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Ronan Keating’s marriage mistakes

Ronan Keating shares his marriage mistakes and why he's single at 35.

Boyzone singer Ronan Keating admits that he is to blame for his marriage breakup to his wife of 14 years, Yvonne. “I spent too much time away. I missed Yvonne, I missed my children, and I made a mistake he told the Daily Mail. “We tried to get over it, but we couldn’t, and now I’m a single man again.”

The couple in happier times

The crooner’s marriage began to crumble after he was allegedly caught affair with a backup dancer while on tour two years ago.

Adjusting to single life hasn’t been easy for Ronan who is father to Jack (13) Marie (11) and Ali (6), and he calls himself a “failure” for upsetting his children’s lives.

The Keating family in December last year

“Being on my own is all new to me. I was young when I got married – just 21. So to be suddenly on my own, at 35, is weird.

“Nobody wants to go through a relationship and have kids and think it’ll ever break up.”

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