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Chris Appleton experienced "a lot of private pain" amid his divorce from ex-husband Lukas Gage.
The celebrity hairstylist, 42, opened up about his former relationship during the Wednesday (August 6) episode of Jay Shetty’s "On Purpose" podcast, citing a lack of privacy and a multitude of lessons.
"It was definitely the first time that I’d experienced that magnitude of people being so invested in my private life. People have this perception from social media [that I] probably have it together. I work with these amazing people, [and my] life looks glamorous. From the outside, it probably looks like I've got it all together, but the truth is, especially during that time, I was going through a lot of private pain."
The former pair called their relationship quits in November 2023 after six months of marriage, per US Weekly, and Appleton worked with a therapist to "sit in my feelings, and really go through them and understand how I felt."
"What really helped me was not being OK, and I’ve always believed in therapy. I work with a therapist to really sit in my feelings, and really go through them and understand how I felt. That was really brutal to go through it."
Appleton also zoomed in on the biggest lesson that came from his divorce, and how he rediscovered his "power."
"One of the biggest lessons I learned is finding alignment from what I do. It is all about [the] visual. It’s what I’ve done my whole life. What people see of me is this visual representation of Chris Appleton. But, I think, for me, there was real peace in finding alignment and inner peace on the inside. That wasn’t an easy process. … When you align those two, I think that’s when your real power comes into play."
Listen to the latest episode of Shetty's "On Purpose" podcast on iHeartRadio for more.