Singer Tommy Fleming is set to reveal the moment he felt betrayed and how he tried to take his own life after the breakdown of his marriage.

The Sligo star is a guest on Lucy Kennedy’s new chat show, Unfiltered, which is set to air this Sunday at 9pm on Virgin Media One.

It will be the star’s first TV appearance since revealing his sexuality to Ciara Kelly on Newstalk earlier this year. Tommy also shared that his 20-year marriage to Tina Mitchell had ended in September 2025.

A garda investigation is also underway after a phonecall he had with Tina was also leaked.

Speaking to host Lucy Kennedy on her Unfiltered chat show, Tommy reveals how he tried to take his own life after the breakdown of his marriage and ended up in St Patrick’s Hospital in Dublin.

‘Tina and I decided to separate, and mentally I was not in a very good place at all. You know… it’s just I was very broken, and, I suppose everybody knows at this point in here, I made an attempt on my life in September.

‘It was September the 21st, which then led to a hospital admission in St Pats.

‘I was diagnosed with depression and acute anxiety. I spent seven weeks in St. Pat’s, and in those seven weeks, there was, you know, I had a phone call with Tina and it was recorded. I didn’t know it was recorded.

‘If I knew it was recorded, I certainly wouldn’t discuss the stuff I discussed on it. And that’s the kind of catalyst in all of this. That’s the kind of…. to me was a betrayal. You have to unpack a lot to try and figure that one out.’

Asked by host Lucy if his sexuality was the catalyst of his drug and alcohol addiction, which led to him checking into the psychiatric facility, he said: ‘I mean, would have that been the underlying part of it?

‘It would have been certainly a contributing factor. You don’t continue that life for so long without it having some effect.

‘When you start to work with the professionals like psychiatrists and psychologists and all of that, you’ve got a team that’s working around you.

‘I suppose you learn to accept who you are,’ he adds.

Also on the show, Brit Award-winning singer-songwriter and activist Kate Nash. Kate will discuss her new music, her Irish roots, her acting career and her recent campaign highlighting the financial realities facing musicians today.

And I’m A Celebrity star Tom Read Wilson will share stories about his deep affection for Ireland, dating, storytelling and the power of words.

Unfiltered with Lucy Kennedy continues on Virgin Media Play and Virgin Media One on Sunday, August 16 at 9pm.