Amir Khan blames breakdown of marriage to Faryal Makhdoom on hand injury and ‘lack of communication’

The I’m A Celebrity star opened up after the pair’s public twitter spat last year
Safeeyah Kazi2 January 2018
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Amir Khan has blamed the breakdown of his marriage to Faryal Makhdoom on his hand injury and a “lack of communication”.

The couple, who have since rekindled their relationship, vowed never to repeat their mistakes and insisted that they've now “learnt” from them.

The former I'm A Celebrity campmate and his pregnant wife spoke candidly about their marital problems on Tuesday’s Loose Women, with Amir fully taking the blame for the split.

The 30-year-old said: “I had my hand injury. I was wrecking my marriage, I wasn’t boxing.

Rekindled relationship: The duo have since sorted out their differences 
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“Going through the hand injury that I had, not being in the boxing ring, being away from my family, going through a lot of stuff in my life, I think the best place for me is to be in the boxing ring.”

The boxing champion blamed his hand injury for giving him “too much time to think”.

Khan said: “When I was away from that, it took me all over the place. I lost that focus and that structure. Not being in the gym, not training, when you have all that downtime you have all that energy in your body.

"What went wrong was a lack of communication. The way it went public wasn't nice. I think anger sometimes takes over. We want to make sure all that's put behind us."

Jungle stint: the boxer leaving the I'm A Celeb camp (Rex)
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Makhdoom added: “It was just a misunderstanding. I was in England he was in Dubai, he thought he was a bit cool in Dubai doing some tweets.”

The pair had a public twitter spat in 2017 where accusations of affairs were flung around.

Khan divulged how his faith helped him get through the default time, giving him perspective.

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“I came to a stage where I didn’t know what to do in my life – I started praying. That’s one of the (things that) put me on the right path,” he said.

“Hopefully going into 2018 we’ve both put that behind us, we’ve got a lovely baby coming this year, we have also have Lamaisah our daughter, my boxing career, (I will) get some good fights in.”

Model Makhdoom, 26, who is now expecting her and Amir's second child, opened up about her pregnancy.

“I'm six months along. I’m feeling okay. My first child was easier. This pregnancy was tougher. I have a pelvic problem, it's called pubic dysfunction,” she said.

“[Amir] helps me get up, I feel like an old lady. This bump isn’t big – my daughter was 8lbs when she was born.”

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