WAG Alex Pike has shared a rarely-seen picture of her marriage ceremony to her ex-husband Leon Siebel as she paid an emotional tribute to him on what would have been their nineteenth anniversary on Tuesday.
The 44-year-old girlfriend of former Collingwood coach Nathan Buckley, additionally shared various pictures of Leon with the previous couple's three sons.
'As we speak would have been our nineteenth marriage ceremony anniversary,' Alex started.
The beauty injector then supplied an aesthetic tribute to Leon for 'at all times being there' for her and their kids.
'I thanks for being there for me and the boys. Thanks for being so supportive,' she added of the good-looking businessman.
Alex went on to say whereas it hasn't at all times been 'rainbows and lollipops' the previous couple have labored exhausting to co-parent from a spot of affection and respect.
'We've got endeavoured to at all times do what is correct for our household,' she added.
Alex revealed the couple met in Melbourne as youngsters and had been launched by mutual buddies who invited them to a celebration at a tennis court docket.
She went on to say Leon was a beautiful position mannequin and father to their sons.
'Thanks for at all times having my finest pursuits at coronary heart,' she continued. 'The boys and I are so very pleased with the whole lot you could have achieved.'
The star went on to say she was pleased with Leon for kicking objectives, including one of the best was but to come back for him.
'We could not have lasted in marriage, however most significantly we now have gone from energy to energy as co-parents and as buddies.'
Leon supplied compliments again at his ex-wife, by thanking her for the love and help she provides him and their boys.
'Thanks for all of your encouragement and help,' he wrote. 'Very pleased with you and a lot love for our household.'
Alex rose to WAG stardom after it was revealed she was courting Nathan Buckley. She was married to Leon in her twenties.
The often personal enterprise proprietor spoke about her first marriage to Leon on the Ageless by Rescu podcast in December final 12 months.
'Marriage may be very totally different to what you count on, particularly whenever you get married in your early twenties,' she stated.
'My first husband is just like the brother I by no means had. He is superb. We discuss each day, we now have dinner on a regular basis. However I used to be like just a little lady, like a baby [in that marriage],' the mother-of-three defined.
When requested to explain her relationship with Nathan, Alex stated: 'I really feel maturity, but in addition it is a feeling of being very equal.'
'We're each actually superb on our personal, after which once we come collectively it is a very equal feeling of supporting one another, and it is actually pretty,' she added.
