Helen Skelton revealed a BIG SECRET about her marriage to Richie Myler following their divorce

It comes as she confirmed her split from the rugby pro in a shock statement posted to Instagram on Monday.

However, the move appeared to have backfired on the Countryfile host, who admitted in a resurfaced interview that it was a “tough learning curve.”

Helen explained to The Daily Mail’s You Magazine in 2018: ‘I didn’t speak the language and I felt so isolated that I used to go into the local tourist office just to talk to someone who could speak English.’

‘The loneliness was crushing even though the French wives and girlfriends would invite me on their nights out, which was kind,’ she explained.

Helen gave birth to her second son Louis in April 2017 while the family was in France, on the floor of their kitchen.

With Richie in England at the time, the presenter was forced to rely on firemen who had arrived but had no experience with childbirth, as well as the wives of two of Richie’s teammates.

She told the Mirror: ‘I was in France and my husband was in England, and no one made it to me in time’

‘So I gave birth with just my three-year-old next to me, repeatedly hitting me on the head with a plastic sword, because he thought we were playing dinosaurs. Terrifying. But I didn’t have a choice, I just had to get on with it.’