Michelle Elman left shattered by SECOND heartbreak days after fiancé betrayal — ‘We were trying for a baby’

Just days after her world was turned upside down by the shocking end of her engagement, This Morning contributor Michelle Elman has revealed she endured a second devastating “breakup” — this time, with a close friend.

The life coach, who last year revealed that her engagement collapsed within 24 hours after learning her fiancé had cheated, has now shared that she also lost a friendship she once considered unbreakable.

Opening up in a deeply personal extract from her book Bad Friend, Michelle described how the emotional fallout of both losses left her reeling. Adding to the heartbreak, she admitted the former couple had been “trying for a baby” before the betrayal was uncovered.

Her ex, whom she had lived with for two years, later begged her to take him back — but Michelle stood firm, drawing a final line under the relationship.

Now, fans are rallying behind her, praising her honesty and resilience as she opens up about grief, betrayal, and the complicated ways we mourn not just romantic partners, but the friends who were supposed to be forever.

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Michelle Elman is a life coach who has appeared on This Morning (Credit: YouTube)

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Published by MailOnline, Michelle set the scene by explaining a friend she’d known since she was 11 “broke up with me” the day after the end of her brief engagement.

“I can say without a doubt that the ending of my friendship was just as excruciating as the ending of my relationship. In fact, I’d say it hurt more,” Michelle wrote.

She detailed how she was affected by a range of emotions, including regret, shame, guilt, fear, anger, sadness and abandonment.

But in comparing her two losses, she claimed her friendship breakup was met with indifferent reactions, even though her shame of potentially failing as a “good friend” made her feel all the lonelier.

Breaking up with friends

Michelle admitted that the ‘breakup’ in April 2024 felt ‘cruel’. That’s because her friend knew what Michelle was going through with her recently-ended engagement. Plus, she had known the friend for two decades.

During that time, their bond had changed. And Michelle admitted she was hurt to miss out on her friend’s hen do. But when a text went unread for six weeks, Michelle feared the worst.

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Michelle didn’t receive an acknowledgment for weeks (Credit: YouTube)

‘A harsh reminder’

When she did hear from her friend, Michelle recalled: “She didn’t acknowledge that my life was visibly falling apart, instead stating that I had clearly decided she was a bad person and the friendship was over – but that if I wanted to sort through it, she had sent me an email.”

Michelle was “already at breaking point” – and ultimately blocked by her friend.

“Her actions cut me far deeper than my ex-fiancé’s cheating,” Michelle reflected.

Her actions cut me far deeper than my ex-fiance’s cheating.

Michelle concluded by noting she still doesn’t understand what happened between them – and still doesn’t feel okay about it.

“It was a harsh reminder that sometimes the price you pay for friendship is the pain when it ends,” she added.