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Gary Numan<\/a> has discussed his marriage to his wife Gemma O\u2019Neill and said how they met \u201cmay be illegal\u201d now.<\/p>\n The couple, who married in 1997 and share three children, met when O\u2019Neill was a paid-up member of his official fan club, which led to Numan becoming familiar with her after seeing her in the crowd at numerous concerts.<\/p>\n In a new interview with The Times<\/a>, Numan revealed that O\u2019Neill once told a careers advisor at school that one day, \u201cI\u2019m going to marry Gary Numan,\u201d which became a reality many years later.<\/p>\n They first met at a meet-and-greet when she was 12, which Numan, who was then 22, has no memory of happening, but crossed paths again six years later when they had a photo together in 1986.<\/p>\n From that point, O\u2019Neill was one of Numan\u2019s most devoted fans, who would travel all over to see his shows. In the new interview, Numan shared, \u201cThat\u2019s how I attracted her, which I think is illegal now.\u201d<\/p>\n However, following the unexpected loss of her mother, O\u2019Neill stopped attending concerts which led to Numan getting her details from his fan club and phoning her, noting, \u201cWhich again may be illegal,\u201d before revealing what he said on the call, \u201c\u2018Hello, it\u2019s me,\u2019 and she put the phone down \u2014 she thought it was somebody playing a cruel trick.\u201d<\/p>\n He then phoned her back, which led to O\u2019Neill interrogating him about his career to prove he was really Gary Numan before agreeing to go for dinner and accompany him to a radio interview, adding, \u201cI took her to a Little Chef because I\u2019m very down to earth. I don\u2019t do all that flash, rich man, pop star stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n Per The Independent<\/a>, they did not begin their relationship until the 1990s, when O\u2019Neill was in her 20s and later wed in 1997.<\/p>\n
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