Ioan and Alice have released a joint statement confirming their shock separation
The Hollywood pair said: As you can imagine, this is an incredibly difficult time for our family and we remain committed to our children.
Alice, 49, took to Twitter on Monday evening to share the sad news , claiming the Welsh screen star, 47, said he no longer loves her
She then claimed he deleted the message from her account and shared - and then deleted - a message saying she was being mentally tortured
Their daughters were conceived through IVF after discovering Alice had a low antral follicle count at the age of 38
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Their story began as a picture-perfect couple, young actors showing equal promise and a matching, almost impossible, beauty.
The deal was sealed with a New Year’s Eve proposal delivered via a Cartier engagement ring set into an ice cube in a Mojito cocktail.
‘Angel, will you do the marrying thing?’ were the fond words chosen that night in Cuba.
It’s ended now with a howl of pain, and accusations of lies, ‘gaslighting’ and ‘mental torture’ made via Twitter in the small hours.
Indeed, the drama surrounding the sudden collapse of Ioan Gruffudd’s 13-year-marriage to actress Alice Evans would scarcely be out of place in one of the twisted domestic dramas he has been starring in recently.