How Billi Mucklow and Andy Carroll hid their split from fans: TOWIE star continued to share loved-up snaps as the footballer ditched the UK for a low-paid stint at a fourth-tier French club [Video]

04:52 EDT 29 Sep 2024, updated 06:26 EDT 29 Sep 2024

Billi Mucklow and Andy Carroll shocked fans by announcing they are set to divorce after secretly separating earlier this year. 

The former TOWIE star, 36, and the footballer, 35, tied the knot in June 2022 in a lavish Hampshire ceremony, shortly after the groom was snapped passed out in bed between TWO blondes during his raucous Dubai stag-do.

After confirming the news of their separation this week, Billi appeared to be trying her best to keep their troubles under-wraps as she continued to shared loved-up snaps to social media. 

Meanwhile, it was revealed Andy, who once played for Liverpool and Newcastle amongst other English top-flight sides, had signed for French fourth-tier club FC Girondins de Bordeaux, despite admitting that the move had ‘cost him money’. 

Billi, who shares three-children with the footballer, stayed at their home in Essex while he left the UK to play for the lowly club.