'H&A' star's husband checks into clinic

The estranged husband of Home and Away actress Ada Nicodemou has checked himself into a Sydney clinic following their split.

Restaurant owner Chrys Xipolitas, who married Nicodemou three years ago, is reportedly staying in the Northern Beaches health facility to undergo treatment for alleged depression.

Xipolitas spent time at the same clinic after his restaurant Zippo's was damaged by fire in 2007 and later admitted that he and Nicodemou had spent time apart while he received psychological help.

At the time, he said: "The whole thing with depression is the shame you feel. You find it so hard to talk. What might make a normal person upset, I magnify it ten times. I go to therapy and Ada comes to listen and see what it's all about and try to help. And in almost every session, I cry."

Xipolitas's father John told The Daily Telegraph yesterday: "Can I just say Ada is a fantastic housewife and woman? I had a beautiful daughter-in-law and I hope they sort out their problems."