Irish Daily Star

Kay’s four times a day teeth habit

- ■■Richard GITTINS

TV STAR Vernon Kay has revealed that he brushes his pearly whites four times a day.

Despite dentists recommendi­ng that you brush your teeth twice-a-day for two minutes each time, Vernon (48) says he cleans his gnashers four times daily.

The dad-of-two who is married to Strictly’s Tess Daly - said: “I clean my teeth four times a day...I’m obsessive.”

Holes

He also told The Observer mag that if he couldn’t fall asleep he played ‘18 holes of golf ’ in his head.

The All Star Family Fortunes host said:

“If I can’t fall asleep, I play 18 holes around my favourite golf course in my head, and I’m done.”

THE glamorous ex-wife of football star Shay Given is locked in a court fight with her former fiance over an Aston Martin and a €340,000 engagement ring.

Former model Jane Given says she should be able to keep the €230,000 supercar and lavish ring that businessma­n Andrew Ralph paid for, despite dumping him and breaking off their engagement.

Ms Given began a relationsh­ip with the businessma­n in February 2018, having split from Ireland and Premier League legend Shay, father of her two kids, in 2013.

During their time together, they planned to get married and he bought her an Aston Martin DBX similar to one he owned himself “so that they could have matching cars...and in matching colours”.

He also handed her an engagement ring he claims is worth almost €346,000 during a holiday in Barbados in December 2019.

But Ms Given (47) ended the relationsh­ip in December 2020 and disgruntle­d Mr Ralph (54) is now suing her in a bid to make her give him the ring and the car back.

He says the car was “a wedding present” and since the wedding between them didn’t happen it should be returned to him.

But Ms Given is fighting the case, claiming that both the ring and the car were “gifts” that her ex has no right to now claim back. WhatsApp messages are now set to take centre stage as evidence in the fight between the former couple as to who owns the €500,000 items. Mr Justice Freedman, giving judgment in a preliminar­y hearing at London’s High

Court, said he had been shown “various WhatsApp messages” between the former couple “which are said to be informativ­e of the intention of the parties”.

He said that Ms Given “relies upon” the WhatsApp messages “as evidence” that the car and ring were handed over to her as “an absolute gift” and cannot be reclaimed by her ex.

“For example, on Monday 19 October 2020 with pictures of the car, Mr Ralph wrote ‘It’s your car! Xx’ and ‘Just enjoy your holiday and ill (sic) have it on the drive for your return’ and ‘Amazing wedding pressie and amazing timing so pleased x’,” the judge added.

However he went on to say that there was also WhatsApp evidence relied upon by Mr Ralph to back his claim.

Break-up

After the break-up “in a WhatsApp, Mr Ralph wrote within hours of the defendant leaving him: ‘I’m booked to land Friday and will collect my car, my things and take back the ring so it can be sold.

“As a gentleman I will give you half the money (which pays for school fees) and the €92,000 back. Good night’,” the judge said.

Mr Ralph had also “announced by email to Ms Given that he would be attending her home in the UK to take the DBX and he said: ‘DBX – this had intended to be a wedding gift.

“There has and will not be a wedding and the car is in my name and so remains mine. I will collect it on Saturday…’.

“He also claimed the engagement ring, saying that he would split the proceeds as a goodwill gesture.”

But Ms Given’s lawyers replied, telling her ex: “With regard to the DBX car, we are informed your client had this built for her and presented it to her as a gift, complete with registrati­on number. The engagement ring was also gifted to our client.”

Setting out the dispute over the ring, the judge said: “The claimant pleads that it was expressly and/or impliedly agreed that the defendant would return the engagement ring if the marriage did not proceed.

“This is disputed: the defendant denies that there was any such agreement and contends that the gift of the ring was simply an absolute gift.”

Mr Ralph made an applicatio­n for summary judgment in relation to the car, asking the court to hand it back to him without having to go to a full court trial. But Mr Justice Freedman said that the arguments were too complex to

be decided without a full hearing.

 ?? ?? GIFTS: Jane Given and (above) her former fiance Andrew Ralph
GIFTS: Jane Given and (above) her former fiance Andrew Ralph
 ?? ?? SPARKLING: Vernon
SPARKLING: Vernon

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