NEED TO KNOW
- Tammy Hembrow confirmed that she is divorcing Matt Zukowski in a TikTok video on Saturday, June 21
- The pair tied the knot in November 2024 after getting engaged a year prior, according to Daily Mail
- Love Island Australia star Zukowski, 29, also confirmed their split in a post on his Instagram Stories
Tammy Hembrow and Matt Zukowski are going their separate ways after less than a year of marriage.
On Saturday, June 21, the Australian model and fitness influencer, 31, confirmed their split in a TikTok video, speaking candidly about her “heartbreak” over their decision to divorce.
She and Love Island Australia star Zukowski, 29, got engaged in December 2023 after just three months of dating. They then tied the knot on Nov. 23, 2024, per Daily Mail and the Australian outlet News.com.au.
“This is giving me so much anxiety … I wanted to finally tell you guys that I am going to be getting a divorce,” said Hembrow on TikTok. She then clarified that she didn’t want to go into details about the split or “bring anyone down.”
“Did I think this was gonna happen? Did I want this? No. Obviously, when you marry someone, you do it thinking that it’s gonna be forever,” she continued tearfully. “And I blame no one but myself, to be honest.”
“I feel like I’ve made not the best choices when it comes to relationships. And I feel like I’m really good at putting on rose-colored glasses or just getting swept up in it all,” she added.
Hembrow previously told Vogue Australia that she and Zukowski had “an instant connection” after meeting online.
“From the very first conversation, there was something that sparked between us,” she told the outlet. “We were inseparable from that very first date!”
Hembrow has three children: son Wolf, 10, and daughter Saskia, eight, shared with her ex Reece Hawkins and three–year–old daughter Posy, shared with her former partner Matt Poole.
In Saturday’s TikTok video, Hembrow became increasingly emotional as she described the effect of her split from Zukowski on her children as “the worst part.”
“I don’t care about me, like, I know I’ll be okay, but I obviously feel awful,” she said. “…Nothing anyone could say could make me feel more s— than I already do, like more humiliated … At the end of the day, I know this is what needs to happen, there’s no other option.”
Hembrow said she is focusing on her kids and “healing” amid the divorce.
“There’s been times where I felt that I’ve grown so much and then this whole experience has just made me feel like I still have a lot of growing to do a lot of a lot of work to do,” she said. “..There’s a lesson and everything and hopefully this time I learn it.”
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Zukowski also confirmed the pair’s split on his Instagram Stories on Saturday.
“It’s with a heavy heart I share that Tammy and I have decided to separate,” the reality star wrote.
“Both of us have struggled with making this decision however, we need to do what is right for ourselves and her three children. This wasn’t a decision we took lightly…,” he added.
Representatives for Hembrow and Zukowski did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment on Sunday, June 22.
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