Vanessa Feltz 'extremely angry' ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu 'blamed her' for split despite cheating
04.10.2023 - 04:41
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Vanessa Feltz has been left 'extremely angry' after her ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu claimed she never intended to marry him.
Vanessa announced her split from Ben earlier this year after finding out about his infidelity on Christmas Day in 2022. The This Morning regular, 61, has been open with fans about the toll their split has taken on her admitting she lost two stone following the heartbreak.
Ben recently denied he was a serial cheat and claimed Vanessa never wanted to marry him. Speaking to MailOnline, Ben said: "Marriage means a lot to me, and I wanted to be married and she didn't want that, so we were going in different directions. I always wanted to be a married man, my mum and dad were married, it is a lot to do with my faith as well."
He added: "I was so in love so I didn't see that, and I thought one day we would get married but that wasn't on the cards.
"When I met her, I expressed to her how important marriage was to me. She said 'yes' at the time and that was a huge thing for me... She knew I was religious... I kept on thinking 'one day.' I wanted to say, 'this is my wife', not 'wifey' but she just wanted a companion.
"She had no intention of marrying me. For me it was important and for her it wasn't. I wish at the very beginning she had said that, but she didn't."
Vanessa has reportedly been left angry following his comments, claiming that he was just trying to change the narrative. A source told Closer magazine: "Ben's latest comments understandably hurt Vanessa a lot and further twisted a knife on a wound that is yet to heal and is still extremely raw.
"She was extremely angry over his latest remarks – excusing him of changing the narrative and weasel out of his own mistakes by trying to pin the blame on her when he had