{"id":465130,"date":"2026-05-24T18:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465130\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T18:34:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:34:16","slug":"i-regret-the-24-years-ive-wasted-tommy-flemings-wife-tina-breaks-silence-following-marriage-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/465130\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I regret the 24 years I\u2019ve wasted’ – Tommy Fleming’s wife Tina breaks silence following marriage split"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singer Tommy Fleming recently gave a bombshell radio interview in which he announced he is gay and discussed the breakdown of his near 20-year marriage<\/p>\n

12:00, 24 May 2026Updated 16:52, 24 May 2026<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleming with Tina(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

Tommy Fleming’s wife Tina has spoken publicly for the first time following the couple’s marriage breakdown and the singer coming out as gay.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Tina Mitchell<\/a> issued a statement to confirm her 20-year marriage to Tommy ended last October<\/a>. She has also stepped down as his manager.<\/p>\n

This followed confirmation from garda\u00ed<\/a> that they are currently investigating the leak of an audio recording of a private conversation involving the singer, Tina and his stepdaughter Rebecca.<\/a> The recording touched on his sexuality, his infidelity, his drug use and more.<\/p>\n

Tommy<\/a> recently gave a bombshell interview to The Hard Shoulder on Newstalk, in which he openly acknowledged his sexuality and admitted to leading a double life behind the scenes of his marriage.<\/p>\n

The singer also opened up about his mental health and substance abuse<\/a> in the candid sit-down with Ciara Kelly on Newstalk.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleming and his wife Tina separated last October after 20 years of marriage(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

Tina has now broken her silence on the couple’s split, saying she “regrets ever meet\u00ading him” and accusing Tommy of stealing “24 years of my life”.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Irish Independent<\/a>, Tina said described the impact the breakdown of her marriage has had on her.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve lost two stone. I have lost my con\u00adfid\u00adence and I have lost my mind. I can\u00adnot face any\u00adbody. I don\u2019t think I\u2019d be here today if it wasn\u2019t for my fam\u00adily and friends,” she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel com\u00adpletely broken.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tina continued: “It doesn\u2019t mat\u00adter whether he was bisexual, straight, gay or whatever he was when he met me \u2013 he knew, so he should not have mar\u00adried me.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe shouldn\u2019t have stolen 24 years of my life. I regret ever meet\u00ading him. I regret the 24 years that I\u2019ve wasted. I could have been in a com\u00adpletely dif\u00adfer\u00adent situ\u00adation in my life.<\/p>\n

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The couple’s professional relationship has also ended, with Tina stepping down from her role as director of TF Productions Ltd<\/p>\n

Tommy and Tina met at a mutual friend’s funeral in 2002. The couple got engaged in 2004 while visiting Cape Town in South Africa, and married in Clifden, Co. Galway, in 2006.<\/p>\n

But things finally came to a head last September when Tina\u2019s daugh\u00adter Rebecca, went to speak to Tommy, who had moved out of the house following a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecky asked him straight out, \u2018Are you gay?\u2019, And his answer was, \u2018I might be bisexual,\u2019” Tina explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe arrived back here the fol\u00adlow\u00ading day and said we needed to talk. I said: \u2018There\u2019s no talk\u00ading, we\u2019re done, please leave\u2019. He said: \u2018This is all a mis\u00adtake, this is a com\u00adplete mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading, and I\u2019m not going to be put down for something I did not do\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the interview with Newstalk earlier this month, Tommy publicly came out as gay, acknowledging that he had spent many years concealing his true identity.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleming came out as a gay man during an interview with Newstalk (Image: Newstalk)<\/p>\n

“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 explained when asked why he had chosen to speak out at this moment.<\/p>\n

“For at least 10 or 13 years of marriage we were very happy but small cracked started to appear,” he continued.<\/p>\n

“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

Tommy acknowledged that the fallout of recent weeks has taken a significant toll on both his family and himself.<\/p>\n

“They’re all hurting at different levels in different ways,” he explained. “There’s anger, and I absolutely understand that anger. There’s regret. There’s a bucket full of words that you can use and emotions in here.<\/p>\n

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Tommy Fleming and Ciara Kelly(Image: Instagram)<\/p>\n

“The only thing I can say is, I’m absolutely remorseful and regretful for it, for any of the the hurt I’ve caused to the people I love in pursuing my truth or living my truth.<\/p>\n

“I don’t seek forgiveness and I don’t expect it. But I would hope, if there is a God, I would hope and pray that there would be acceptance.”<\/p>\n

When asked what he would say to Tina if she were listening, he continued: “I can’t undo the wrongs I’ve done. I can’t change the past. I can only look ahead and in order for me to survive, in order for me to have a life, I have to tell the truth.”<\/p>\n

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