妖精／密着させる Brookes and Gareth Gates SPLIT: Estranged couple look downcast as they are spotted TOGETHER just days after 発表するing their 崩壊／分裂

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妖精／密着させる Brookes and Gareth Gates were torn apart after nearly six years together when the singer's 報道によれば 'very controlling' behaviour led to a 一連の furious 列／漕ぐ／騒動s.

And the estranged couple were spotted together for the first time since news of their 分裂（する） was 発表するd, as they took a walk in?St Ann's Square, Manchester, on Friday.

The singer, 34, and actress, 31, looked downcast as they walked through the streets, keeping a respectable distance from each other while wearing matching outfits.

妖精／密着させる Brookes and Gareth Gates SPLIT: The estranged couple looked downcast as they were spotted for the first time since 発表するing their 崩壊／分裂 in Manchester on Friday

妖精／密着させる 保護物，者d herself from the 冷静な／正味の 天候 in a fluffy 黒人／ボイコット jacket, which she wore over a matching 小型の dress.

The 載冠（式）／即位（式） Street 星／主役にする slipped her svelte 脚s into tights, and accessorised with a 黒人／ボイコット handbag, while she 相殺する her dark attire with a pair of white heeled boots.

Her brunette locks were s tyled with a middle parting, and she let her hair 宙返り／暴落する past her shoulder as she 選ぶd to wear a natural palette of make-up.

Gareth mirrored his estranged partner's look as he wore a large 支援する coat over a matching shirt and skinny ジーンズs.?

Keeping warm:?妖精／密着させる 保護物，者d herself from the 冷静な／正味の 天候 in a fluffy 黒人／ボイコット jacket, which she wore over a matching 小型の dress

Stylish:?Her brunette locks were styled with a middle parting, and she let her locks 宙返り／暴落する past her shoulder as she 選ぶd to wear a natural palette of make-up

Keeping to the dark colour 計画／陰謀, the Pop Idol 星／主役にする stepped out in 黒人／ボイコット Chelsea boots and tried to keep a low profile in a pair of aviator shades.

He sported a の近くに-cropped 耐えるd and styled his hair into a spikey up-do, while he 相殺する his ensemble with a silver crucifix necklace.

MailOnline has 接触するd 代表者／国会議員s for both Gareth and 妖精／密着させる for comment.?

?Sombre mood:?The pair seemed low-spirited as they walked through the busy streets, keeping a respectable distance from each other

Paint it 黒人／ボイコット: Gareth mirrored his estranged partner's look as he wore a large 支援する coat over a matching shirt and skinny ジーンズs

Their 遠出 comes after it was 報告（する）／憶測d by The Sun that the couple 恐らく had volatile arguments over the soap 星／主役にする choosing to 攻撃する，衝突する the town with her Corrie co-星／主役にするs without her love.

その上の （人命などを）奪う，主張するs on Tuesday 示唆するd the singer struggled with 退屈 at times when he didn't 株 the same jam-packed schedule as his actress girlfriend.

An insider told the 出版（物）: 'At 確かな points in their 関係 Gareth was very controlling.'

失望させるd: によれば The Sun, Gareth Gates 'hated 妖精／密着させる Brookes' nights out with Corrie 星／主役にするs without him' (pictured in March 2017, London)

Happier times:?The couple 恐らく had volatile arguments over the soap 星／主役にする choosing to 攻撃する，衝突する the town with her Corrie co-星／主役にするs without her love, it was 報告（する）／憶測d

They continued: 'A lot of 妖精／密着させる's co-星／主役にするs on 載冠（式）／即位（式） Street have been 関心d for her in the lead up to their 分裂（する） and are pleased she has been able to move on now.'?

'He wasn't always happy with 妖精／密着させる going on nights out with her friends from work without him which 必然的に led to arguments between them.

'Gareth doesn't always have a busy schedule like 妖精／密着させる and can get bored when he's left to his own 装置s and it's during this time he would feel the need to call her phone more often.'?

分裂（する）: 載冠（式）／即位（式） Street 星／主役にする 妖精／密着させる 確認するd that she and Gareth Gates are taking 'some time apart before the troubling 推論する／理由s behind the 分裂（する） 現れるd

The whispers surrounding why the couple 現実に broke up 現れるd after 妖精／密着させる 確認するd the pair were taking 'time apart' from each other.?

They have been together for nearly six years after 会合 on a 生産／産物 of 合法的に Blonde in 2012.

Taking to their 各々の social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s, the 二人組 both 発表するd that they have decided to 分裂（する） but remain 'the very best of friends' on Monday.

Over: 妖精／密着させる took to her Twitter and wrote: 'Unfortunately @Gareth_Gates and I are choosing to take some time apart'

妖精／密着させる took to her Twitter and wrote: 'Unfortunately @Gareth_Gates and I are choosing to take some time apart.?

'We remain the very best of friends. We'd like to Thank you for all your support over the years x.'

While Pop Idol 星／主役にする Gareth 株d 類似の 感情s: 'Unfortunately @Faye_Brookes and I are choosing to take some time apart. We remain the very best of friends. We'd like to Thank you for all your support over the years x.'?

'Time apart': Taking to their 各々の social マスコミ 壇・綱領・公約s, the 二人組 both 発表するd that they have decided to 分裂（する） but remain 'the very best of friends' on Monday

Last year, 妖精／密着させる, who plays Kate Connor in the ITV soap, said she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to spend the '残り／休憩（する） of [her] life' with Gareth.

She told The Sun: 'We’ve talked about it. And that day will come, I’m sure of it, but that’s not for now. Every Valentine’s Day the conversation comes up. I’m like: "Listen, I’m 全く career-driven," and he knows that.

'I’ve 設立する the guy I want to spend the 残り／休憩（する） of my life with and if he does 提案する, then it’s going be a 完全にする surprise.'

Romance: The couple have been together for nearly six years after 会合 on a 生産／産物 of 合法的に Blonde in 2012

The actress has 以前 述べるd Gareth as her 'best friend' and credited him with 許すing her to 'not take life too 本気で'.

She 追加するd: 'It was a real fairy tale - I 全く believe in 運命／宿命 and that he was meant to walk into my life for a 推論する／理由. He became my best friend and it blossomed into us becoming this unbelievable 二人組.'?

Gareth has a daughter, Missy, with ex-wife Suzanne Mole, who he married in 2008. The pair then 分裂（する） four years later before he and 妖精／密着させる fell for one another.

未来:?Last year, 妖精／密着させる, who plays Kate Connor in the ITV soap, said she 手配中の，お尋ね者 to spend the '残り／休憩（する） of [her] life' with Gareth