Alex Kingston BBC One Appearance Sparks ‘Worthless’ Revelation After High-Profile Split

Alex Kingston has spoken openly about feeling “worthless” following a high-profile split, using a return to television to reflect on relationships, career shifts and a recent Strictly Come Dancing moment that drew sharp criticism from a judge.

Career move to Los Angeles followed a painful separation

The actress left London after a difficult breakup with a former partner and rebuilt her life in Los Angeles, joining the cast of ER in 1997. She has described that period as one in which she had “so little self-esteem, ” and later said the experience, while painful, shaped who she became.

Marriages, family life and later relationships

Her first marriage began after meeting a fellow student at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1983; the pair were together for about a decade and married in 1993 before separating in 1997 following an extramarital affair. She married a second time two years later to a German writer and they had a daughter, Salome Violetta Haertel; that union ended with a separation in 2009 and a divorce four years afterwards. Two years after that divorce, she married a television producer and the couple remain together.

Alex Kingston On Strictly: ‘Midlife crisis’ dig and her response

More recently she took part in Strictly Come Dancing 2025 with partner Johannes Radebe. During Halloween Week she performed a salsa to Mousse T Fellow’s “Horny, ” and one judge described her as appearing to be having a “midlife crisis. ” She later told Prima Magazine she had not been fully aware of the scathing critique at the time, described the comment as “a little mean-spirited” and said it felt contrary to what she is trying to advocate.

Kingston has continued to appear on television, including a scheduled appearance on Saturday Kitchen Live on One. Across these appearances she has balanced career highlights with candid commentary on the personal cost of public relationships.

Looking ahead, she remains visible on screen and has framed past hardships as formative rather than defining, while responding publicly to moments of criticism in a way that underscores the personal stakes behind celebrity scrutiny.