Race Across The World’s Gaz has opened up about his marriage to Yin breaking down and the cause of their split.
The former married couple are one of five pairs taking part on this yr’s BBC competitors, travelling 14,000km from the Great Wall of China to Kanniyakumari, the southernmost tip of India.
Though they’ve been separated for 3 years, Gaz and Yin are taking over the emotional journey as ‘best friends’, with the previous explaining in tonight’s episode how their marriage fell aside.
He shared: ‘Being married to Yin was amazing, I did feel there’s safety being married since you’re a unit, you might be collectively.
‘But the breakdown of the connection was as a result of I grew to become lazy, I took Yin without any consideration.
‘Even to this day, I blame myself.’
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He continued: ‘I didn’t cope with the breakdown of the connection in any respect properly.
‘I became insular, it was hard and I didn’t prefer it in any respect.’
Gaz recalled how he would drink himself ‘into a stupor’ as a result of he didn’t communicate to anybody about what he was going by means of.
He mentioned: ‘One of the massive key issues with Yin is she recognized that and while I used to be going by means of my demons and other people had given up on me, she by no means did. She may see what I used to be doing was not proper.
‘I’m at that time now the place I’m in place and by doing the race I need to repay her as a result of she was there for me by means of the darkish instances and I don’t need to let her down.
‘I’ve let her down too many instances previously, I don’t need to do it once more.’
When requested about why they wished to participate within the sequence, Yin had beforehand defined: ‘The last year has been quite a personal journey for me. Gaz and I, although we used to be married, we’ve been separated for about three years. And then once we split up, I discovered one other associate, however he handed away immediately in September.
‘The last year has been tough, but one of the things that Chris gave me was a real sense of adventure, and he really liked travelling. We talked a lot about travelling and so when this came along I thought why not, something inside me made me fill out the application form.’
Yin was residing in Gaz’s under-the-stairs cabinet on the time as he was trying after her throughout her grieving interval, and recommended the thought of Race Across The World to him.
She added: ‘He was like yeah, whatever. He probably just said it more to amuse me, because he obviously knew what I was going through at that moment. But before we knew it, he’d stuffed out the applying and the journey had begun!’
The couple split round three years in the past, and share a 23-year-old daughter collectively.
During tonight’s episode, Yin held again tears as she spoke about lacking their daughter Autumn and never being with her to rejoice her birthday.
Calling their youngster the proudest half of their marriage, Yin mentioned: ‘We’ve all the time managed to place our variations apart for Autumn.
‘I don’t know why it really works or the way it works, nevertheless it works.’
Gaz replied: ‘It does, it’s distinctive, nevertheless it does.’
Speaking about their daughter, Yin continued: ‘Taking half within the race, Autumn sees it as a final journey collectively. Time has transfer on, she has now grown up, we’re each totally different folks.
‘She understands me and Gaz are going on a different path and living our own lives, we still want to be supportive of each other but me and Gaz want to get back to engaging with life again and start enjoying it again.’
Race Across The World viewers have already thrown their help behind Yin and Gaz, particularly after listening to extra about their relationship historical past.
‘Am I the only one secretly shipping Gaz and Yin for a reunion…?’ Claire wrote on X.
‘We’re all rooting for Yin and Gaz to get again collectively, aren’t we?’ echoed Roz, including: ‘What a great relationship Yin and Gaz have. The casting for #raceacrosstheworld is always spot on.’
Russell in the meantime wrote: ‘My early call to win #raceacrosstheworld is Yin and Gaz. No reason why really.’
‘Really warming to Yin & Gaz. They seem like such a sweet couple,’ Ryan added.
Race Across The World airs Wednesdays at 9pm on BBC One and iPlayer.
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