Paloma Faith revealed she suffered a “nervous breakdown” after splitting from husband Leyman Lahcine.
The 42-year-old singer admitted she finds it difficult to look back on this time in her life because she was “so heartbroken” and “full of guilt and shame” at the end of her relationship.
Paloma married Leyman, 36, in 2017 before confirming they would split in 2022 after nine years together.
The New York hitmaker and the French artist – with whom she has two daughters, aged seven and two – split in 2022.
Speaking about her relationship with her ex-partner, Paloma told The Sun: “Honestly I was so heartbroken – I think I had a nervous breakdown.”
Paloma Faith revealed she suffered a “nervous breakdown” after splitting from husband Leyman Lahcine
The singer married French artist Leyman in 2017, before confirming they would split in 2022 after nine years together (the couple is pictured in 2018).
“I was so broken that my brain wasn't even conscious anymore. “It’s hard for me to remember much of it because I was so sad and full of guilt and shame.”
Despite her heartache, the Paloma star was determined to maintain an amicable relationship with her ex for the sake of her children.
She said, “You have to see your ex all the time.” You can't just say, “That's too painful.”
“We're conflict-averse, so we both quickly tried to be amicable, and like most things in life, if you fake it long enough, it will come true.”
Paloma added that she wasn't ready to date again because she didn't feel “emotionally available” to a potential partner.
However, if she decides to start looking for love again, the “Only Love Can Hurt Like This” singer would try an app like Tinder after previously dating the exclusive dating app Raya, which is only available on invitation was accessible, had felt dissatisfied.
Paloma will also appear on The Jonathan Ross Show this week and speak candidly about the therapeutic process of writing her most personal album yet.
“They're all personal, but it's just that the worst thing that happened to me happened and I wrote an album about it,” she explained of her upcoming sixth album, The Glorification of Sadness.
The singer admitted that she finds it difficult to look back on this time in her life because she was “so broken” (Paloma and Leyman in 2015).
Paloma will also appear on The Jonathan Ross Show this week and speak candidly about the therapeutic process of writing her most personal album yet
Now, speaking about her relationship with her ex-partner, Paloma revealed: “We're doing really well and I think it's as good as it can be.” I'm not pretending to be like Gwyeth Paltrow, I'm not coupling consciously away from it. Sometimes it's terrible, but we get by.
“It chronicles the stages of grief I went through when I separated from my partner of ten years and father of my two children,” she added.
Paloma revealed: “We're doing really well.” “We're doing really well and I think it's as good as it can be.”
“I don't pretend to be like Gwyeth Paltrow, I don't consciously disconnect. “Sometimes it's terrible, but we get by and I think we're doing a lot better than some couples who are married.”
“My observation is that our relationship is so good now because I don't expect anything from him and vice versa.”
As inspiration for her new album, Paloma revealed what her ex-partner thinks about the split: “He knows what he decided to do.”
“He was a little disappointed when he saw the end of my video “How You Leave A Man.” He asked, 'Why am I in the trunk?' It's a metaphor, baby!'
“He was a little offended. But he knows now that we are together forever – that means the absolutely eternal thing is that our love came together and produced these children, it is infinite. We are in a different situation. “I dedicated the album to him and my children to say that this is infinite love.”
Paloma also appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast this week, where she revealed that she suffered a miscarriage on the set of the 2019 drama Pennyworth, in which she plays sociopath Bet Sykes.
She explained that while filming a fight scene, she realized she was having a miscarriage, but insisted on continuing filming for fear of losing her job, saying, “I would just go without a job and without a viable pregnancy.” Go home.”
The star, who shares two children with Leyman, also reported that he suffered a traumatic ectopic pregnancy following IVF treatment, with the ectopic pregnancy damaging a fallopian tube and affecting her fertility.
She continued: “The first time I had an ectopic pregnancy, then my fertility went down because a fallopian tube was damaged. “The second time it worked, so I was lucky because I actually had two viable pregnancies quite quickly.”
On keeping her miscarriage a secret at work, Paloma said: “[The miscarriage] started at work and it was a fight scene on Pennyworth. I just thought: It's gone, so I might as well keep doing what I was doing. I had to go to the toilet 9 times…
“I told them I ate something bad last night because I knew they would walk me home if I told them.” I didn't want to. I would just go home with no job and no viable pregnancy.'
Paloma also appeared on the How To Fail With Elizabeth Day podcast this week, where she revealed that she suffered a miscarriage on the set of the 2019 drama Pennyworth