she has been left with only "five bin liners of clothes" and is sleeping on a sofa. The Yorkshire Forager, who appears regularly on James Martin's Saturday Kitchen, had earlier announced her split from her husband at the end of 2025 in an Instagram post.
Financial and emotional toll
In her initial post, Vasey described the last eight or nine months as a "struggle," saying she was "embarrassed" by the situation. She added that she had been "taken for a ride" in her relationship and had her money taken from her.
Now, in a fresh post, she has opened up about her financial difficulties and living arrangements as she adjusts to life as a single woman. She wrote: "Thank you for all your support. You've managed to rebuild and come out the other end, it's just tough. I've been left with five bin liners of clothes before Christmas, it's hard."
Appeal for support
Vasey encouraged others in similar situations to reach out, saying: "So just reach out to everybody else because I'm not the only one going through it. There's just been massive support and it means the world."
In the caption of her post, she detailed her circumstances: "Five bin liners of clothes were all I were left with at 54-years-old a week before Christmas, I had just had to buy a tonne of coal, spent Nans bit of inheritance money on replacing two logburners, bought a new cooker, a new stand up fridge and everything in for Christmas."
Message to others
She added: "Thank you for all your support it means the world, and to all those going through what am going through especially, to those sleeping on a couch, to those trying to cope what's happening to them, to those who like me are trying to take small steps forward. I know it's hard, you didn't deserve it. None of us did."
In her original post, Vasey, who has not revealed the identity of her husband, said: "I'm a big believer in love, marriage, everything. But I just got taken for a ride. Got all the money taken from me. Everything. Absolutely everything. It's been a struggle. Absolute struggle these last eight, nine months. I didn't expect it."
She admitted: "I feel a bit embarrassed by it all, but it is what it is. So I'm on my own and I didn't expect that. Anyway, I feel like I've come clean now, so it is what it is, isn't it? Anyway, goodnight. I hope you're all well."
