‘She knew instinctively it wasn’t for her’: Andrew Buchan’s ‘heartbroken’ wife Amy Nuttall discovered the Broadchurch star was having an affair after he purchased racy lingerie ‘that wasn’t her size’
Andrew Buchan’s alleged affair with co-star Leila Farzad was exposed after estranged wife Amy Nuttall discovered the former Broadchurch star had purchased racy lingerie in a size that was not her own.
Buchan is understood to have left actress Nuttall, his wife of 12-years, and moved in with Oxford educated mother-of-one Farzad after growing close on the set of new BBC series Better.
Friends claim the actor informed Nuttall, best known for her former roles in Emmerdale and Downtown Abbey, of his desire to terminate the marriage shortly before Christmas.
But the actress, who shares two children with Buchan, suspected her husband had strayed after discovering an intimate pre-Christmas purchase, alongside receipts from unexplained stays at a London hotel – when he was supposed to be working away on location.
A source told The Sun: ‘The penny started to drop over a period of time. He was away a lot, which wasn’t unusual because of the nature of his work, but at one point Amy realised he had been staying in hotels very near to home — and wondered why.
Rumbled: Andrew Buchan’s alleged affair with co-star Leila Farzad was exposed after estranged wife Amy Nuttall discovered the former Broadchurch star had purchased racy lingerie in a size that was not her own
Co-stars: Buchan plays well-connected criminal Col alongside Leila’s corrupt police officer, Lou, in the crime drama Better, which was first screened on BBC One in February
Crestfallen: On Tuesday Nuttall was been pictured for the first time since it emerged her husband has walked out on her and their two children
‘As time moved on, there were some tell-tale signs that he had become close to Leila — just something in his mannerisms and in their social media posts together.
‘But the final straw was the lingerie — that’s what clinched it. Amy just knew instinctively that it wasn’t meant for her.’
On Tuesday, Nuttall was pictured for the first time since it emerged her husband has walked out on her and their two children.
The Downton Abbey star, who has been left so ‘crushed’ by the end of her marriage that she has been crying almost every day, struggled to raise a smile as she ran errands in Buckinghamshire.
The mother-of-two wrapped up against the cold in a padded navy jacket and swept her hair back in a chunky clip.
Speaking to MailOnline about the split, Nuttall fought back tears and confessed: ‘I can’t talk about it. I’m sorry, I can’t say anything.’
