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Highlights

• Tommy Fleming has publicly revealed he is gay for the first time
• The singer said the breakdown of his marriage followed years of internal struggle
• He described feeling trapped and said he had been “living a lie”
• Fleming also spoke about depression, guilt and his mental health crisis

A personal truth shared after years of silence

Singer Tommy Fleming has spoken publicly for the first time about his sexuality, revealing that he is gay and describing the emotional burden of concealing that part of his identity for much of his life.

The singer reflected on the end of his marriage to Tina, whom he met in 2002 and married four years later. The couple separated in September last year. Looking back, Fleming said the relationship had been happy for many years, but over time unresolved issues began to grow. What began as small cracks eventually widened into something much harder to repair.