Samantha Armytage has broken her silence on her shock split from her businessman husband Richard Lavender, nearly a year after confirming the pair had gone their separate ways.

The beloved TV star spoke to Stellar magazine on Sunday, saying the pair tried to make the marriage work.

“What I’ll say for my marriage is we gave it a go,” Armytage said.

“It didn’t work out, so we moved on.

“Last year was a big year. There was a lot of change and a lot of grief.”

Armytage said the pair gave the decision a lot of thought.

She continued: “I don’t think anybody leaves a marriage without thinking it through quite deeply. You don’t just decide one day and leave the next.

“We’ve all got these thoughts and fears and happy moments we share.”

Last December, the former couple announced they had s

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