Anne Marie was Lisa’s one-time best mate. Not any more.

For years, Ant and Lisa tried to have kids of their own. For heartbreaking reasons of their own, they couldn’t.

Marriage breakdowns are hard at the best of times – but seeing your ex’s beaming face on TV, websites and newspapers must be a gut-punching ignominy, the likes of which very few of us can ever imagine.

And, invariably, it’s the woman who gets the blame in cases where there’s been no cheating: “let herself go”, “too needy”, “likes a drink”, “jealous” – all deeply misogynistic terms regularly bandied about.