Sulvinder Samra, the ex-wife of Dr Ranj Singh, has spoken publicly for the first time about their divorce after the This Morning star came out as gay. The couple were married for seven years before Dr Ranj told her in 2011 he wanted to leave the marriage to pursue relationships with men, leaving her devastated.
In a heartfelt Instagram post marking what would have been their 20th anniversary, Sulvinder shared a montage of photos and wrote: 'I thought my life would go as planned... Work hard. Get a degree. Get a job. Find a partner. Get married. Have kids. Instead I had a messy and painful divorce.' She said it took years to heal and she felt 'unattractive, ashamed, and not good enough'.
Sulvinder revealed she struggled to trust anyone after the split and gave up her dream of becoming a mother. 'I accepted that I would only be an aunt. That having children was not my future,' she wrote. She described feeling alone in the marriage and said divorce was the only option when it ended.
The former couple met in 2003, became engaged after a year, and married in 2005. Twelve years after their divorce, Sulvinder quit her job as a pharmacist and retrained as a nervous system coach. Dr Ranj has since spoken about the breakdown, telling the Big Issue that therapy helped him realise the 'perfect life' he had worked towards was not his true path.
Sulvinder's father previously told the Daily Mail the divorce had a 'devastating impact' on the family, adding that seeing Dr Ranj on television still brings back painful memories.
