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    Mario Balotelli puffs on vape and enjoys glass of wine on romantic gondola ride with mystery blonde in Venice

    MARIO BALOTELLI puffed on a vape and enjoyed a glass of wine on a romantic date with a mystery blonde.The former Manchester City and Liverpool star visited Venice with who appeared to be his new girlfriend.
    Mario Balotelli and a mystery blonde were seen in VeniceCredit: BackGrid
    They both enjoyed a glass of wine as they relaxed during their rideCredit: BackGrid
    Balotelli puffed on what looked like a vapeCredit: BackGrid
    The ex-Man City star hugged who could be his new girlfriendCredit: BackGrid
    They took in the sights and relaxed during a gondola ride around the city.
    Balotelli wore a black shirt and short khaki trousers to go with his cap and sunglasses.
    He completed the outfit with two big earrings in his right ear.
    Meanwhile, his partner on the trip stunned in a figure-hugging dress.
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    The couple were pictured holding hands and hugging as they enjoyed their day out.
    Balotelli booked a room in a posh hotel in Venice and the pair did plenty of shopping in jewellery stores before heading to the luxury Bistrot de Venise restaurant for lunch.
    Little is known about the mystery blonde with reports in Italy saying her name is Cecilia.
    Only a few months ago, Balotelli was seen supposedly holidaying in the Maldives with girlfriend Francesca Monti, but it appears their relationship may have ended.
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    The 32-year-old striker is currently with Swiss side Sion, where he scored six goals in 19 games last season.
    However, the club were relegated to the second division and he has not played in any of their three matches so far this term.
    Balotelli has reportedly caught unwanted attention with his partying during his time at Sion and allegedly punched Sion’s sporting director by accident while in fancy dress.
    Reports in Italy say the woman’s name is CeciliaCredit: BackGrid
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    Elderly Coronation Street legend checked out my wife Abbey’s bum on a trip to Waitrose, reveals Peter Crouch

    PETER Crouch has revealed an unlikely love rival for model wife Abbey Clancy – Coronation Street’s William Roache.The pair claimed that the soap legend, 91, who has played Ken Barlow since 1960, “perved” on her while they were shopping in Waitrose.
    Peter Crouch has claimed he once saw Corrie legend William Roache checking out wife Abbey ClancyCredit: Getty
    Peter said the Ken Barlow actor checked out Abbey in WaitroseCredit: Getty
    Laughing on their Therapy Crouch podcast, the married couple were talking about the Barbie movie when Crouchy, 42, quipped: “I can be your Ken.”
    And Abbey, 37, retorted: “Do you remember Ken Barlow perved on me?
    “It’s my claim to fame.”
    Peter added: “Ken Barlow checked Ab out in a Waitrose.
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    “I was in the car and I said, ‘Oh, that’s Ken Barlow there.’
    “Then I stayed in the car while Abs just ran in quickly into Waitrose.
    “As she ran in, I watched Ken and he just checked her arse out for ages!
    “I was about to get out and go, ‘F***ing give it a rest, Ken!’
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    “Ken Barlow? He’s quite a suave old dude.”
    Childhood sweethearts Abbey and Peter married in 2011 and share four children.
    Bill Roache has been married twice and his second wife Sara McEwan Mottram passed away in 2009.
    His last public relationship was with TV weather presenter Emma Jesson, 36 years his junior.
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    Amir Khan’s wife Faryal told love rival ‘I’ll slit your throat’ and ‘I hope you die of cancer’ in vicious rant

    AMIR KHAN’s wife Faryal Makhdoom launched into a furious rant at a new love rival linked to her love-rat husband, saying she hoped she would “die of cancer”.The reality star also said she would slit her throat during a screaming telephone conversation with the unnamed woman, who former world ­boxing ­champion Amir met in Dubai.
    Amir Khan’s wife Faryal Makhdoom launched into a furious rant at a love rival linked to her husbandCredit: Getty
    Faryal Makhdoom, 32, said she hoped the woman would ‘die of cancer’ during a screaming telephone conversationCredit: INSTAGRAM/FARYAL
    In an audio recording heard by The Sun, Faryal, 32, vents: “If you ever contact Amir again, I will slit your f****** throat.
    “You should be scared of me, b*tch, you should be scared of me.”
    She added: “I hope one day you die with cancer, b*tch, okay?
    “Now go hang up. F*** off now. Dumb b*tch.”
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    Influencer Faryal, who shares three children with the former Team GB star, also boasted about how she is “the biggest Asian” and claimed people are keen to imitate her.
    Faryal ranted: “I’m the biggest Asian, alright, and girls like you look up to me.”
    “And you sleep with married men — b*tch.
    “Have you seen the state of you? You think you look like me? B*tch, you wish you looked like me.”
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    While the remarks were not intended as a genuine threat, it’s not the first time Faryal has ranted at another woman targeted by Amir’s flirting.
    Last week, former BBC presenter Suzi Mann revealed that Faryal had sent her “vile and abusive” messages after receiving inappropriate texts from Amir, 36, after a music concert in 2016.
    Ms Mann said: “It was apparent she had gotten hold of his phone and seen all the messages he had been sending me.
    “She then proceeded to message me pretending to be him — which was immediately obvious because she appeared to have, at the time, a few more brain cells than him.”
    Faryal’s latest rant, which has been circulated on TikTok, comes as Amir desperately tries to patch up their troubled ten-year marriage.
    Last month, it was revealed the couple were living apart, basing themselves between their homes in Dubai and the UK, after Amir was caught sexting bridal model and influencer Sumaira, 25.
    He bought his wife a £130,000 ­Mercedes in a bid to win her over, plus posted clips of a family cinema trip, with a camera crew, in an attempt to prove a reconciliation had taken place.
    The Sun revealed last week that the pair were trying to work out their marital problems.
    In an audio recording heard by The Sun, Faryal vents: ‘If you ever contact Amir again, I will slit your f** **** throat’Credit: Reuters
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    Amir Khan gifts wife Faryal a £130k Mercedes G Wagon after sexting scandal but gets stony-faced response

    AMIR Khan attempted to heal the rift with wife Faryal from his sexting scandal by buying her a £130,000 Mercedes G Wagon — but was met with a stony-faced response.He had the motor delivered to her in Dubai as a surprise present, along with a bouquet of red roses.
    Faryal Makhdoom’s icy stare said it all as Amir Khan had a £130,000 Mercedes delivered to herCredit: Supplied
    Boxer Amir is trying to heal the rift with his wife after his sexting scandalCredit: Supplied
    On a social media clip he said ‘she loves G Wagons so I wanted to surprise her’Credit: Supplied
    On a social media clip he said: “She loves G Wagons so I wanted to surprise her.”
    He added: “Hope you like it”.
    But Faryal’s cool expression said it all.
    It came just a week after she gave the former world champ his marching orders after The Sun on Sunday revealed last month he had been sexting bridal model Sumaira, 25.
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    And last week we told how Amir had romped with a 30-year-old brunette during a four-month affair.
    A friend said: “Faryal is insistent she won’t be walked over like a doormat.
    “The past few weeks have been incredibly tough for her.
    “She says she feels humiliated by the stories that have been coming out.
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    “Amir has more than his fair share of making up to do before he can even think about moving back into their home.
    “Faryal has taken a lot of crap throughout their marriage and she’s fed up of doing so.”
    Sources say Faryal feels ‘humiliated’ by the stories that have been coming outCredit: Doug Seeburg – Commissioned by The Sun More

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    Amir Khan accused of sexual harassment by former BBC star after ‘bombarding her with messages & calls’

    AMIR Khan has been accused of sexual harassment by a former BBC presenter.Suzi Mann – who worked for the BBC Asian Network – says Khan, 36, bombarded her with messages and calls after meeting at a concert.
    Former BBC presenter Suzi Mann has accused Amir Khan of sexual harassmentCredit: Instagram
    She goes on to allege Khan’s wife Faryal launched a ‘vile and abusive’ attack after receiving the messagesCredit: Instagram
    She said she was coming forward with the claims to call out AmirCredit: Instagram
    She says she did not feel “comfortable” and chose not to “entertain” the advances before allegedly receiving a message from Khan’s wife Faryal Makhdoom threatening to “destroy” her.
    In an explosive post on Instagram earlier this week, Ms Mann, a single mum, told her 19,000 followers: “I first met Amir Khan in 2016 whilst I was hosting Arijit Singh in Manchester!
    “A couple of days after the concert, I started receiving WhatsApp messages from an unknown number, with someone claiming to be Amir Khan!
    “I immediately had to ask, actor or boxer? Unfortunately it was the latter!
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    “On a more serious note, these messages continued and then I started to receive calls and voicemails from Amir Khan himself.
    “Now I’ve been in this industry too long to not know when someone is flirting and making sexual advances.

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    “This was not something I felt comfortable with and I chose to not entertain it, but remained professional.”
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    Ms Mann, who presented the Official Asian Music Chart Show, claims it was then that Khan’s wife launched a tirade of “vile, abusive and uncalled for” attacks.
    The former presenter claimed: “It was apparent she had gotten hold of his phone and seen all the messages he had been sending me.
    “She then proceeded to message me pretending to be him, which was immediately obvious because she appeared to have (at the time), a few more brain cells than him.”
    Ms Mann went on to claim women have “fallen for his lies” – either “reciprocated his advances or… actively pursued relationships”.
    And she accused the pair of going “out of their way” to “abuse, blackmail, insult and threaten women”.
    The presenter said she chose to call Khan and his wife out because “enough is enough”.
    The Sun has approached Amir Khan’s and his wife Faryal Makhdoom’s representatives for comment.
    It comes as we revealed Khan begged a model to send him revealing pictures and tried to meet up with her in the run-up to his 10th wedding anniversary.
    He told influencer Sumaira, 25, “U look good on g string” and suggested she had a “boob job”.
    Khan and wife Faryal, 31, have reportedly split following the sexting scandal – spending time between homes in Britain and Dubai.
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    A source close to the Khan family told MailOnline: “Faryal is taking time to think about whether or not to walk away.
    “She’s going through a very difficult time and choosing to focus on her children while she and Amir continue to co-parent.”
    Ms Mann says have ‘fallen for his lies’ – having either ‘reciprocated his advances or… actively pursued relationships’Credit: Instagram
    Ms Mann says the incident happened a few days after meeting Khan at a concert in 2016
    Khan and wife Faryal, 31, have reportedly split following sexting scandalCredit: Instagram / @amirkingkhan
    Khan is also accused of begging model Sumaira to send him revealing pictures and tried to meet up with herCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd More

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    Amir Khan hints at reconciliation with Faryal Makhdoom and shares clip of cinema trip with wife after marriage ‘split’

    AMIR Khan has hinted at a reconciliation with wife Faryal Makhdoom as he shared a clip of them at the cinema following their suspected split. The couple were reportedly “on the rocks” following a recent sexting scandal which saw the former boxing champ, 36, meet a woman for hotel sex over a period of four months.
    Amir Khan shared a snap of him at the cinema with his wife and ‘crew’ after reports he had split from his wifeCredit: snapchat
    Despite being rocked by cheating rumours throughout their marriage, the pair now seem to be on the mend
    The Sun on Sunday revealed Khan had demanded “no holds barred” sex from the woman earlier this year before the fling escalated.
    It’s understood Faryal, 32, found out about the betrayal before calling the woman, who wants to remain anonymous, and threatening to out her.
    A source recently said Faryal, who shares a daughter with Khan, was deciding “whether or not to walk away from the marriage”.
    But despite being rocked by cheating rumours throughout their marriage, the pair now seem to be on the mend as they shared an evening together at the cinema with pals.
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    In a Snapchat story, Khan posted a video at the private screening before revealing he was there with his “crew”.
    He said: “We’ve just come into the cinema. It’s a nice little private one this.
    “Everything else is good just came with Faryal and the crew here to the cinema.
    “We’re just chilling doing our thing.”
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    Faryal also posted a picture to her Instagram story of her watching a film.
    Appearing to be in a cinema and posting at the same time, it is not clear that it’s definitely the same movie.
    It comes after both Khan and Faryal were spotted without their wedding rings last week.
    Despite finding himself at the centre of cheating allegations once again, Khan made his first public appearance just days after rumours began circulating.
    He appeared on TNT Sports on Saturday ahead of the Terence Crawford and Errol Spence Jr fight with no ring in sight.
    And Faryal partied the scandal away after finding out about her hubby’s alleged affair.
    In an interview with The Sun on Sunday, the woman involved in the sex scandal said that Khan told her his marriage was “on the rocks”.
    Khan had messaged the woman on Instagram in February after she viewed his profile.
    She said: “I got a notification that I had a message from Amir Khan. I was shocked and, at first, thought it was a joke but he asked me for my number and then started messaging me on WhatsApp.
    “He was intense straight away and spoke about his marriage problems. I thought he was very confident.”
    Me and my wife are having big problems. On camera looks okay . . . I’m doneKHAN
    In one text, Khan said: “Things were a little tough [at the moment] with what we going through.”
    The woman said: “He then rang me and told me he was in an unhappy marriage — and it was more of a business arrangement.”
    The next day, Khan sent a number of selfies from a Pakistan work trip and asked her to send him some “naughty pictures”.
    He wrote: “I need to let me have u for a day locked up with me. Make it dirty n naughty. No holds bar. Everything goes. U know it’s been 4 months for me. No sex.”
    A fortnight later, the couple met up at a ­restaurant in Wembley, North West London, where Khan was hanging out with pals.
    She said: “I went to meet him for the first time and he was with friends.
    “We just chatted and it seemed normal to them he was meeting a woman that wasn’t his wife, which I found surprising.
    “Nothing happened but then the next day he asked me to drive to visit him in Manchester.”
    On March 7, the woman travelled from London to a plush hotel in Manchester where she checked in under the company name “Khan Operations”.
    She said: “It was quite brazen that I was checking in under his name.
    “We went out to dinner and then he had to go back to his friend’s house to FaceTime Faryal so she would think he was staying there while I waited at the hotel. We had a night of passion.”
    The following week, the woman claims Khan begged her to visit him at a hotel in London, where he was staying during a trial after he was robbed of his £72,000 watch in April 2022.
    She said: “He messaged me, pleading me to get to his hotel room at 3am. I ended up driving there later and stayed four hours.”
    She added: “Things started to get serious. He’d message he loved me and even asked me to be his girlfriend.”
    Just days later, Khan messaged: “Me and my wife are having big problems. On camera looks okay . . . I’m done.”
    But in May, he turned on a WhatsApp function which means texts are deleted automatically after 24 hours.
    She said: “I asked him to turn it off as I felt insulted — like I was his dirty little secret.
    “He told me over the phone he’d been kicked out as Faryal had caught him cheating but he said it was an old video on his phone.”
    She and Khan met up one more time before the relationship swiftly ended.
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    On June 5, the woman claims she received a phone call from him to warn her that his wife had found her number on his phone and blocked her.
    She said: “He was flying back to Dubai without her and said he’d call me when he got there.”
    The woman then received a second call at midnight — but this time from Faryal, adding: “She said she wanted to know what was going on and Amir had told her I was a fan who was harassing him.
    “I put the phone down on her and she sent me a text message.”
    Faryal’s text to the woman, seen by The Sun on Sunday, read: “I know you’re a very bad liar and I can see right through your bs.
    “So next time stop stuttering and get your story straight.
    “Trying to protect a man who blocked you and doesn’t rate you. I have recorded the whole call and have proof of your harassment.
    “I don’t want to name and shame you . . . if I was you I wouldn’t even attempt to contact him.”
    The woman said: “I was in shock. There was no harassment as proven by the messages. I wasn’t allowed to contact Amir first.”
    On June 8, Khan sent a text saying: “She’s back today. I will message you soon.” The woman said: “He then went to the Maldives and I didn’t hear from him.
    “On June 15, I got a missed voice call and a voice note saying he’d call me when he can and a few days later he changed his number.”
    She added: “It made me feel like s***. He got what he wanted and then just dropped me.
    “I always knew he was married. It’s not about that. It’s the lack of respect and the sudden shift in behaviour. Faryal’s message was horrible too. It scared me.
    “I then found out that he had been sexting other women at the same time he was having sex with me — which I find vile.”
    It is the second time this year Faryal has had to deal with public allegations.
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    Khan was forced to apologise to his wife after we revealed he begged bridal model Sumaira, 25, for cheeky pictures and asked her to meet him.
    The former light-welterweight world champion is now said to be looking to invest £100,000 into Faryal’s make-up business in a bid to save their marriage, according to the MailOnline.
    Faryal also posted a picture to her Instagram story of her watching a filmCredit: Instagram/@faryalmakhdoom
    The former light-welterweight world champion is now said to be looking to invest thousands into his wife’s businessCredit: Getty
    Faryal removed her wedding ring as she enjoyed a night out with palsCredit: Instagram
    The couple share a daughter together
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    Shakira’s ex Gerard Piqué ‘moves new lover Clara Chia into couple’s old mansion’ after bitter divorce battle

    SHAKIRA’S ex-Gerard Piqué has moved with his new lover Clara Chía into the couple’s old mansion, an insider claims.The footballer’s new home is reportedly the one where he lived with the Colombian star during her first pregnancy.
    Gerard Pique and his new girlfriend Clara ChiaCredit: Splash
    Shakira and Pique split after 11 years togetherCredit: AFAP
    “It was in 2012, the images of the pregnancy and going to the hospital were in that house,” journalist Pepe del Real told El Programa de Ana Rosa.
    Del Real claims the house is also Shakira’s first home in Spain.
    “Shakira lived in that house in 2012 when she arrived in Barcelona,” he said.
    “What’s more, the images of Shakira leaving the hospital, of her pregnant and arriving at the house were in that house, which is in the town of Cambrils.
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    “It’s quite secure, it’s not next to the sea but it does have a lot of privacy.”
    He added: “It is an old Piqué house, I imagine that he would have rented it or used it on a weekend.
    “It is not a new love nest, it is a house that they are going to use to go live or settle for summer with Clara Chía.”
    The couple will leave Piqué’s Barcelona city centre apartment and move into the mansion, located just a few metres away from the beach.
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    The lavish home has several floors, a huge terrace, an infinity pool and a football pitch.
    Piqué’s move comes after his Shakira enjoyed three secret meetings with Lewis Hamilton at her Ibiza villa, an insider claimed.
    The Colombian star and F1 ace have sparked dating rumours after being spotted getting cosy at a string of events in recent months.
    Paparazzo Sergio Garrido told Spanish TV channel Telecinco that the pair met “three times in the Ibiza villa” where Shakira was staying earlier this month during a break in the F1 season.
    “When the workers left, the singer stayed alone with her private escort and received a visit from Hamilton,” he said.
    Garrido also claimed that Hamilton’s driver overheard the pilot’s “constant conversations” with the Latina singer.
    The paparazzo explained how Shakira and Lewis have coincided in space and time on the island of Pitiusa.
    Shakira, 46, split from her long-term footballer boyfriend last year and is now claimed to be “fast-tracking” her apparent love affair with Hamilton.
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    Earlier this month, she was also spotted bathing in a river with Latino singer Rauw Alejandro.
    Hot on the heels of his split from his popstar fiancée Rosalía, the heartthrob and Shakira took a dip in a river to cool off from the scorching Puerto Rico sun.
    Shakira reportedly lived in the mansion when she first moved to Barcelona in 2012Credit: Getty
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    Inside ex-England ace Ashley Cole’s incredible reinvention from serial cheat to family man – and the secret behind it

    HE was the bad boy of football whose cheating and wild partying destroyed his high-profile marriage to Cheryl Tweedy.But fast forward nearly two decades and Ashley Cole appears to be a changed man, tamed by Italian model Sharon Canu, 30, who he married at the weekend.
    Bride and groom, Sharon Canu and Ashley Cole say ‘I do’ as they tie the knotCredit: Instagram
    The happy couple celebrate their wedding near the bride’s native Rome
    In contrast to his first marriage, the ex-Chelsea and England full-back, 42, has kept this near decade-long romance out the spotlight, rarely posting snaps of his new love or their two children, Jaxon, seven, and Grace, five.
    But last night the loved-up couple released another picture from their fairytale wedding showing them under a huge floral arch as smoke cannons created a rainbow overhead.
    The romantic nuptials, near the bride’s native Rome, were intimate, with just a few of their close family and friends — including Ashley’s former England team-mates John Terry and Frank Lampard — as guests.
    They exchanged vows at the Hotel La Vecchia Posta in Ladispoli, on a clifftop overlooking the Med, with the children as bridesmaid and page boy. The newlyweds then took the floor for their first dance to The Greatest Showman’s Never Enough.
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     Spectacular fireworks lit up the al fresco reception before the guests partied late into the night.
    Their big day comes 16 months after Ashley popped the question.
    When he met Sharon in Italy in 2014 he was at his lowest ebb, with his divorce from Girls Aloud singer Cheryl and brushes with the law in his wake, as well as the accidental shooting of a work experience student with an air gun at Chelsea’s Surrey training ground.
    But his romance with Sharon and the birth of their two children has turned him into a devoted family man.
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    In a rare 2019 interview with The Telegraph, he said he had “grown up”, adding: “I was a young, angry kid at the time and now I’ve grown up and understand the things I did is life, it happens. I’ve learnt from it, it’s made me a better person. It’s made me a great dad.
    “These are the things I focus on now, my kids and my girlfriend. It’s a different me, I’m more of a family man now. You won’t see me in nightclubs any more, you’ll see me at a park pushing my kids.”
    His latest wedding was much more low-key than the ceremony with Cheryl, at Wrotham Park, Herts, in 2006.
    With her band Girls Aloud riding high and Ashley at the height of his footballing prowess, it was the showbusiness wedding of the decade and cost a reported £500,000.
    The bridesmaids were Cheryl’s bandmates Nadine Coyle, Nicola Roberts, Kimberley Walsh and Sarah Harding.
     And the guest list was said to include Sugababes stars Amelle Berrabah, Keisha Buchanan and Heidi Range, Blue’s Simon Webbe and singer Jamelia, plus footballers Joe Cole, John Terry, Jermaine Jenas, Jermain Defoe and Sol Campbell.
    Cheryl, then 23, celebrated the union with a Mrs C tattoo on her neck.
    But at 25, Ashley was clearly not ready to settle down and a string of cheating allegations plagued the marriage. In 2008, hairdresser Aimee Walton told of an alleged hook-up with Ashley, claiming he was so drunk he threw up on her carpet twice during sex.
    On the moment she learned about his cheating, Cheryl wrote in her explosive memoir: ‘“I hope you enjoyed it!’, I screamed. ‘I hope she was worth it! It’s the end of your marriage. You don’t understand what you’ve done. It’s f***ed!’.
    “After hours of me ranting, screaming and crying uncontrollably, I was exhausted.”
     Cheryl eventually took him back, but called it quits after 2010 claims that he cheated on her with four more women and that he allegedly paid one £10,000 to keep quiet. As well as cheating accusations, Ashley’s wild partying and reckless antics led to two minor brushes with the law.
    In March 2009 he was hit with an £80 fine after an altercation outside a nightclub, where he refused to stop swearing in front of a cop.
    The following January he was slapped with a four-month driving ban and a £1,000 penalty for speeding at 104mph in a 50mph zone.
    Cheryl filed for divorce in May 2010 and the split was finalised that September. But the pair remain close, and Ashley was among the first to text her when she split from second husband Jean-Bernard Fernandez-Versini in 2016.
    She has also messaged congratulations on the birth of both his kids, as well as wishing him well before last weekend’s wedding. The press-shy footballer also hit the headlines in February 2011 when he accidentally shot a student, 21, at Chelsea.
    Ashley was “larking about” with a .22 air rifle when he fired the gun at Tom Cowan, who was hit in the side and received a minor injury.
    He was fined two weeks’ wages — around £220,000 — but dodged a police rap as no charges were filed.
    Manager Carlo Ancelotti defended the player, insisting: “There was never any chance of Ashley being sacked. He has always behaved very well. He made a mistake. It was an accident.”
    Following his split from Cheryl, Ashley dated reality star Anna Kelle and Towie’s Pascal Craymer.
    But his 2014 transfer to Italian club AS Roma led him to Sharon. The couple kept their blossoming relationship under wraps in the early years, posting no pictures of each other on social media. But Sharon revealed a huge bunch of red roses on her page on Valentine’s day 2016, with the caption, “Miss you”.
    The couple became more public after their first child, Jaxon, arrived in February that year, with Sharon posting snaps of all three of them.
    On his son’s first birthday, Ashley told how fatherhood had changed him after an underprivileged background, and fame and fortune, saw him forget what was important.
    “I’ve been incredibly fortunate to have most things I wanted in life, cars, houses, watches, clothes,” he wrote. “Coming from East London with not a lot growing up and a mum looking after two boys alone, life wasn’t always easy. So of course it’s easy to lose your way in life sometimes, to forget about the things that are most important. But this morning I woke up to something that exceeds anything I’ve ever had before: A smile that never goes away.
    “Every day I wake up to the most beautiful thing I could ever dream of, a son that makes my heart melt, a son that never stops smiling, a son that can make me laugh no matter what kind of mood I’m in.
    “A son that I’m proud of, a son I watch fall asleep because I never want to leave him, a son that reminded me what’s important in life.”
    The couple’s daughter Grace was born in February 2018 and Sharon’s social media is now full of photos of her family and tributes to her “handsome man” and “better half”.
    Hugely supportive, the model’s messages reveal her admiration for her man. In 2019, after Ashley announced his retirement at 39, she wrote: “I love listening whilst you talk about your memories, when you started, when you understood it would have been your job and when you realised you could have made it. You did, you realised your dream, the dream of a kid. It’s been hard and sacrificing but it’s been worth it. You are an amazing man, on the pitch and off. A wonderful father and my biggest love. You make me proud every day.”
    On Ashley’s 40th birthday in December 2020, Sharon wrote: “I love you so much! Happy 40th birthday to the man of my dreams, the love of my life, the kindest heart I’ve ever met. You are the sweetest feeling I know.”
    Ashley was once the bad boy of football whose cheating and wild partying destroyed his high-profile marriage to Cheryl TweedyCredit: Rex Features
    Ex-Chelsea and England full-back, Ashley, has kept this near decade-long romance out the spotlightCredit: PA:Press Association
    Sharon followed Ashley from Rome to Derby for his final playing stint before he went on to coach the team. After joining Frank Lampard at Chelsea, Ashley and Sharon moved to a Surrey mansion where, in 2020, they suffered a horrifying ordeal at the hands of armed raiders who tied Ashley up, threatening to cut off his fingers with pliers.
    Sharon and the children were at home at the time and Ashley had been holding his baby girl just before the attack. The thugs made off with watches, phones, cash, a Gucci bag and a BMW smart key.
    Ashley finally popped the question to Sharon in March 2022, getting down on one knee after filling the room with flowers. She revealed she was celebrating the “easiest yes she’d ever said”. A source said at the time: “Ashley loves Sharon to bits. He’s really happy. He loves his kids. For him, it was the right time. His life is his kids and family now.”
    In June, Sharon posted snaps of her Ibiza hen do with ex-Towie star Sam Faiers, who has become a close pal, plus Ashley’s sister-in-law Lisa and six other mates.
    She wrote: “We laughed a lot, sang a lot, danced a lot, drunk a lot, ate a lot. Barely slept, barely looked nice, barely took pictures. Wouldn’t change one second of it.”
    Ahead of the wedding, a source told The Sun: “Ashley and Sharon are madly in love and have spent months planning their special day.
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    “Loads of her family live there and it’s very romantic. As a couple they have been very private, so they don’t feel the need for a flashy, public wedding.”
    And the quiet, classy nuptials send the ultimate message that the former hellraiser has settled down.
    Ashley and Sharon with their two children on a family break More