Her fitness empire was rapidly gaining ground, her television career had taken off and she was fast becoming a household name. But as Michelle Bridges‘ success sky-rocketed her marriage was falling apart.
Now her ex-husband and business partner says the two were closely related.
In an interview on last night’s episode of Australian Story, Bill Moore offered a frank insight into the collapse of his 10-year marriage to the fitness phenomenon. “In hindsight, we probably both chose the business over the relationship,” he said. “Maybe that was the baby that we didn’t have.”
Bridges started dating Steve Willis weeks after her split from Bill Moore. via Getty.
Bridges, who now lives happily with Steve "Commando" Willis and their baby Axel, concedes that things with Bill became stagnated as everything else powered ahead.
"We both ended up feeling like we were living with our business partners," she said during the episode. "Bill and I spoke about it a good 18 months before I decided finally to separate."
Yet despite the mutual recognition, and apparent forewarning, Moore admits that the split still came as a shock.
"You know, that was a very difficult time," he said. "I felt that I didn't want to leave the relationship. I didn't want it to end. But Michelle had sort of: for her, she wasn't in the same space."
