My Mum, Your Dad viewers applauded Maria Lopiano on Tuesday night as she spoke openly about why her 16 year marriage ended.

The events co-ordinator from Surrey and her daughter Livia, 19, are part of the cast for the second series of parents hoping to find love, with the help of their children.

Tuesday’s show saw Maria, 51, reveal the bombshell moment her marriage ended after ‘feeling like a mate’ for the last five years of their union.

She told the group: ‘I didn’t feel like a wife to someone, I felt like a mate.

‘And then it came out. He’s gay and living a lie really.’

My Mum, Your Dad viewers applauded Maria Lopiano on Tuesday night as she spoke openly about why her 16 year marriage ended

The events co-ordinator from Surrey and her daughter Livia, 19, are part of the cast for the second series of parents hoping to find love, with the help of their children

Livia was surprised by her mum’s openness and spoke to the group about the affect it had on the family.

She said: Three of my best friends know and that’s it. So that’s a big thing for me. Although I feel so bad for my mum and wish that had never happened to her, I also feel bad for my dad that he felt like he had to cover it from all his family and friends and no-one knew.

‘When I originally got told that my parents were splitting up, I was about 12. They told us in a coffee shop and I haven’t been back to that coffee shop since.

‘But a year later I found out that real reason.

‘I was never angry at my dad at all because I knew how much he had been through to get to this stage and how hard it was for him.’

Host Davina McCall was among those on X praising Maria for being so open with the group.

She wrote: ‘That took a lot for Maria to say that…. to let people in… Liv is so mature. These kids are such a credit to their parents’.