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My daughter helped me deal with year of divorce pain, says Thierry
Kiran Randhawa19 Dec 2008
THIERRY Henry spoke today about the pain he has suffered since parting from his British model wife.
The former Arsenal footballer, who divorced Nicole Merry a year ago, said the split was particularly difficult because they have a daughter. The pair broke up after Henry, 31, left Britain after nine years to join Barcelona.
He added that having his three-year-old daughter Tea has helped him deal with the painful split. "Until you have a daughter in your arms, you don't know what it means," he said. "It's indescribable. You just can't understand it if you don't have kids.
"Before I only thought of my career and in dedicating all my time for my own things. Suddenly your entire scale of values changes. It's good to go deep into other things. It's tiring to talk only about football."
He said: "I think that last year was very tough. I arrived in Barca injured, in the middle of a separation."
Henry also spoke about the difficulties of growing up in Les Ulis, a rundown Paris suburb, and how parents Maryse and Antoine kept him out of jail.
"I saw very hard things in my childhood. I couldn't understand why my friends could go out at night. It frustrated me. While they were having fun outside, I was asking my mother why I couldn't go out. It hurt a lot," he said.
"Almost all of my friends from that time are now in prison."
