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<\/p>\nThe singer spoken out in an emotional interview for the first time since his split from wife Tina was announced last weekend – the couple have been married for 20 years<\/p>\n
16:25, 15 May 2026Updated 17:55, 15 May 2026<\/p>\n
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Tommy Fleming and his wife Tina(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n
Tommy Fleming<\/a> has broken his silence on his split from wife Tina. On Sunday, Tina Mitchell<\/a> issued a statement to confirm her 20-year marriage to Tommy ended last October. She has also stepped down as his manager.<\/p>\n It comes as garda\u00ed confirmed they are investigating the leaking of an audio recording of a private conversation involving the singer.<\/p>\n On Friday afternoon, Tommy <\/a>spoke on the issue for the first time. “I’d love to say it’s to set to record straight, but it’s to give my side of it too, to give you my truth,” he said on why he decided to speak out now.<\/p>\n “For at least 10 or 13 years of marriage we were very happy but small cracks started to appear,” he continued. “Small cracks that were never mended. Those cracks became a chasm. I wasn’t happy with my own situation… It wasn’t about being happy, it was about being uncomfortable with the situation if that makes sense.<\/p>\n “I had been living a lie for all my life really. The hardest part of that was the energy and the effort it took for this lie to be constantly covered. That lie was that I’m gay.”<\/p>\n Speaking on Newstalk’s The Hard Shoulder, he added: “I’m finally living my truth. I’m finally being honest. I’m finally able to live a life that’s true and real and honest.” The Sligo native went on to say that as a young man, he didn’t want to be gay and lived a “straight life”.<\/p>\n