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The husband of Steps idol Faye Tozer has sparked fears for his or her 16-year marriage after posting a cryptic put up about his heartbreak.
The nineties pop legend and former Strictly Come Dancing contestant seemed to be dwelling a seemingly idyllic life with Michael and their teenage son in a quiet village close to the northeast coast.
However now, MailOnline has been informed the ‘Strictly curse’ has struck once more, albeit belatedly – and Faye moved out of the household residence in South Tyneside simply weeks earlier than Christmas.
When MailOnline approached businessman Mick this week he stated: We’re going via some issues and making an attempt to work some stuff out. That is all I’ll say.’
Faye, 49, had beforehand jokingly styled herself as ‘Mrs Smith’ and stated of youthful Michael – recognized to pals as Mick – that he’s ‘my husband, my rock, my greatest buddy and my associate in crime‘.
However simply days after celebrating Faye’s birthday in a gushing put up on Instagram, Mick, 43, her second husband signalled that the connection might be breaking down posting on social media.
The put up learn: ‘I met you once I was not on the lookout for you and misplaced once I cherished you probably the most.’
A day later, he shared an image of Banksy’s well-known damaged coronary heart with a plaster labelled ‘closed for repairs’.
Faye Tozer and her husband Mick Smith (pictured) are understood to be going via a troublesome time of their 16-year marriage with the Strictly star and 90s pop icon Faye having moved out
Simply earlier than Christmas Faye’s husband posted a cryptic picture of a damaged coronary heart on Instagram suggesting their relationship was on the rocks
Simply days after Faye’s birthday he shared this picture which learn ‘I met you once I was not on the lookout for you and misplaced you once I cherished you probably the most’
Faye (pictured together with her dance associate Giovanni Pernice in January 2019) and Mick survived the notorious ‘Strictly curse’
A supply stated: ‘It’s actually unhappy. She was on Strictly Come Dancing seven years in the past and we have been all a bit involved due to the well-known so-called ‘curse’ on the programme [inspired by the number of contestants whose relationships have broken up shortly after appearing].
‘However Faye and Mick sailed via that and appeared even stronger as a pair after it.
‘They appeared a extremely stable couple proper up-to-the-minute Faye left.
‘It simply appeared to occur out of the blue. They all the time was once so pretty, each very nice individuals. It is such disgrace.’
A neighbour stated: ‘Faye and Michael have not been doing the easy issues that they loved collectively round right here for therefore lengthy.
‘They have been regulars in our native pub, which they was once in collectively on a regular basis, and also you’d additionally see them across the village fortunately strolling their two canine collectively.
However Faye has not been seen round right here for months now so we began to work out that she was now not dwelling there.
‘Then individuals began to fret about Michael particularly after a few of his social media exercise – he posted an image of a damaged coronary heart which was ‘closed for repairs’ and a extremely unhappy message with it.
‘If the wedding is in hassle, it is actually unhappy as they have been such a fantastic couple.’
Faye starred within the 90s pop group Steps, recognized for his or her hit Tragedy and 5, 6, 7, 8. Pictured: Steps members, Lee Latchford-Evans, Ian Watkins, Claire Richards, Lisa Scott-Lee and Faye
Simply days earlier than Mick posted about his heartache, he shared a candy set of images for Faye’s birthday
The couple (pictured collectively in March 2018) married at Beamish Corridor, County Durham, in December 2009
Faye and Michael – who share a son and married at Beamish Corridor, County Durham, in December 2009 – survived the ‘Strictly curse’ when she appeared on the present in 2018, partnering Giovanni Pernice.
She and the professional dancer have been photographed collectively having what was termed a ‘flirty’ lunch to have fun her forty third birthday.
Within the photos the pair seem to gaze into one another’s eyes and Giovanni reaches out a hand throughout the desk to the touch her face.
Michael responded to hypothesis about their marriage by posting on social media: ‘So pleased with @Faye_Tozer it has been one other powerful week on and off the pitch however we do what we do and march on as a workforce.’
Requested about Strictly’s marriage-wrecking fame, Faye stated: ‘I believe it is right down to the person {couples}, for us we now have an actual marriage.
‘Now we have been married for 9 years and we have all the time labored away from one another. I’ve all the time toured. The very fact I used to be on Strictly does not change something for us. We’re stable.’
Faye’s first marriage to Danish rock drummer Jasper Irn, 59, got here to an abrupt finish after 10 years collectively.
The couple, who married in 2002 in Dunstable, Beds, have been married for 5 years, however Jasper claimed the tip was swift.
The couple, who share a teenage son, pictured collectively earlier this yr
Faye on Strictly Come Dancing together with her associate Giovanni Pernice in 2018
In a 2018 interview he stated: ‘She grew to become chilly and distant to me and out of the blue, after nearly 10 fantastic years collectively, every thing began falling aside.
‘At some point she informed me, ‘I’ve had sufficient. I do not need to see you anymore’. I used to be shocked.’
He added: ‘I used to be younger and silly. I believe Faye needed me to battle for her.
‘We started dwelling separate lives. At some point she informed me, ‘I’ve had sufficient. I do not need to see you anymore’. Wanting again, I ought to have informed her, ‘We’re married and we’re staying married’. As an alternative, I turned and walked away. An enormous mistake.’
Faye grew to become a family identify 30 years in the past after her astonishing success with manufactured excessive tempo pop act Steps.
They scored two No1 singles and three chart-topping albums, with pop mogul Pete Waterman pulling the strings, bought greater than 20 million information worldwide.
The singer is about to affix the solid of Diamonds and Mud on the Emerald Theatre in London’s West Finish, alongside burlesque queen Dita Von Teese.
She’s going to play Miss Kitty LeRoy within the present’s world premier, which begins on June sixteenth.
MailOnline has additionally contacted Faye’s representatives for remark.
