Chris Walker, Carrie Bickmore’s former partner of 11 years, has broken his silence over the couple’s painful split early last year.
The television producer narrates an upcoming episode of Luke Darcy’s Empowering leaders podcast, as reported by the Herald Sun on Sunday, that he struggles with the ‘sadness’ of the divorce.
Chris explained that the hardest part about their new co-parenting arrangement is having to “say goodbye to the kids twice a week.”
“I still find that a huge challenge. I always assumed I would be with them 100 percent of the time,” he explained.
“When it comes to being a father, I was born to be one. I love it and I want to be with them all the time. I find that really hard.”
Chris added that he had been supported by friends and family through “more difficult times,” but added: “The problem is that grief can last a long time.”
Carrie announced their split in a post on Instagram in January last year, saying they wanted to focus on raising their three children together: Ollie, 16, Evie, eight, and Adelaide, five.
“It is with great sadness that Chris and I have decided to separate,” she wrote.
Carrie Bickmore’s former partner of 11 years, Chris Walker, has broken his silence on the couple’s painful split early last year. Both pictured
Although this is a difficult time, our focus is on parenting, the love and support we give to our three children Ollie, Evie and Addie, with everything we have.
“They are doing great. We will not comment further.”
Bickmore and Walker’s love story captured the hearts of all of Australia.
They met as colleagues on The Project – she was a presenter and he a producer – and started dating in late 2012, two years after she lost her husband Greg Lange, the father of her eldest child Ollie, to brain cancer.
Chris explained that the hardest part of their new co-parenting arrangement is saying goodbye to the kids “twice a week.” Pictured with their kids
“I still find that incredibly challenging. I always assumed I would be with them 100 percent of the time,” he explained
Despite his terminal diagnosis, Bickmore married Langue in 2005, when she was just 25 years old.
After Langue died in 2010 at the age of 35, his widower Bickmore founded the charity Carrie’s Beanies for Brain Cancer in his memory.
Two years later, Bickmore found love again with Walker, who became Oliver’s stepfather, and with whom she later had two daughters: Evie, born in 2015, and Adelaide, born in 2018.
In November, Carrie put her stunning five-bedroom, three-bathroom Byron Bay home up for sale, 10 months after splitting from partner Chris Walker.
The former Project star’s vacation home, which was recently rented out on Airbnb, was listed for sale for $3.65 million.
Carrie announced their split in an Instagram post in January last year, saying the couple were focusing on co-parenting their three children, Ollie, 16, Evie, eight, and Adelaide, five