Kelly Brook has revealed the ‘very dramatic’ moment she cancelled her wedding just hours before the ceremony after being ‘manipulated and coerced’ by a much older ex she claimed ‘should have known better’.
The model and actress, 45, opened up about the ‘horrific’ ordeal on Thursday’s episode of Loose Women, and was joined in the ITV studio by panellists Kaye Adams, Oti Mabuse and Nadia Sawalha.
When Kelly was 25, she was engaged to be married to a 42-year-old unnamed man, and the couple planned to fly in a private jet to Vegas to elope.
But Kelly shared that just hours before they were due to wed, and while she was in her white dress, she called off the whole thing in tears.
‘I got engaged very young,’ she began. ‘And I felt like I was really kind of manipulated and coerced into something that I wasn’t ready for.’
Kelly continued: ‘That was because of the insecurity on the side of my partner who thought that this was the way of having me and owning me.
Kelly Brook has revealed the ‘very dramatic’ moment she cancelled her wedding just hours before the ceremony after being ‘manipulated and coerced’ by a much older ex
The model and actress opened up about the ‘horrific’ ordeal on Thursday’s episode of Loose Women, hosted by Kaye Adams (pictured)
‘And he was a lot older, so I kind of went along as a people pleaser, because sometimes you want to stay with the person but you’re not ready for that kind of commitment.
‘So, I went along with it until the very last minute and then went, ‘hang on a minute, I’m not ready for this now. The whole situation was wrong.’
Oti chimed in with support for Kelly’s bravery to turn her back on the decision when the pressure to conform was so strong.
‘Oh the jet was waiting, we were going to Vegas that day,’ Kelly said. ‘It was like a movie, it was all very dramatic and I was just crying ‘I can’t do this, my mum’s not here!’
Host Kaye then asked: ‘You weren’t in a dress, were you?’ to which Kelly responded: ‘I was in a dress, yes.’
She added: It was just horrific. It was the most horrific thing, but we stayed together and I think he came around to it and understood why.’
Although Kelly was keen not to mention the name of her thwarted ex-lover, she later revealed there was a 17-year age gap between her and the mystery man who ‘should have known better.’
The former page-3 girl found love with French model Jeremy Parisi in 2015, and the couple have been happily married for three years.
When Kelly was 25, she was engaged to be married to a 42-year-old unnamed man, and the couple planned to fly in a private jet to Vegas to elope [Kelly in her glamour model days]
Panellist Oti
The presenter found love with French model Jeremy Parisi in 2015, and the couple (pictured in May) have been happily married for three years
But before she settled down, Kelly had a string of high-profile engagements, including to Hollywood actors Jason Statham and Billy Zane, both 58, and rugby star Thom Evans, 40.
Her first engagement was to Fast And Furious star Jason, but the couple called it off in 2003, before Kelly struck up a relationship with Titanic actor Billy Zane in 2005.
After four years of dating, the pair ended their romance, with a source saying: ‘After much soul-searching, Kelly decided that Billy is not the man she wants to marry and has called off the engagement.’
Earlier this month, Kelly branded herself a ‘serial cheater’ before marriage – and admitted that she was stuck in a ‘horrible rut’ of ‘free-for-all’ betrayals.
The model admitted that it was a ‘really hard one’ but wanted to be honest with the audience and viewers at home.
Kelly said: ‘I’ve never said this, I never really talk about this, but for years I actually thought that I was a serial cheater…
‘Because I’d always been in relationships that were supposed to be monogamous but they never ended up being in the end, or during, or there was always a third party on one side of it.
‘And if it wasn’t, it just became what’s good for the goose is good for the gander.’
Her first engagement was to Fast And Furious star Jason, but the couple (pictured in 2001) called it off in 2003
Kelly struck up a relationship with Titanic actor Billy Zane in 2005 but after four years of dating, the pair (pictured) ended their romance
Among her high-profile boyfriends was rugby star Thom Evans, and the duo (pictured) were reportedly engagedÂ
Coleen Nolan then chimed in and asked: ‘So if they cheated, you cheated?’
Kelly replied: ‘Yeah. It was just like I’d been out with a lot of guys that were cheat-y.’
She continued: ‘I think, and even if they weren’t honest about it, you kind of know what it’s happening. And you think, well they’re at it, so it’s just a free-for-all isn’t it?
‘And then you just end up in this horrible rut of neither of you ever really committing properly.
‘It wasn’t until I met my husband ten years ago, and I just thought it was just going to be another situation that I’ve always been in.
‘He was so serious and so focused, and I was like ‘Oh!’ and it actually made me become the best version of myself in a relationship because all of a sudden I was like ‘Oh I’m not like that’.
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