Ioan Gruffudd's Wife Alice Evans Reveals Actor Is Leaving His Family After 13 Years of Marriage

Is he finally leaving her for Matthew Rhys?

Ioan and Matt were quite the cute couple.

Good for him. She seems nuts.

Is he a midget or is she a freak?

She doesn't seem very intelligent, does she?

Did they break up?

Matthew used to talk obsessively about Ioan in interviews when Ioan was the more famous one.

She was never really an actress. Just bit roles here and there. Other than a short film, she hasn't acted in six years. She's a lazy bitch who used some acting gigs to help her land a man then she kicked off her shoes and put her feet up, expecting the man to pay her bills. She'd have married anyone. Speaking of which, if you have to give a man an ultimatum to marry you, you shouldn't be surprised when the marriage goes bust. It's not as if it started off well. If she'd continuing acting, she could have made him jealous and kept him keen by co-starring with hot actors. Instead, he just thinks of her as what she is - a gold digger who's lost her figure. She usually looks crazy in any photo. Apparently he's told her repeatedly to keep their private life offline but she continues to beg for attention from strangers. She's a fucking liar too. Claiming this took her by surprise when she later admitted it's been six months in the making. Plus saying he's leaving his daughters (and not just her) is a shitty thing to say. You know the girl's classmates are reading this shit.

He must have left her for another woman. Probably a younger version of Alice

If he left me, I'd go nuts and make a fool of myself on Twitter too.

She sounds weird and he sounds like a true asshole and an untalented one at that.

R5 She just seems a bit crazy here, I think. Lots of people overshare when they're stressed, she just happens to be a bit fame-adjacent.

I saw her speaking French before, and she was really very good, as far as I recall, so I think she might be fairly intelligent.

Him bum

I would be obsessively sitting in my car in front of his house at night.. and posting it here.

He's turning to COCK

r8 sounds like he has Mommy Issues.

Sounds like the usual scenario. One partner falls out of love with the other, stews on it for a long time and finally pulls the plug when they meet someone new who ignites the long worn out spark.

Happened to a friend of mine who was oblivious. Her husband fell out of love with her some years before but felt guilty and kept it to himself as she was quite happy with how everything was going.

Someone new then comes along an they summon the courage to finally make the break. happens all the time.

R16 Nice try, hon. Just someone who isn't willing to play into some people's little dramas. By the way, good luck getting much out of a divorce from a C list Welsh actor during a worldwide pandemic.

I always thought he was Gay. I saw him in a couple of interviews years ago, and he was super awkward. Really. No personality. And when he started out he was a fine actor. If you have never seen it, "Solomon and Gaenor" he gave an incredible performance and was touted as a brilliant up and coming actor. I loved him as Captain Horatio Hornblower. But I never thought he was straight. .

He can't catch a break lately, huh? Or a role.

[quote]He can't catch a break lately, huh? Or a role.

He's the lead in two series: "Harrow" which enters its 3rd season in February and "Liar" which is in its 2nd season.

Ooops. OK R21, I guess I don't get out much.

R21, never heard of either one

Is he going back to men?

[quote] I loved him as Captain Horatio Hornblower. But I never thought he was straight.

Tee hee.

Hornblower is the last time I remember seeing him in anything.

Is Lily James involved?

She is 49, that's first wife territory.

Soon he will be with a younger second wife. Way of the world.

[quote] never heard of either one

Harrow airs in Australia, Liar airs in the UK on ITV and the US on Sundance.

I knew his face but not his name but coincidentally I am sitting here streaming Forever. He's not very good. I'm too lazy to search for something else.

[quote] Soon he will be with a younger second wife

Or husband.

Why are you ruling out the possibility of him being gay or bisexual.

Trust me, the rumors were always there.

I enjoyed "Forever". "Harrow" is essentially "Forever" minus the immortal angle.

"Me and our young daughters girls [sic] are very confused and sad. We haven't been given a reason except that he ‘no longer loves me'. "

Maybe it's because me don't know how to talk better than a brain-injured four year old.

What kind of name is 'Ioan Gruffudd'? It sounds like a contestant on the Price is Right.

Rofl R33.

My thoughts exactly.

[quote] What kind of name is 'Ioan Gruffudd'? It sounds like a contestant on the Price is Right.

It's Welsh, R34. He's from Wales.

It's basically the way they say and spell the English name John Griffith.

Instead, it's like Yawn Gruff-ood.

No. "Yo-an Griffith."

You're right, R37.

Maybe he was craving Chris Evans' cock and squeaky clean butthole while making Fantastic 4

Yep, the mid-life need for cock made him finally wander.

[quote] Yep, the mid-life need for cock made him finally wander.

Especially since he got so much of it during his 20's.

He missed the feeling of having a dick in his mouth.

Btw, was he really hooking up with Matthew Rhys back then? They were practically inseparable at the time.

They were roommates.

I loved Ioan in the movie Titanic.

He looked so handsome in his officer uniform.

I bet he found younger pussy.

Or bussy. And yes, R43, he was gorgeous in Titanic.

Midlife closet crisis.

Well he's waaaay too pretty to be straight. Strong yet delicate, if you know what I mean.

Are him and Leo going to get together?

R 48 Leo is a slut. Ioan might last a week.

Lots of unloved, fat incels commenting here about love and marriage, this cracks me up to no end.

He's definitely a ponce, you know.

Matthew told me himself, during refractory periods.

She sounds really unstable. I imagine his situation being somewhat like George Conway - they're leaving to get out of the situation, but they're coming back for the kids & everything else. If that's the situation, I wish good luck for him, too.

Alice has crazy eyes.

R51. I bet they’re both bottoms...their double-headed dildo is the top in that relationship.

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R42 oh my God, they were roommates!

She's popped out two kids, her vag must be loose as fuck and now dried up at ancient age of 49. She's probably lying about her age...

Loan has probably been fucking a young tight pussy and the are now getting serious....he wouldn't leave the family for no reason.

“Scratch an actor, find an actress.”

I totally thought Matthew was gay until he got his female lead pregnant and now they are married...if my memory serves.

Maybe he's going through a mid-life crisis.

There's another Datalounge thread on Matthew, titled "Ioan sees a shrink as he can't get work!"

The two things could be related.

In any case, he sounds very unhappy.

Hollywood is a tough place to rely on for your livelihood.

R59 It only takes once.

Maybe he was “experimenting.”

R60 Why does he live in Los Angeles when he'd get so much more work back home in the UK? Even if he couldn't get many movie gigs there, he could certainly get the lead in a Broadchurch/Bodyguard type show.

He'd also be able to live a more normal (cheaper) life so wouldn't end up so desperate when he can't get a job.

[Quote]Are him and Leo

Oh, dear.

R62 I think the saddest thing would be if he's still chasing super stardom.

He's two years away from 50.

If it hasn't "happened" yet, it's never going to happen.

R64. Girl needs to find a sugar daddy. The clock is ticking.

How is this guy not gay? P

Wow, she really is 49.

What did she think was going to happen? That he was just going to stick around and marvel at her menopause?

[quote] They were roommates

For 8 YEARS

Didn't one of them follow the other halfway around the world to Hollywood, as well?

She's taller. That never works out.

R17, Yet sometimes it all works out for the best.

R57, An anatomist, you are not.

Get help, r18.

No - Really.

He pings in Harrow, I think he’s bi and got tired of the wife nagging him or couldn’t get out because of Covid and he realized how little in common they have, or she refused to accept it after having him home all this time. Not surprising.

[quote]He must have left her for another woman. Probably a younger version of Alice

This is how it goes. Men don't leave until they've got the next one lined up.

He pings here, too. * P I N G. P I N G *

R55 ooh, God love her, she’s so BITTER.

Better a bright juicy pickled cabbage than an inedible dry slab of leftover rarebit, eh Ioan? I’m certain if we rang Matt right this second and asked him his preference, he’d say the same, like.

Why, just before Christmas I hooked a lovely older gentleman who has more work than he knows what to do with. Even plastered, I’m still class and a cut above the likes of you.

Give my best to lovely Alice and the weans, won’t you? She ought to give you a fierce baytin.

I don’t blame him. Alice Evans has seemed like a nasty entitled cunt on social media for years and years and lockdown was the final straw for Ioan Gruffudd. He is a veery good, though not dazzling, actor whose career could be better. He’s even resorted to Australian TV. He probably has 3-4 years at best before he settles into grizzled middle age so he needs to get himself a saner partner and better jobs while he can.

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Looking through the pictures in the Mail article at R79, I have to say that he has really kept his looks and is still a very handsome man. She makes some very strange faces in the pictures, though.

Gruffudd's 1.83 m. Why does he look like a munchkin next to his wife, who is supposedly 10 cm shorter, in OP's image?

They hadn’t a flicker of chemistry between them, as I remember it.

Not that it would have made a difference to my picture.

R64 What about that other Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins? He became a superstar at 54.

It looks like he's worked pretty solidly for the last 25 or so years, despite not making it to the A-List.

It was Christina Ricci last week, now it's Ioan Gruffudd's turn to have his toxic marriage dragged through the tabloids. They were both in a film once, The Gathering (crap British film from the turn of the millenium Satanic horror craze, it flopped). Though Christina's situation sounds a lot worse and she was dwarfed by her spouse.

R73 must be one of those incest survivors who is always ranting and raving and accusing on Woody Allen and Kevin Spacey and Harvey Weinstein threads. I thought I smelled fish.

R64 Anthony Hopkins began his post-RADA career doing regional theatre before being spotted by Olivier and working at the Old Vic and the National. He had been nominated for multiple Emmys, Golden Globes and BAFTAs prior to the Silence Of The Lambs.

A very different career to Ioan Gruffudd, who is probably a better actor than his resume suggests.

What happened with Christina Ricci's marriage?

R88 She says her husband abused her, she called the cops on him last June and got him removed from the house. He's counteracting her claims with his own saying she's a drunk and abused him. She got a restraining order against him, then he filed for one against her but didn't get it. There's a few Datalounge threads about it.

R89 he's saying she abused him? Homegirl is like 4ft-something and weighs less than my expectations, plus her career is quiet enough that she doesn't have clout to burn. The worst damage she could possibly inflict on him is throwing empty wine bottles at his head or trying to poison him.

Nice of her to prove why he’s leaving her. The real question is why did he stick around so long.

R90 Maybe Christina is like that British bitch who offed herself after she was going to have to go to court for smashing a lampshade over her sleeping boyfriend's head, sending blood splatter up the wall like something out of a horror movie.

Just because someone is little doesn't mean they can't cause damage. A fucking five year old can give you a black eye.

R90 He claims she flew into drunken rages and clawed at him, that sort of thing. And once tried to throttle him while he was sitting on the toilet. But she has photos of bruises on her hands and arms, saying he dragged her outside and threw her against their firepit.

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Maybe this should be discussed further in one of the Christina Ricci threads, just search her name. But not in the duplicate ones that have 0-5 replies

This is why you should always use one of those "I love you but..." type of lines when you break up with somebody. Nobody is going to react well to "I don't love you."

R94 is a freeper- defending Lewandowski gives it away

Jesus fucking Christ, R97. Grow up.

I wasn't defending him so much as point out the fact that she fucking made up the abuse. Just like I did Amber Heard. Surprised you didn't accuse me of being an incel for "defending" Johnny Depp. You missed that chance. Oops.

This story is a fucking mess.

He's messy. She's messy. They're both messy.

He needs to come out of the closet. She needs to move on and marry a straight guy.

Problem solved.

He was ideally cast as Reed Richards, but they have yet to make a Fantastic Four movie that is even tolerable,much less decent.

R99 How is Ioan messy?

Apparently he's told his wife for years to keep their private life private but she continues to "perform" for strangers online. This marriage started off bad when she gave him an ultimatum. She hasn't worked in years. She just sucks money from him. The break-up has been six months in the making (after originally claiming it was a huge shock to her). She's batshit. Just look at her.

How do you know all this R101? Serious question as I've never heard of him so didn't realize he was publicly asking his wife to be more private

R98, I wouldn't be surprised if you were an incel. You defend the same people as the MRA crowd

He's just some unhinged troll with an axe to grind R103. Every time some celebrity leaves his wife they come out of the woodwork

R104 is the troll who uses MRA/conservative talking points and then denies it

^ whoops, meant r98, not r104

Anyone using the term "MRA" instant punch and delete.

I'm sure he's been fucking anything and everything on the side, like most actors. She put up with it just fine until he wanted out.

She hooked him, she shat out a couple of sprogs, she held on to him and lived off of him for 16 years. Now he's done with her. She's posting shit to the world about how he's left his children when the truth is that he's left her. Oh, what great love she's showing for her precious children with her behavior.

She's a selfish fucking cunt.

seriously R107 unless you know her personally and she wronged you in some way then your anger towards her is ridiculous. Get help.

She gave him an ultimatum???

Seriously, R8, I'm not angry, I'd call it contemptuous. You assume far too much from reading a paragraph or two of casual typing. Perhaps you are one of the many who have over-invested themselves in the internet and imagine that you see all kinds of things here. That requires psychiatric help and I sincerely hope you are able to afford some one day.

Chill and check yourself, you freak.

You've been spitting venom at this lady for multiple posts R110 and you've been called out for it by more than one poster. You have MAJOR issues. Accept it and get help.

No, r111, you're lying.

I wrote the one post at r107 and then responded to the weird and overblown personal attack on me from r8.

That's it and that's all. Keep swinging, girl, you'll hit something eventually.

[quote]I wrote the one post at [R107] and then responded to the weird and overblown personal attack on me from [R8].

Oh, honey. Ditch the persecution complex. I'm R8 and anyone who clicks on that comment can see clearly that it wasn't a response to you or anyone else. It was my first post in this thread and was purely about the topic. The entire comment is about Alice Evans. You really are paranoid. Seek help, R112.

Oh wait. R112 is Alice Evans? It's the only way R112's post makes sense. Why are you on Datalounge, girl?

[quote] Christina is a fucking actress. She can get someone to come around and give her fake bruises just like Amber Heard did. Not saying she's faking the abuse.

R94/R98 that's exactly what you're saying, doll. Can you stick to your guns and keep a story straight for one damn paragraph?

General reminder for anyone thinking of defending this troll -- 96% of victims of domestic abuse are females, and before you try to come for the lesbians (yes, it is a problem in the lesbian community also, but not pertinent to this discussion or comparable to the situation) well over three-quarters of that percentage are abused by male partners. The Heard/Depp case in a one-in-hundred-thousand, and tbh I still think he was exaggerating and playing down his retaliation (he's a "Fucking actor", right?). If you aren't Team Ricci (at least until concretely proven wrong) on this one, you're kind of a huge piece of shit--and yeah, probably an incel.

Sorry R8, meant R108.

There are actually videos and photos of Christina blind drunk and being passed around like a Bombay whore which at least gives her husband's accusations as to her boozing and pill popping some credence.

More than any proof she's coughed up. And I say that as someone who enjoys her work.

Didn't Ricci have an unfortunate upbringing, issues with her father? Stage parenting and nastiness of various kinds going on there?

Who's Christina R117?

R117, being a drunk is not proof that someone is abusive. Try again, incel

Alice is actually 52 per the Daily Mail.

Middle aged actor dumps middle aged wife. I fail to see the news here except the wife took it to twitter and accused him of abandoning his children, which was a total dick move on her part.

Bringing this back self-indulgently, because I just love hearing Ioan speak in his mother tongue, and we could all use more poetry in our lives.

[quote] Try again, incel

The one and only comeback from the DL incest survivor. Surprised you haven't bumped a five year old Woody Allen thread yet.

Alice Evans, get the fuck off Datalounge. We like you even less than your husband does.

They're both trash because they are friends with piers morgan

Could be that his family never approved of the union, which might have made matters worse. Welsh parents don't generally want English or American in-laws if it can at all be helped.

R64, It may have happened had he changed his name from ....WHAAAAT?...about 15 years ago.

[quote] Who's Christina R117?

Christina Ricci, R119.

Her fans totally hijacked this thread.

Is it just me, or does Ioan have an extremely large head?

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He & Matthew were made for each other. Might as well just stop fighting it, at this point.

[quote] They've released a joint statement

So dumb.

She already made him look really bad.

She only made herself look really bad, R133.

Most major movie stars have one distinguishing characteristic. Their heads are large in a way that is out of proportion with their bodies. McQueen, Newman, Stallone, etc. Director Norman Jewison called move stars’ heads ‘Roman.’ The camera likes the perspective that a large head gives to an actor. In person, it looks a little unnatural, but onscreen, the large head allows them to dominate.”

He was the first Jeremy Poldark, in the 1996 BBC tv POLDARK movie.

A teenaged Ioan was also in Welsh soap POBOL Y CYM, but only for one episode.

Looking over his IMDB, his acting credits are surprisingly thin on the Welsh side. He's done about half a dozen Welsh roles (not all Welsh-speaking) out of almost 80 credits. Is there really so little for him to do, at home? He's one of the most famous screen Welsh actors of now.

[quote] He's one of the most famous screen Welsh actors of now.

Anthony Hopkins, Christian Bale and Catherine Zeta-Jones have him beat.

[quote] Anthony Hopkins, Christian Bale and Catherine Zeta-Jones have him beat.

His old pal Matthew Rhys is far more successful and recognizable than Ioan. Wonder if he’s envious of Rhys’s career?

Luke Evens as well.

R139 Or maybe just envious that Matthew has a wife who contributes financially to their household.

It shouldn’t surprise me that there are really dumb people out there who think small women can’t abuse larger men. Really dumb people.

[quote] He's one of the most famous screen Welsh actors of now.

[quote] Anthony Hopkins, Christian Bale and Catherine Zeta-Jones have him beat.

I can't believe you totally left out DL fave Luke Evans!

Ugh. I said, 'ONE of the most famous actors', pedants. Yes, there are a few dozen before him in terms of stature, workrate, and recognition. He's still a name people know, and he's been in a few big films and series (albeit from a while ago). If he doesn't get another big role in the next three years, he could very well be doomed to obscurity, but it hasn't happened quite yet.

In the state that Hollywood is in right now due to Covid, even big name actors like Luke Evans are in danger of losing their status.

It seems like the majority of actors are out of work right now.

Come on, R144 - you could ask 100 people to list 20 actors and none of them would name him. Well, maybe if they were Welsh, but they'd name Luke Evans first.

Luke Evans is not a “big name”.

Alice & Ioan looked solid enough but five years ago.

I actually think Alice already seems a bit off there, R148, and that Ioan seems a bit awkward (perhaps embarrassed?).

Ah, he's got a Libra stellium, love planets in Scorpio, and an Aquarius moon. That implies bisexuality and a tendency to monogamously cheat when a relationship dies. It also suggests he'd be loyal and devoted to someone he actually loved, and that he prefers a refined intellectual and quietly polished intimate sort of affair with a partner he can safely show off, more than a down-and-dirty rough-and-tumble kind of passion.

Alice is a Leo sun, with a Sagittarius moon and an Aquarius mars. There must have been a lot of emotional fights and mind games twixt them. She's probably very melodramatic, bossy, assertive, and tends to put her foot in her mouth constantly. It likely drove her mad that more feminine Ioan wanted to have polite discussions or put a varnish over their problems rather than hash matters out and get into confrontations.

They can both fuck off! She's nutty and he's a snide asshole who befriends bigots.

I’ve always found him quite tasty

It seems they expected the world to react as though this was another thespy tragedy on the scale of Emma/Kenneth. Sorry, children.

[quote]Anthony Hopkins, Christian Bale and Catherine Zeta-Jones have him beat.

People keep referring to Bale as Welsh and even he has pushed back against it. He does not consider himself Welsh, but English. Which is the opposite of Taron Egerton who was born in London, but claims Welsh identity as he was raised there.

R139 I attribute Matthew's trajectory almost wholly to his overseas stint in BROTHERS & SISTERS. It's surprising just how far a sexy turn on a glossy American soap will get a foreigner.

If you compare Ioan & Matt's list of credits prior to B&S, Ioan's was by far the fuller and more prestigious. After that, they switched.

It baffles me that Gruffudd ever picked up any female successfully, famous actress or not.

He's a gorgeous man to look at and listen to, and he's appealing in the way 'nice' and 'shy' men are, but has just has no sexual or attractive energy opposite a woman on screen or off. He can only managed to look baffled or bashful when playing a lovescene. Even Hugh Grant can muster sexual magnestism when necessary, but apparently Ioan cannot.

Orlando Bloom has a similar impediment.

TMI, Alice

Don’t let the Oscar news fool you—*that* woman would still make 103 DALMATIANS in a heartbeat. Perhaps she should, to help her old friend Ian, and to get back in the public eye with a film people might actually watch (if only for nostalgia).