Alice Evans went out for lunch on Wednesday with a friend, hours after Ioan Gruffudd and Bianca Wallace made their ‘Instagram official.
The actress, 50, was seen dining out with supportive friends shortly before she continued her Twitter tirade, which was laden with shocking claims about the couple.
After Ioan, 48, had shared a picture of Bianca, 29 with a lover, she launched her furious attack against the couple. She also accused Bianca, a Liar actor, of having been in sex for three years and claimed she was ‘friends” with Bianca before the affair.
As her online pals and critics flooded social media with response to her diatribe – with both positive and negative comments – Alice spent hours responding to the messages with explosive claims and bold comments, including allegations that Ioan promised their daughters Ella, 12, and Elsie, eight, he would stay single.
Tough times: Alice Evans stepped out for lunch with a pal on Wednesday, hours after her estranged husband Ioan Gruffudd and his new girlfriend Bianca Wallace went ‘Instagram official’
In her updates, Alice repeatedly likened her agony to her grief after losing her Mum, Dad, step-sister and best friend, accused Ioan of cruelty in branding her a ‘bullying manipulator’ and defended airing her dirty laundry online – as she insisted those who took issue with her behaviour should ‘just scroll past’.
After Ioan’s post about Bianca “putting a smile back on his face again”, Alice launched her tirade. She made accusations about the couple’s relationship and insisted they were a couple for three decades.
After her initial outburst, wardrobe assistant Amy Douglas – a friend and co-worker of Ioan, who worked with the star and Bianca on Australian series Harrow – denied Alice’s claims in a series of tweets, as she accused Alice herself of being ‘abusive,’ and insisted they didn’t begin speaking until filming for series three began in 2020.
Amy, who claimed Ioan and Bianca allowed her to speak, supported her friends after Alice accused her of cheating on her over three years with the actress. She is 21 years older than her, and told fans she was ‘lost’ and’sad’.
Alice wrote: “You completely and absolutely know that they began seeing each other before I heard him tell me he didn’t love me and wanted to divorce me.” We can help you with this. But it’s not a great look to spit on the victim. Even for a fashion designer.’
One of her Twitter followers wrote: “Alice, my dear. You are above public exposure. Alice said, “Please don’t.” I have nothing. The threats are even worse. What suggestions would you make? (And you know that ai value your opinion)
Support: She hugged a friend during lunch, despite her anger at her ex-husband, which she vented online.
Alarming: She launched her furious attack on the couple moments after both Ioan, 48, and Bianca, 29, shared a loved-up image on their respective social media accounts – as she accused the Liar actor of engaging in the romance for three years, while also claiming she was ‘friends’ with Bianca prior to the affair
Another online friend wrote, “You have all us. Although we may not be friends on Twitter, I would definitely be there to help you as much as I can. This is going to be one of the hardest journeys in your life but you’re strong and those girls will grow up strong because of you.’
Alice graciously replied: ‘Thank you. It doesn’t matter. It WON’T matter in the future. People still talking about “IRL friends” are like those who were talking to their wall phone spoiling letters or books spring toys. We evolve. MOST of my friends online are friends!
Alice responded to Ioan’s defense by saying: “Miranda, HE has been talking terribly to my face for months. Instead of saying “Look I’m sorry, my love has fallen in love”, he said that I was basically worthless…
Tough: She grimaced through lunch, seeming to be fighting to smile despite the pain
Rage: In response to Amy, Alice later penned: ‘You totally and absolutely know that they started seeing each other before he told me he didn’t love me and wanted a divorce. We can help you with this. It’s not a good look to spit on someone. Even for a fashion designer’
“He IS. He also shared an instagram photo today, which showed more or lesser what everyone had been thinking. He has not only gone against his “OFW”, but he has also gone against his “no family photos” policy! I mean, who doesn’t want photos of their childrenz?
The follower then wrote: ‘You’re constantly trying to shame this guy, what’s the plan here? Forcing him into staying with you? Force him to love and stay with you. If a person feels like they don’t want to be with someone anymore, they have a right look for happiness elsewhere. Marriage is not the same as owning another person. 2/3’.
Alice replied, “What? It would be unreasonable to ask that, if he falls for a mother woman after twenty years together, he sits down and tells me kindly. Instead of spending 18 months sending threats through lawyers, refusing me to speak to me, and telling everyone I am a bully/manipulator, why not spend 18 months doing this?
Continuing in their reactions, the follower penned: ‘I really do feel your pain Alice, it’s one of the worst things in the world to be left & told you’re not loved anymore, but what are you trying to achieve here? It’s like you’re trying to reason feelings, someone fell out of love with you…
Anger: She raged at her critics, and thanked others who supported her in her series of angry tweets.
“It happened to everyone of us. 1/3… I really do have sympathy, someone you love leaving you is the worst, but also she’s too cought up in her pain, not seeing she’s hurtful to others too. She says he had to let her know he’s dating someone. Did she tell him that she would degrade him on Twitter when this began?
Alice, furious, wrote: “WHAT? WHAT THE F**KIN FUCK? Who am I “hurting”? Because nothing shoots in LA, and we were a TEAM, I gave up my beloved career. How can you POSSIBLY relate the feelings I feel now to someone whose feelings have been hurt? This is worse than losing my Mom. Or my sister.
Another follower said about Amy and her intervention: “Uh, who is this person?” She doesn’t know s**t. Just trying to cover up to their cheating ways’, leading to Alice writing: ‘Her name is Amy Douglas. She has worked exactly ONCE in a film – one episode of HARROW, as an Extra. Bianca Wallace was an Extra. I don’t know how many days or scenes. It seems they were friendly.
One follower claimed Alice’s behavior was due to her star sign. He wrote: “This is a very Leo moment. Attention is more important than anything. Even when it’s embarrassingly desperate. It makes me sad.
Alice swiftly responded: ‘Absolute crock of s**t Leo whatever. I don’t want attention. I know that I don’t want your prayers. Consider me ’embarrassingly depressed’. In your dreams a*shole’.
Not happy: She was furious about the situation
She refused to be called a victim and wrote: “Oh Jeez. I am not “a victim”. In this scenario, I am “the victim”. However, I am not the victim. Everything I have accomplished I did so from my own bat. This too will pass. Victim – my a*s.’
She revealed that her children knew about the drama in further messages. Ella wrote: “We’re all around breakfast table and Ella already saw in on hers. Mine comes up. (Elsie already has it on hers, but she isn’t interested). What do YOU think “not telling truth” to kids is a good MO ?…
“I did!” What’s the alternative? Let her continue to believe that her Dad would never have another girlfriend, a mantra she’s stuck to for the past year. You think I should lie ????’
She said, “I’ve never understood the people that don’t like divorce fights or dirty linens fights on Twitter.” Why don’t people scroll past? My take? Disingenuousness. They are blatantly insincere.
‘I said “He blamed the collapse of our marriage on things I had done wrong, forcing me to try to change myself, when all the time he was s**ggin the 20 yo extra and I had nothing to do with it. HE LIE. He could have told truth. It’s so hard ?… Oh wait! I get it! Are you saying that there are “RULES” God, I’m so stupid. So…
Ouch: She claimed Ioan told his daughters he wouldn’t get another girlfriend
“Tell me the rules. There are no rules in marriage. Who would disagree? (Cos he can go and shag an random while we’re still married.) So tweet if s/o hurts you, I have to stay [quiet]”.
One fan brought the image to her attention, asking: “Have you ever seen this?” Alice replied, “Yep. It was my first cry of morning. I hope the middle thing doesn’t ring’, referring to the shooting star emoticon he added to his post.
Prior to her latest onslaught on tweets, sources spoke to The Sun about the scenario, with insiders stating: ‘Ioan has denied so many things since they separated, and at times Alice began to doubt herself and wonder if she had things wrong in her own mind. Now she feels like this confirms all her beliefs.
Pain: One fan brought her attention to the image, saying: ‘Have you seen this? Alice replied, “Yep. It was my first cry of morning. It was my first cry of the morning.
‘She had asked him many times if this was all about someone else, but Ioan told her it wasn’t — even though she suspected that may have been the case because his behaviour towards her changed so dramatically.
‘Now that she knows he has met someone else — and it’s someone he has known for so long — all of her other suspicions and doubts have come flooding back and it has totally floored her.
“Stuff she had been capable of burying and moving on from is now back in her mind and she has all those doubts and uncertainties again. It’s a terrible time.
According to an industry insider, he felt that his relationship with Alice was over and didn’t hide anything. Bianca and he seem very happy and content together. I hope it all works out in the end.
Rage: She attacked Bianca and claimed that they were friends
Alice accused Tamzin Ofhwaite of knowing about it in a now-deleted comment. The former EastEnders actress wrote in a now-deleted commentary: “You look amazing. And younger somehow.’
Alice furiously replied? ‘@glamzin Tamzin? WTH? This ???’ was something you knew. Tamzin denied knowing about Ioan’s relationship to Bianca. Tamzin told MailOnline that she didn’t know. But I have nothing to add.
Alice has not been shy about revealing the breakdown of her marriage with Ioan on social media. She previously criticized him for being ‘devoid or any empathy’ and “disingenuous”.
Ioan filed for divorce in March from Alice, citing irreconcilable disagreements as the reason for their separation. The document was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, March 1. It revealed that the former couple split on New Year’s Day. This was a month after they made public their relationship status.
All over: Alice shared a shocking statement on Twitter in January 2021 that confirmed she and Ioan had split after 20 years. (Photos taken together in 2018
They had previously shared a joint statement at the time that stated: “As you can see, this is an extremely difficult time for our families and we remain committed our children. We are grateful for your privacy. Also, it was reported that divorce papers state that the exes are in “collaborative processes” and intend to settle all issues, including spousal support, through written agreements.
Alice, meanwhile, had posted a shocking statement to Twitter in January that addressed the couple’s split. In it, she claimed Ioan had’mentally tortured’ her. The mum-of-two also accused her estranged husband of ‘winding the s**t up me’ as she posted a vitriolic video about their ‘collaborative divorce’ talks.
Alice and Ioan Alice and Olivier met on the set 102 Dalmatians in 2000. At that time, Alice was in a relationship. Ioan and she were engaged six years later when Ioan gave her an ultimatum about her relationship. In September 2007, they tied the knot in Mexico in an intimate ceremony.
Ioan has not publicly addressed the couple’s divorcement.