ACTOR Ioan Gruffudd has accused his estranged wife Alice Evans of branding him "stupid and a failure" as he sues for joint custody of their two daughters.
The Fantastic Four star, 48, is locked in a very public and increasingly bitter divorce from Evans, 53, after the breakdown of their 14-year marriage in January last year.
He has been dating actress Bianca Wallace, 30, since October 2021.
Evans, who has featured in films including 102 Dalmatians, is seeking sole custody of their two daughters, Elsie, eight, and Ella, 12, and has made a series of allegations about Gruffudd on her social media accounts.
But Gruffudd is fighting back, claiming the actress "belittled and berated" him during their marriage, making fun of his appearance and hair loss, and threatening to call the police if he did not "do what she demanded".
He says he has not seen his daughters in person for a year, apart from a chance meeting with Ella last week.
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