Together apart Iris and Mohamed part ways on same day as reunion
PENSIONER Iris Jones, who shot to fame after appearing on ITV’s This Morning in 2020, has had to part ways with her toyboy husband Mohamed once more.
The 82-year-old gran married her 36-year-old Egyptian husband in November 2020 after they met on Facebook in 2019.
Iris, a retired care worker from Weston-super-Mare, has since been sharing the journey of their relationship with fans on social media, and this week posted on Facebook to say how happy she was to be reunited with her husband after a month apart.
The Mirror reports that Iris took to the social platform to write: “Love is... Knowing you look like s**t after a day’s housework and gardening, without a scrap of make up on dressed in my scruff! After a month’s absence, my wonderful husband will welcome me just the way I am, because that’s what love is all about.
“Welcome home, Mohamed. Missing you this past month has made me realise what a priceless gem you are. This rough diamond of a wife will be more appreciative of you in the future.”
But on the very same day they were back together in person, Mohamed posted a video from Cairo airport in Egypt explaining he needed to go back to the country for a “special reason”.
Speaking in the video, he assured fans: “I miss my wife Iris, I miss her, and I miss my life with my wife.”
Mohamed was finally granted a three-year visa on November 3 last year, allowing him to move in with Iris.
Speaking to the Sunday Mirror last November, Iris shared how Mohamed rang her to tell her the good news while she was shopping.
“There was a lot of happy shouting and screaming,” she said.
“I cried in Tesco while sorting out my fruit and vegetables. My tears were dripping on the apples. It was amazing.”
When they were back in each other’s arms, she said: “We didn’t celebrate – we are just together and that’s celebration enough.
“We just had a cup of tea together. Mohamed is happy but he can’t say much at the moment. He’s one of those reserved Egyptians.”
Iris travelled from her home in Weston to London Heathrow to collect Mohamed.
“Three buses there and three back. We were worn out,” she said.
The couple first started chatting on a Facebook group for atheists in the summer of 2019. They met in person the following November and wed in Cairo a year later.
Iris told the Sunday Mirror last year that Mohamed planned to find engineering work in the UK.
Iris said: “As for the future, who knows. It depends on how long I last.”
The mum of two sons, Stephen, 55, and Darren, 54, said some relatives gave her the “silent treatment” after she married Mohamed.
But she said: “We love each other. That’s all that matters.”