In this week's episode of HELLO!'s Second Act podcast, pop star, TV personality and author Rachel Stevens opens up about still "grieving" the end of her 12-year marriage and explains how she is 'rebuilding' her life. Having split from her husband in 2022 , Rachel tells host Ateh Jewel that she is coming to terms with being single for the first time in 20 years, starting again in her Second Act, sharing: "For a long time I put a smile on and turned up and became the person that I thought I should be and got very lost along the way. I numbed myself because the feelings were just too much."

Rachel admits she is a "hopeless romantic" but says her pursuit of what she calls "movie star love" has been a "painful" journey. "I went from being married into another long relationship [with Dancing

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