Julia Morris has opened up about her split from ex-husband Dan Thomas, four years after they separated in 2021.
The I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! host, 57, was married to the British comedian, 44, for 16 years, and the pair share daughters Ruby, 18, and Sophie, 16.
The TV personality told TV Week she is the ‘happiest’ she has ever been following her ‘self-reflective’ journey post-split.
‘I’m definitely the happiest I’ve ever been, but I didn’t know I’d feel like that when I stepped into this journey four years ago,’ she said.
‘I have an incredibly private life. I don’t share my children online and we generally keep to ourselves. But, in terms of myself, I am honest.’
Julia Morris, 57, has opened up about her split from ex-husband Dan Thomas, 44, four years after they separated in 2021. Pictured together in 2014
‘You have to sit in it; there’s no fast track. You can’t play the blame game. You have to be a little self-reflective and make personal changes.’
In July last year, Julia hinted on The Kyle & Jackie O Shot her split from Dan was acrimonious, but refused to go into any more detail about the divorce.
‘Oh look, there’s always more to the story [behind the split],’ she told hosts Kyle Sandilands and Jackie ‘O’ Henderson at the time.
‘It’s not like people just go, “You know what guys, let’s just break up.”
‘I don’t want to disrespect him [Dan] and his life, and mostly I don’t want to disrespect my children by really opening up Pandora’s box.’
She then addressed what she meant by Pandora’s box – a term usually used to describe something which brings about ‘misfortune’.
‘[I’ve had ] 75 years in [show] business,’ she joked, adding: ‘And anyone you bag you get bagged by the universe somewhere else.’
Kyle then pressed Julia about the details behind the break-up.
The TV personality says she is the ‘happiest’ she has ever been following her ‘self-reflective’ journey post-split, reported TV Week on Monday
‘I know you joke and carry on, but I feel there’s bitterness there,’ the KIIS FM radio star said.
But Julia would not be drawn out and dismissed Kyle’s question.
‘It was three years ago,’ she said.
‘Quite fresh,’ Kyle responded, before Julia retorted: ‘No, I don’t think it’s fresh at all.’
It comes after Julia shocked fans in May 2022 by announcing her divorce, following their split in 2021.
She later confirmed the couple were heading towards a split for some time.
‘I’m famous for saying I feel like every year we’re going to break up,’ she told The Australian Women’s Weekly in July 2023.
‘But it definitely gets to that same point, which is that we are just not necessarily growing in the same direction.’
‘I’m definitely the happiest I’ve ever been, but I didn’t know I’d feel like that when I stepped into this journey four years ago,’ she said
She explained how she began to see her husband as a ‘pest’ as their relationship became more fractured.
While Julia described her marriage breakdown as ‘super sad’, she was determined to set an example for their daughters to not settle for an unhappy relationship.
‘I think that’s where patience starts to wear down to, “I’m not living like this. How is this an example for my girls that this is an okay life to lead? No thanks,”‘ she said.
Julia married British comedian Dan on New Year’s Eve in 2005.
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