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He’s a home wrecker not me, claims Vernon Kay Page 3 girl

- By Izzy Ferris Showbusine­ss Reporter

THE glamour model at the centre of the Vernon Kay texting scandal broke her silence yesterday and insisted that she is not a ‘home wrecker’.

Rhian Sugden, 29, has claimed that she exchanged hundreds of messages with the TV presenter, who also allegedly tried to set up a secret liaison with her in a hotel room.

It comes six years after his sex texts to the Page Three girl nearly cost the 41year- old his marriage to Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly, 46.

Last night it was reported that Miss Sugden’s fiance Oliver Mellor, a former Coronation Street actor, has ended their relationsh­ip after a huge row.

Kay claimed that the most recent Whatsapp messages he sent to Miss Sugden asking to meet had been taken out of context and that his wife of 13 years was completely aware of all contact.

But Miss Sugden hit back and insisted it was ‘crazy’ for him to say that he had told his wife about their messages and his suggestion­s for them to meet.

Branding him ‘nothing but a liar’, she told The Sun on Sunday: ‘I’ve kept my silence, but it’s time to stand up for myself and say what really happened.

‘ I’m not being labelled a home wrecker. The only person responsibl­e for wrecking Vernon’s marriage is Vernon himself.’

The glamour model said that the pair had a secret code for sex acts that they used in their lewd exchanges when they first met in 2010, including the words ‘gravy’ and ‘fountain’.

As the relationsh­ip developed, Miss Sugden claims Kay described a fantasy in which the pair met on Saddlewort­h Moor. She said the presenter described her as being ‘stark naked wearing just a rain mac’.

Miss Sugden claimed the pair recently got back in touch after she emailed him in a bid to find out ‘why he acted so callously’ following the scandal in 2010, resulting in conversati­ons between the pair re-starting.

She said the messages were not like the explicit messages they had exchanged in 2010, until it emerged that Kay had ‘ stalked’ her Instagram

‘Time to stand up for myself’

account and labelled one of her photograph­s a ‘10/10’.

Kay is said to have stored her number in his phone under the name Alice.

Messages reportedly reveal how they discussed their sixyear ‘breaking news anniversar­y’, before joking about ‘moving forwards... to another meeting’. At one point, Kay – who spoke to Miss Sugden on the phone on at least one occasion, according to the messages – even admitted ‘we are idiots’.

Messages appeared to show Kay suggesting ‘a very private location’ for a meeting between the pair, before telling the model: ‘You’d better get a wig.’

Last month, Kay reportedly booked a Manchester apartment and urged her to cover her tracks. Miss Sugden said: ‘He wanted to meet at a hotel but I just wanted to hear what he had to say. I’d no sexual interest in him so I told him a hotel wasn’t a good idea.

‘I said to book an apartment with a seating area, which he did. He kept telling me to tell nobody – that it would “kill him” if it got out.’ Miss Sugden alleges that it was her idea to call off a meeting after deciding it wasn’t a good idea.

She added: ‘Last time I took the rap for him. Now he is trying to do the same thing again, to put all the blame on me. But I won’t let him destroy my life.’

Miss Daly and Kay put on a united front on Saturday night as they were pictured together at a family event in Bolton.

They married in 2003 and have two daughters, Phoebe, 11, and Amber, six. It is thought that Miss Daly has put the latest scandal down to ‘entrapment’ and has given him a final chance to save the marriage if he breaks off all contact with the model.

Revealing details about Miss Sugden and Mr Mellor’s relationsh­ip, a friend told the Daily Mirror: ‘Rhian is still hopeful they can make the relationsh­ip work ... but as far as Oliver is concerned, it is over.’

A spokesman for Miss Sugden refused to comment when contacted last night.

 ??  ?? United front: Vernon Kay and Tess Daly at a family party on Saturday
United front: Vernon Kay and Tess Daly at a family party on Saturday
 ??  ?? Hitting back: Rhian Sugden
Hitting back: Rhian Sugden

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