Kylie Minogue's ex fiancé Joshua Sasse is "really down".

Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue

Joshua Sasse and Kylie Minogue

The 29-year-old British actor is reportedly devastated his US show 'No Tomorrow' was cancelled just days after he split from the pop star, after just 500,000 people tuned into watch the finale on American network The CW.

A source close to the hunk told The Sun online: "It's just more bad news after another at the moment and he was really down when the show was cancelled."Now after the split he doesn't want to hang around in the UK for too long as he knows he'll just be known as Kylie's ex everywhere he goes."

He was hoping he could build a profile in Los Angeles off the back of the show and make a name for himself out there as very few people relate to him as Kylie's ex."

At the moment he's staying with his parents in Hereofordshire but he'll be back to LA as soon as possible to give things another go."

Kylie and Joshua got engaged in February 2016 and had been planning their nuptials in the latter half of the year, although they vowed to only tie the knot once same-sex marriage was legalised in her native Australia.

At the height of their romance, Kylie had described herself as being on "cloud nine" because of Joshua.Kylie thanked her fans for all their "love and support" in the wake of the break-up.

The 48-year-old Australian pop wrote to her fans on Instagram revealing the pair had gone their "separate ways" but "wish only the best for each other" moving forward.

Alongside a photo of a sun-kissed sky, Kylie wrote: "Thank you for all your love and support throughout this recent chapter of my life. Thank you now for your love and understanding with the news that Josh and I have decided to go our separate ways. We wish only the best for each other as we venture towards new horizons. #thesunalwaysrises (sic)."