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Actors Ian Gruffudd (50) and Bianca Wallace (31) are getting married.
They wrote on Instagram, “The most precious thing has happened… They announced their engagement by posting a lovely photo with the message “❤️💍”.
In the photo, Bianca is wearing a sparkling ring that looks like an emerald with a diamond set on the side.
The pair went public with their relationship in October 2021, and Wallace opened up to The Telegraph in April 2023 about their relationship and about being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis five years ago.
Bianca said she had given Gruffudd, whom she nicknamed “Yo”, a “get out of jail free card” amid his health problems.
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She explained, “Without a moment's hesitation, Yoh listed all the reasons he was in love with me, why he was here to stay, and that no multiple sclerosis diagnosis or scary future would deter him.”
Bianca said, “When times are hard, I sob to Yoh about not being strong enough to handle the task ahead of me, and I also feel guilty that he has embarked on such a complicated journey.”
Ioan's engagement comes shortly after his ugly divorce from Alice Evans, the mother of his two daughters, Ella and Elsie.
They married in 2007 and announced their separation in January 2021. He filed for divorce in March of that year.
A contentious public fight ensued, with him filing a restraining order against Alice in 2022. Page Six claimed she threatened to “publicly make false accusations against me, sell false stories about me to the media, and destroy me and my career.”
Evans denied any wrongdoing, saying, “It was a ploy to gain an advantage over me in the divorce proceedings.”
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In August 2022, the injunction was extended for three years.
Then, in May 2023, People reported that 13-year-old Ella filed a restraining order against Ioan and Bianca following an alleged domestic violence incident.
Ella claimed that during an argument with the couple, Wallace 'slammed' the door, causing her to hit her head and injure her arm.
Gruffudd and Wallace did not respond to requests for comment on the case.
Us Weekly reported that the judge later denied the order against Wallace, saying the “burden of proof” had not been met.
By 2023, Ian and Alice had not yet resolved their divorce, although they had been granted a 'dissolution of marriage'.