Charlotte Church is making a telly comeback tonight, joining host Ed Gamble on The Traitors: Uncloaked on BBC 1 at 9.05pm. The Welsh songbird, who was a hit on Celebrity Traitors last year,will be giving her two pennies' worth on the current castle dwellers after episode six wraps up.

Church is a household name in Wales, not least for her past romancewith national rugby legend Gavin Henson. Few have left their mark on the game like Henson, one of the most iconic and gifted players to don the Welsh jersey.

Henson wasn't just a world-class talent on the pitch; he was rugby's first bona fide superstar, known as much for his off-field lifestyle as his sporting prowess. He was often dubbed the David Beckham of rugby, always perfectly coiffed, bronzed from fake tan, and even going so far as to shave his legs.

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His performance against England in the 2005 Six Nations is still talked about as one of the most influential and memorable ever. Henson put on a show-stopping display, twice spectacularly tackling Matthew Tait to make his presence felt. The centre then booted the match-winning penalty, leading Wales to a Grand Slam victory.

Despite his natural talent, many believe that Henson never fully realised his immense potential, with his international career gradually fading over the years. As his focus on rugby waned, he began appearing in television programmes and was involved in a few off-field controversies.

Henson's relationship with Charlotte Church was a highly publicised celebrity romance. At the time, Church, along with Katherine Jenkins, was the face of Welsh music, making her and Henson a true Welsh power couple.

Church shot to fame as a classical singer in the 1990s and became the youngest recording artist in history to top the classical charts with her debut album Voice Of An Angel - she was just 13. The media went into a frenzy when she and Henson were first seen together in April 2005, shortly after her break up with former boyfriend Kyle Johnson.

In a shocking turn of events, Johnson was sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2013 after police discovered £10m worth of heroin at his home.

Speaking on her BBC podcast, Kicking Back With the Cardiffians, Church disclosed how she actively pursued Henson after watching him play for Wales: "I remember watching on this television, Wales vs England, when Gavin kicked the kick over. Then that night - I didn't know Gav before that - I was like, I'm going to go out and find him in town. He is nice. Actually, I was going round asking everybody, 'Do you know Gavin Henson? Where will he go out drinking afterwards?' Nobody knew – but I did find him."

The couple's relationship blossomed quickly, with Church announcing her first pregnancy in March 2007. Baby Ruby arrived later that year, followed by their son Dexter in January 2009.

Romance seemed to be flourishing when Henson got down on one knee for Church's 24th birthday in 2010 but the fairy tale crumbled just six weeks afterwards. After five years together, the pair called it quits.

Reflecting on the split, Church explained both parties had reached the same conclusion: "When he proposed, I was overjoyed. It was amazing. I really was going to marry Gav and spend the rest of my life with him. But then he came back from Norway and he'd changed, and I'd had time to think. We had both had a change of heart – so we were both of the same mind."

Discussing the intense media scrutiny, she added: "The press intrusion was insane, there was all sorts of dark stuff going on. There were stories in the papers all the time and lots of things were blown up, misconstrued and made seedy - when they really weren't.

"There was a lot of shame being thrown at me, with the press desperately trying to make me a figure of sin and push this 'fallen angel' narrative. If I had let that shame in, or internalised it, my life could have gone in a very different way."

The former couple continue to maintain a positive relationship as they co-parent their children. Henson married Katie Wilson Mould in 2019, whilst Church wed musician Jonathan Powell in 2017.

Henson generated as many headlines away from the pitch as he did on it. The Welsh rugby icon represented numerous clubs throughout Europe and found himself in hot water with both police and his employers on several occasions.

In 2007, during the peak of his career, Henson and three other men faced charges of disorderly conduct following drunken behaviour on a train travelling between London and Cardiff. However, the case was subsequently dropped owing to insufficient evidence. Two years afterwards, he received a police caution for his conduct following Wales' Six Nations triumph over England.

In 2012, Cardiff dismissed him after just eight matches for "inexcusable" and "inappropriate" behaviour during a flight returning from Glasgow. Twelve months later, a drunken remark he directed at Bath player Carl Fearns led to the Welsh legend being knocked unconscious, an incident captured on CCTV.

Henson has opened up about his struggles with alcohol and how it contrasted with his professional persona. Known for his quiet demeanour and professionalism on the pitch, Henson's behaviour after a few drinks was a stark contrast.

In an interview with MailOnline, Henson discussed his discovery of his "chimp", a concept from Professor Steve Peters' book 'The Chimp Paradox'. "I didn't understand the thoughts I was having after games where I wanted to go out and drink," he confessed. "They were a million miles away from my core values and goals in rugby."

Henson went on to explain that reading the book helped him realise that his "chimp" had been controlling him throughout his career. "Now, having read the book, I understand that for most of my rugby career, the chimp was controlling me and running my life more than I was. If I'd found the book while I was still playing rugby, I'd 100 per cent have been a better player and maybe I wouldn't have made the mistakes I did."

He also admitted to being an introvert and needing a drink to become more outgoing in social situations. "In social interactions, I probably need a drink because I'm an introvert," he said.

"If I have a drink, I become more of an extrovert and the chimp has more confidence! I can be good fun on a night out! But now I choose not to go into those environments. I'm not tee-total. In the last year, I've probably had one good drink. There's a place in rugby for sharing a drink with your team-mates".

Henson has settled into a quieter existence as landlord of his pub 'The Fox' in St Bride's Major. Beyond running the boozer, he's also turned out for his boyhood club Pencoed RFC, pulling on the number 10 shirt once more.

Speaking about the pub venture, Henson told The Times: "I was coming to the end of my career, and it [the pub] had been sat here for 18 months, two years. It was not nice for the village, and I needed something to do after rugby and to be busy, not to mourn rugby and get depressed, as they say everyone does.

"But be careful what you wish for because this is so full-on. We want to feel like we've achieved something with the pub. We're perfectionists. We're all about the detail."

Discussing his comeback on the pitch with BBC Scrum V, Henson said: "I'm 43 now, so a bit old, as my wife tells me. But I've missed it, I've missed the physicality of it, and being in a team environment again and trying to win.

"I'm very competitive, I like trying to win, that's the main thing. We have a good group of boys. We're aiming for promotion, so hopefully it will be a good season and great for the club. I'm playing 10, I would like to play 12 but I am just not quite big enough yet. So I'll still try to aim to get there but 10 at the moment."