HAYLEY ‘David chose his parents over me’
Outspoken bride Hayley, 32, isn’t backwards in coming forwards, and she’s already pulling up her husband David, 31, for seemingly giving up on their marriage too quickly – and just trying to please his conservative parents.
The larger-than-life Hayley and truck driver David’s partnership went downhill on their honeymoon in Singapore after the groom “overreacted” to Hayley’s joke about his salary “not cutting it”. But Hayley tells WHO that there are other outside factors adding pressure to their relationship.
“Things fall apart and come back together again, and I believe the number one reason for all of this happening was the fact that he had his parents in his ear,” she says. “His parents have this idea of who he should be matched with and he started listening to them instead of listening to what was going on. You saw the wedding, we had a great day, although we were so different, we were bouncing off each other. But I don’t think he’s the type of man who can say ‘I can have a relationship with my parents and I can have a relationship with you’.”
David’s religious parents were openly disapproving of Hayley for her appearance and loud personality, which made her instantly worry “what the hell are they going to think of my past?!” – she battled and eventually overcame a serious drug addiction she’d had since her teen years. “The biggest thing that I find difficult is that they’re trying to press their values onto their son, and their son’s life,” Hayley says.