Rebecca Ruane has spoken publicly about the pain her family says it has been carrying since Tommy Fleming admitted in an interview that he was gay and unfaithful during his marriage to Tina Mitchell. Ruane said the past eight months have been the most painful and traumatic time of her family’s lives.

Her comments land now because they follow a fresh round of public fallout around the end of the 20-year marriage, which came to an end in October 2025. Mitchell had already said last month that the split had torn through 24 years of her life, and she repeated that message last weekend, saying the singer had 'stole' that time from her.

Ruane, Mitchell’s daughter from a previous relationship, said the family had spent years believing their home life was real. 'For 24 years, our family lived a life that we believed was real,' she said, adding that 'piece by piece, our world has fallen apart as we uncovered the truth about the double life he had been living behind our backs for decades.' She also said the family had been trying to survive the emotional devastation caused by someone they trusted completely.

The most painful part of her account is the gap between what the family says it knew and what Fleming has already acknowledged in public. Ruane said neither she nor her mother had any knowledge whatsoever of the 'extracurricular activities, deception, and betrayal' she referred to, while Fleming has admitted the unfaithfulness himself. She described the interview conducted on the 15th of May as a devastating reminder of the lies the family says it was forced to live through.

Ruane ended by thanking supporters for their kindness during what she called the darkest period of their lives. What remains unresolved is how much more either side will say about the years behind the breakup — and whether the singer will respond directly to the family’s latest account of what they say happened behind closed doors.