Billi 'heartbroken' over her divorce

Ex-TOWIE star Billi Mucklow is struggling with her shock split from footballer Andy Carroll just two years after their lavish wedding, a source tells new

- Gemma McCartney

Two years after getting hitched, former TOWIE star Billi Mucklow and her footballer husband Andy Carroll are heading for divorce. It made front page news when the striker announced in a statement that they “privately separated earlier this year” and said they “continue to move forward amicably for our children” after 11 years together.

Billi, 36, shares sons Arlo, eight, and Wolf, five, and daughter Marvel, three, with Andy, and has kept a dignified silence on the separation, but behind the scenes she is said to be “heartbroken” over the split, a source tells new.

“It’s not something she ever wanted, she saw marriage as being forever,” the source said. “It was unexpected. She really thought Andy wasn’t like other footballers – she thought they’d be different, but it hasn’t been.”