Originally Posted by Paace:
“No one knows for certain what went on in a relationship. From what I've read Gavin was the one who instigated the breakup after he returned from that Degree North programme. Also I've read it's Gavin who can be the diva and from what I've seen I don't think they're far from wrong.”
Of course it's true that none of us really know the truth behind the split - probably not even their family and close friends, and from my own personal experience of a marriage break-up we often like to present our own version of 'the truth'. Not lying, as such, just leaving out the stuff we think might reflect on us in a bad light.
Maybe Gav did instigate the breakup, I don't know. But my gut feeling, from the speed that Charlotte has moved on to a new fella (that she had already been working with for a few months), is that she had already moved on emotionally, if not physically. Her heart wasn't in the relationship anymore. And if that was the case, who could blame Gavin for ending things? But that's just my opinion, my gut feeling based on observation of life and people over the years.
If Gavin has been playing the field since, the local press have been remarkably restrained, which makes me think he probably hasn't. All the interviews he's given, he comes across as a devoted Dad who was very hurt by the split, and is still coming to terms with it.
It's too early to tell if there's any spark between Gavin and Katya (he's not a 'heart on his sleeve' type of man, is he?

) but I think it would be nice if he found a bit of romance with somebody on the show