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The Repair Shop star Jay Blades' wife Lisa Marie Zboven broke down in tears as she thanked fans for their support in an emotional message on Thursday evening. 

The fitness instructor, 43, announced the news of the couple's shock split on Thursday morning as she said she had left the TV star, 54, who she married in November 2022 after just 18 months of marriage. 

And less than 24 hours since the news broke, Lisa took to her Instagram Story as she sobbed in an raw and emotional message and confessed that despite 'wanting the marriage to work so much', she felt she 'couldn't be enough'.  

Lisa didn't show her face on camera as she filmed her outside table and began: 'Ok I am going to try this for the fortieth time without crying. 

'So, I just want to say thank you so much to everyone who has sent a message and been so nice.' 

Struggling to stifle her tears she admitted: 'I don't really, I still don't really believe that this is actually real because if you knew how much I loved my husband and how much I have tried to make this work over and over again.

'I just wanted it so much and I couldn't be enough. I couldn't seem to get it right ever.'

Thanking her 141,000 followers she continued: 'So here I am. Thank you everybody who has sent me things to read etc. It is really helpful because your mind wanders into memories as supposed to facts. 

'And I know there are a lot of you out there who resonate with what I am going through right now and I wonder when you get to the point where you won't feel so bad about yourself. 

'When you don't feel like, you just don't understand why you just weren't enough? Why everything you did just didn't seem to be enough?'

As she captioned the final clip 'One day at a time' alongside a heartbroken emoji, she concluded: 'Big breaths, one day at a time right. One day at a time. 

'It's just really sad, I should be angry but I just, I'm just sad.'

Sharing the news of their split earlier on Thursday, Lisa wrote: 'I don't know how to say this because it's still really raw. I probably should be really angry but I'm just incredibly sad about the whole thing right now.

'I don't think I've ever cried so much. I will admit I'm crying as I type this as I can't believe this is even real. I hope you don't mind if I just have a few days trying to figure out my life as I'm currently in a spare room with a few essentials.

'I don't know what else to say. All my love, A very broken Lisa-Marie x.'

A representative for Jay has been contacted by MailOnline for comment.

And ahead of news of the split, Jay took to his social media just days before as he shared a cryptic post about community which seemed to allude to the upcoming news of his separation from his wife.

In a thoughtful snap Jay sat side-on on a bench in a bare room stripped of wallpaper or paint as he avoided the camera looking straight ahead.

He captioned the reflective post: 'THOUGHT OF THE DAY. If we as a Community don’t Step up to help each other, then who Will?

'My Community, Thank You So Much, for Stepping Up for Me.'

It comes just a day after it was revealed that Jay's beloved uncle was allegedly stabbed to death by a neighbour following a long-running dispute over a shared alleyway. 

Replying to Jay's post fans rushed to share their support as they assumed the post related to his uncle's tragic death. 

They wrote: 'Take care'; 'So sorry for your loss. Must have been a terrible shock'; 'What a beautiful thought for the day, Jay'.  

The couple married in Barbados in November 2022, sharing their wedding with Hello! Magazine.

Speaking about their intimate ceremony of just 15 guests, Lisa told the magazine at the time: 'Once you get to a certain age, you realise what's actually important on the day - and that is having the people around you that love you for who you are. So we made the day our day.'

During the ceremony, the couple exchanged bespoke wedding rings which had been created by The Repair Shop's Richard Talman - which Lisa said was one of her favourite touches.

It was Jay's second wedding following his marriage to ex-wife Jade. The former couple share 17-year-old daughter Zola together and split in 2015.

Their relationship sadly broke down and Jay relocated to the West Midlands. 'I was homeless. You heard me right – yes, homeless,' he told the Daily Star at the time. 'Everything fell down for me. My marriage broke up, my business broke up.

'I left my ex-wife the house and everything like that.'

Lisa is a personal trainer with decades of experience in her field, posting tough, high-intensity workouts on Instagram almost every day which show her lifting kettlebells, lunging and squatting.

She runs on-demand fitness app The Wkout, which offers programmes for fat burning, strength training and yoga.