Alex Scott opens up on ‘secret’ eight-year relationship with soccer legend

Alex Scott beforehand opened up about her ‘secret’ eight-year relationship.

The previous Lionesses participant is presently Down Beneath for this yr’s sequence of I’m A Superstar… Get Me Out of Right here!. And which means abandoning her girlfriend of two years, star Jess Glynne, as Scott stated it’s going to be a little bit of a ‘take a look at’.

Roughly a decade earlier than Scott discovered love with the ‘Maintain My Hand’ singer, she had her ‘past love and heartbreak’ with a footballing legend.

The 41-year-old is a former Arsenal star, having additionally performed for Birmingham Metropolis and Boston Breakers within the US earlier than retiring in 2017. These days, she’s a number one pundit and presenter, primarily working for the BBC in addition to Sky Sports activities. Scott has been the presenter of Soccer Focus since 2021 and in addition often hosts The One Present.

‘Secret’ relationship with soccer legend

In 2022, Scott launched her Sunday Occasions Bestseller memoir, How (Not) To Be Sturdy, detailing not solely her sporting profession however the story of her life behind the scenes.

And this included lifting the lid on her relationship with Arsenal teammate Kelly Smith.

When the I’m A Celeb star joined the group for her second stint in 2005, the pair discovered themselves taking part in collectively and a romance developed.

Smith is the second-highest feminine goalscorer for England with 46 objectives and is extensively thought-about by many as not solely one of many nation’s biggest ever gamers, however simply usually, one of many GOATs.

Scott ‘fell in love’ with the ahead and the pair had been collectively for eight years, with out the general public formally understanding.

When her memoir was launched, she told Mirror Soccer: “I am penning this guide and I need to inform every little thing. I believed I would be dishonest you all if I did not put that in there.”

Scott defined that it was ‘like that past love story’ for her as she fell ‘madly and deeply in love’ with Smith.

She added: “Sure, there’s that heartbreak and people issues, but it surely’s an enormous a part of my life and I would not return and alter that. As a result of that feeling of affection and that pleasure and what it offers you, it wanted to be in there.”

Throughout their relationship, the pair purchased a home in Hertfordshire earlier than they each moved to the US in 2009 to play for Boston Breakers. With the ladies’s league suspended within the states, they each ended up again at Arsenal and performed alongside one another for GB within the 2012 Olympics. And following their break up in roughly 2013, they’ve remained buddies.

I’m A Celeb ‘take a look at’

Forward of her time within the jungle, Scott stated she’s going to overlook Glynne ‘cooking pasta’ for her essentially the most.

“These quiet moments when your life’s 100mph, simply coming dwelling… she likes to prepare dinner, and we love to sit down and have a glass of wine, I’ll likely be watching soccer within the background,” she told The Solar.

“I’m positively going to overlook that, particularly once I’m so hungry.”

Realizing Glynne will likely be her ‘greatest cheerleader’, Scott added: “Most likely all I’m going to be serious about is, ‘Please, can I simply have Jessica’s pasta proper now?’ It’s a take a look at for each of us.”