I am A Celeb star Kelly Brook ended Jason Statham relationship after controversy

Warning: This text accommodates dialogue of home violence which some readers could discover distressing.

Kelly Brook is set to grow to be a fixture on our TV screens when I am A Celeb kicks off this weekend however the former mannequin has confronted loads of challenges away from the jungle.

Now 45, and fortunately married to French mannequin Jeremy Parisi, the actress goes to need to endure one of many hardest camps but in Australia, though she will not be following within the footsteps of Matt Hancock or Nigel Farage who have been made to do a number of challenges in a row, after rule modifications have been additionally confirmed there.

Parisi, who appeared together with his spouse on BBC’s hit present Race Throughout The World final yr, married Brook again in 2022, however she’s truly been engaged 3 times earlier than, to rugby participant Thom Evans, Titanic star Billy Zane and maybe most memorably, A-list actor Jason Statham.

The pair dated between 1997 and 2004 and have been engaged however referred to as issues off earlier than the marriage, with Brook revealing just lately why their relationship got here to an finish.

She mentioned: “I had a very good job at MTV, I used to be internet hosting a each day present there and I used to be there for a couple of yr and my boyfriend on the time was an actor.

“He bought supplied just a few roles in issues and he had a lot expertise and charisma and I mentioned we simply have to go to America and thought it might be the making of us.

“I stop my job and we went and I used to be type of there as a help community for him and watched his profession flourish, whereas mine type of floundered a bit as a result of I didn’t have the identical alternatives.

“And I used to be flying backwards and forwards between the UK and LA, and it was fairly taxing and costly and exhausting.”

Nonetheless, there was additionally added controversy of their relationship, as Brook owned as much as hitting the Hollywood onerous man again in 2014, in addition to fellow ex-boyfriend Danny Cipriani, who performed Rugby Union for England.

She confirmed in her memoirs that she had assaulted each males and went on This Morning to defend herself, after quite a few anti-domestic violence campaigners branded her actions as ‘unacceptable’.

Brook mentioned: “In my defence, I do not suppose (Statham) felt it. That is Jason we’re speaking about – he is a martial arts knowledgeable! It is true I did each of these issues.

“I am not saying I am an angel and I am not saying that issues I’ve accomplished are proper. I am not saying that is the precise factor to do in any respect however yeah, I assume I bought a few of that fiery ardour from my dad and mom…

“These are large males that I am going out with, they are not going to (really feel it)… Have a look at me! I can not precisely do a person any harm.”

Nonetheless, hitting somebody as a result of they will not really feel it’s hardly an excuse, even when she might need felt her actions have been justified after Statham reportedly embarrassed her at Madonna’s wedding ceremony to Man Ritchie, whereas Cipriani had given his telephone quantity to a lap dancer.

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