By 28, Elliott was married with two children and living in Spain with them and his wife. But the relationship didn’t work out and now he’s coming to terms with being a single dad.
Speaking to a UK magazine, Elliott, now 33, said: “You can move on from a divorce, but I don’t think I will ever get over the situation of not waking up in the same house as my kids every day.
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“It’s very hard but you can move on from that and meet somebody else. But from a man’s point of view I don’t think you can ever forget the moment you leave the family home.”
While Elliott hasn’t revealed the reason behind the split from his children’s mother, he said that instead of turning to drinking he wanted to focus on being the best dad he could.
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He continued: “For me that wasn’t an option. I had a business to run, staff to look after an most importantly I wanted to be the best dad I could be, so instead I threw myself into the gym.”
Elliott is now seeing fellow TOWIE star Chloe Sims, 31, and he insists he’s in it for the long run with her.
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He added: “Chloe has a kid herself, and people play all sorts of games in relationships but you never mess around a single mum.
“You can’t play games when kids are involved. It’s wrong.”