Chloe Madeley split from James Haskell because he 'thrives in chaos'

Chloe Madeley split from husband James Haskell because he "thrives in chaos" and she needs "structure and routine".

The former couple - who are parents to two-year-old daughter Bodhi - announced their break-up October 2023 after five years of marriage and Chloe has now revealed former rugby player James' busy schedule tore their relationship apart.

During an appearance on Olivia Attwood's 'So Wrong It's Right' podcast, she explained: "I'm one of those people that needs structure and routine. My ex, and I, I think, one of the reasons things became so hard for us was because he thrives in chaos.

"His schedule, I don't even remember when he was in England for a full week. He's all over the place and I just can't do that. Can't live like that."

She added: "I think I knew that I was really unhappy. And I think he knew that he was really unhappy too. But I don't think either of us ever would have predicted that we were going to break up. Ever."

The couple had been together for more than a decade before they decided to part ways and she still remembers the exact moment she new their relationship was over.

Chloe said: "I swear to God it was just like one day, I remember exactly where we were - I remember the day, the time, the temperature, the outfit, everything - I just remember like just saying it, 'I don't think that we should do this any more', but really meaning it and it kind of went from there.

"It doesn't just happen - it didn't for us anyway. It was farmed up as time passed, and it's still like that now."

Chloe went on to reveal the pair have been separated for a year now but they first started having conversations about their future in August 2023.

She explained: "We kind of started to have the conversation in August last year. I think people think it's like a specific date.

"As the days, weeks, months pass you realise nobody's fighting for this. You realise you're getting more and more serious about this thing that you're just talking about initially.

"And so slowly, slowly it dissipated, but the first conversation started happening in August last year."

She went on to say: "There are still moments now where we kind of boomerang a bit. Moving out the house was a boomerang moment where you have to relive it again.

"And then we were both at Glastonbury and we ran into each other. I was with all of our mutual friends and he was with his more DJ friends and that was a weird moment.

"So, you kind of relive it sometimes. You know, here's this person I have a child with and I was, I'm married to him and [we were together for] 11 years. It's a long time."