Why Ant’s livid wife is now gunning for every penny of his £62m fortune she can get!
As TV star is pictured with his new love (and old PA) amid a very unedifying war of words
announce it on his own, in January this year.
By this point he was living with mum Christine, with AnneMarie coming over daily in her role as his PA.
She had separated from her husband of 15 years, Scott, in October. they have two daughters, aged ten and 12, and had been living in a £600,000 terrace house in new Malden.
When did Ant and AnneMarie’s romance start?
his camp say ‘ very recently’ and say that everyone is happy that he has found love.
it is true, though, that his statement in January did not say — as is customary — that there was ‘ no third party involved’. By March, Lisa had a ‘ niggling’ feeling that something was going on between Ant and Anne-Marie.
Pictures which showed Ant carrying a packed lunch were a clue — she felt it showed AnneMarie going rather further to look after him than a PA normally would. She got in touch with Anne- Marie’s husband Scott, who works for a meat wholesalers, but he was no wiser than she was.
AFALSE rumour started to gain ground this spring that Ant and Lisa might get back together.
it was said that Lisa hoped that Ant would turn his back on some ‘toxic friends’ and realise that their marriage was worth saving after all.
instead, as we now know, they were not even on speaking terms. then she read the story in a red-top newspaper last Sunday about his new love.
Ant did not warn her that it was coming out — and she was devastated, all the more so given the identity of the new woman: ‘My Friend and Our PA who i let into Our home,’ she raged.
Anne-Marie seemed unmoved by her anger, and simply upped her glamour the following day, leaving home with a perfect blow dry, red lipstick, and a rather brief minidress which showed off her long legs (she is far taller than Lisa who is 5ft 4in).
An ex- colleague says: ‘ Lisa always thought that she and Ant would get back together, so she is in hell now.
‘the idea of him having kids with someone else is absolutely killing her. Lisa will not be controlled by Ant’s management company. they are terrified of what she will say next.’
A friend of Ant’s says: ‘ AnneMarie has been around for a long time and she is a nice girl.
‘i’m not at all surprised that they got together.’ Another says: ‘i think Lisa knew that something was going on, to be honest. Ant loves women and he loves fun.
‘i’m not sure he was getting that from Lisa. it seems to me that she wants Ant to feel bad about it.
‘Lisa does not want to move on. As far as she and Anne-Marie go, they were friends but not close buddies.
‘it was a work-type friendship. i didn’t think they were close mates.’
the friend added: ‘Anne-Marie is very easy going, fun. She’s just supportive and nice.
‘She does not want to rule the roost or dominate, she’s not hard work.
‘ i know she had her own marriage problems. that brought them together.
‘Dec really likes her, and he’s very happy that Ant is happy.’