Una Healy has admitted she hit “rock bottom” after splitting from Ben Foden.
The Irish singer announced her split from the rugby player in July 2018, after six years of marriage.
Speaking on video podcast Sippin’ The Tea, Una opened up about their break up, and said she regularly receives messages on social media asking “how she does it”.
Una said: “It’s time. It’s hard and it’s horrible, but it just takes a bit of time really – that’s what I’d say to anyone.”
“I have two children from the relationship, which is the positive which came out of that relationship,” she continued, referring to their two kids Aoife Belle, 8, and Tadgh, 5.
Ben and Una split in July 2018, amid reports he cheated on her with publicist Becky Milne.
Just one year after their break up, Ben married New York native Jackie Belanoff Smith in Nantucket, Massachusetts – two weeks after they started dating.
Less than a year later, Ben and Jackie welcomed a daughter named Farrah together.
Speaking about making new music, Una confessed: “The great thing about life experience, I’ve got so much to write about.”
“But I wanna be a bit more positive and excited about my future, rather than being sad about my past.
“You have to go right down to come right back up. And there’s only one way you can go when you’re at right rock bottom and that’s up,” she explained. “And I was at rock bottom for a while, and I’ve come up. I’m on the way up now.”
“Music can be so healing in a way. A lot of my songs are very sad. I need to start writing happier songs. I guess from the sad experiences you go: ‘At least I got a song out of it.'”
When asked how she balances everything as a mum-of-two, Una admitted: “It’s all a big juggling act and sometimes you drop the balls, and then you pick them back up again – and that’s what it is.”
“I learn from my mistakes. Try and move on. Obviously I’ve had quite a few big experiences in the love life in the past couple of years. And I’ve learned from it. And I’ve learned to love myself a bit more, ya know?”
“And I think that’s very important for people. Not in a conceited way but just to respect yourself, and for me it’s just putting my kids first all the time. If they’re happy, I’m happy.”
Una also spoke about letting her two children go visit their dad in Connecticut, and said: “Yeah, they still need to see their dad. You can’t be selfish like that.”
“It’s good to let go of any anger or whatever. It feels a lot better to move on and feel excited about your future and what is potentially out there for me.”
“Because I’m single at the minute. He’s out there somewhere,” she added.
