Professor Green has admitted that he ‘very nearly’ called off his wedding to Millie Mackintosh.
The musician, 41, has rarely spoken about his two-year marriage to The Made In Chelsea star, 35, which ended in divorce in 2016.
But during an appearance on Jamie Laing’s Great Company podcast, he shared that they both felt ‘pressured’ to get married, and he almost called off the wedding.
The rapper revealed he’s now back in touch with his ‘beautiful’ ex-wife and reflects on their ‘trauma bond’ over undiagnosed ADHD.
He told the host: ‘If there wasn’t that pressure, we may have never got married. It very nearly didn’t happen.
‘I remember having a conversation with my two best mates, Lewis and Phoenix. Am I getting cold feet? What’s going on here? And one of them said yes. One of them said, No. I won’t put him in it, because it’s not their responsibility.
Professor Green has admitted that he ‘very nearly’ called off his wedding to Millie Mackintosh
‘I made my own decision. We made our decision, and we didn’t get married for the wrong reasons. We loved each other.
‘It was probably an element of trauma bonding. And it takes a lot to get to a place of going, “I had a significant part in that, 50% at least, because there were two of us in the situation, and it didn’t work out.”
‘But hopefully we can both go forward and find happiness and belonging.’
Millie previously admitted that she knew before her lavish 2013 nuptials at Babington House in Somerset that the relationship ‘wasn’t right but I was too scared to call it off because of the shame of letting everyone down.’
Millie and Green finalised their divorce in May 2016, the same week that Millie chose to go public with Hugo Taylor, her former Made In Chelsea co-star boyfriend.
They got engaged on the Greek island of Mykonos the following year, and tied the knot in Sussex in June 2018. They welcomed daughter Sienna in 2020 and daughter Aurelia the following year.
Professor Green went on to explain that they have recently got back in touch to support each other and reflect on their undiagnosed ADHD.
He said: ‘There was undiagnosed neurodivergence between both of us. We had a conversation about this recently, and it makes sense.’
The musician, 41, has rarely spoken about his two-year marriage to The Made In Chelsea star, 35, which ended in divorce in 2016
During an appearance on Jamie Laing’s Great Company podcast, he shared that they both felt ‘pressured’ to get married, and he almost called off the wedding
Being open about his ADHD diagnosis, he added: ‘I don’t feel uncomfortable about these things anymore, but I felt uncomfortable for a huge part of my life.’
He went on to call his ex wife ‘gorgeous’ explaining: ‘There’s no resentment in me. She is gorgeous. We were not good for each other at that time.’
‘We were for a point, and then, you know, I think things that we didn’t understand were happening, and it was way more than we could have ever.’
Pro Green has made no secret of his health battles. Earlier this year he revealed he was born with Pyloric Stenosis.
The condition affects babies between birth and six months of age when the passage between the stomach and small bowel becomes narrower.
It very rarely occurs in adults and may develop due to an attributable cause.
The musician revealed that his recurring dysbiosis – unbalanced bacteria that irritates the stomach – had worsened the condition.
Just two months he revealed he caught roseola from his baby boy Slimane – after managing to avoid the virus throughout his own childhood.
Sharing a snap of himself in bed recovering from the common viral infection, he told his followers: ‘The one adult who didn’t get Roseola as a kid obviously had to have a son who did and now…’
Roseola – also known as exanthem subitum or sixth disease – is a common viral infection that primarily affects young children.
Pro Green has made no secret of his health battles – earlier this year he revealed he was born with Pyloric Stenosis and shared a snap feeling under weather after he caught roseola from his baby boy, Slimane – after managing to avoid the virus throughout his own childhood
Symptoms typically include a sudden high fever, followed by a rash as the fever subsides. Though uncomfortable, the illness is usually mild and resolves within a week.
In March 2021, the rapper welcomed his first child with girlfriend Karima McAdams.
Announcing the news on Instagram, he shared that his partner, 40, had given birth to their son, Slimane Ray Manderson, two weeks early.
In a lengthy caption alongside the shot of his newborn son’s head, he also detailed their difficult pregnancy, which he branded ‘a rollercoaster’ and confessed during ‘scare after scare’ they feared their baby ‘would not make it’.
Following his post, he was swiftly congratulated by his 865,000 Instagram followers, with many of his celebrity pals sending well-wishes.