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Paloma Faith Says Leaving Her Marriage Was the Best Choice, Urging Women Not to ‘Stay and Suffer’

She says the shift to friendship and co‑parenting improved her relationship with her children’s father.

Overview

  • On her Mad, Sad and Bad podcast, Faith said moving on from her marriage to Leyman Lahcine was the best decision she has made.
  • She argued many women feel obligated to remain in unhappy relationships for their children and encouraged reconsidering that pressure.
  • Faith said her relationship with Lahcine works better as friends and co‑parents than as romantic partners.
  • She publicly debuted partner Stevie Thomas in March 2025 and announced in October that they are expecting a child together.
  • The former couple married in 2017, share two daughters born in 2016 and 2021, and confirmed their separation in 2022, with some reports saying she later experienced a nervous breakdown.