The Chase star Mark Labbett’s ex-girlfriend is getting out and about after their break-up (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
Mark Labbett’s ex-girlfriend has made it clear she is ready to move on from their relationship after revealing he dumped her in a ‘three-minute phone call’.
After a year of dating The Chase star, last month Hayley Palmer announced she and Mark had ‘gone their separate ways’.
However last week she took aim at Mark, 58, who is also known as ‘The Beast’ on the hit ITV quiz show.
Hayley, 42, said she was dumped after Mark said he didn’t want to divorce his ex-wife and said she’d been left ‘heartbroken and blindsided’.
However, a few days on she’s posted a photo suggesting she’s feeling a lot better amid her relationship break-down.
On Monday night Hayley posted a photo of herself attending the gala performance of Sister Act: The Musical in London.
She shared a snap from the night on social media (Picture: Instagram)
Hitting the red carpet at the Dominion Theatre, Hayley wore a sparkly silver sequinned dress with a plunging neckline and thigh-high split.
Sharing the photo on social media, she wrote: ‘It felt really nice to get dressed up last night.’
‘Doing things that make me feel good! I love a musical! You can’t beat a bit of Sister Act,’ she added.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Hayley called her ex ‘beastly’, sharing how their break-up last month came just days after they’d spoken about their relationship and future together during an appearance on Loose Women.
The couple dated for a year before splitting last month (Picture: Instagram/@hayleypalmer_presenter)
She also said that Mark, who has a seven-year-old son with his ex, had also suggested they should move in together.
But a few days after Hayley asked for an update on his divorce after splitting from Katie in 2020, he ended their relationship.
She said he told her: ‘I don’t think we should see each other anymore. You were right, I don’t want to get a divorce.’
‘The shock of the way he said it was so brutally cold and not the Mark I know. I thought he was a gentle giant, so this was the complete opposite. He was as cold as ice,’ she said.
Mark has appeared on The Chase since 2009 (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)
Nearly a month on, she labelled Mark’s decision to dump her over the phone as ‘disrespectful’ and a ‘low move’.
Hayley announced their breakup in May with a post on her Instagram stories, telling her 38,000 followers: ‘It is with regret I announce that myself and Mark have gone our separate ways.
‘We had the best year together and I truly wish him all the best for the future,’ she added. ’Off I go to listen to Taylor Swift.’
The former couple first met at the National Television Awards in the UK in October 2022 and began dating in May last year.
The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV.
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