Vanessa Feltz's ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu shares 'real reason' for break-up after cheating scandal
25.09.2023 - 18:51
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Vanessa Feltz ex-fiance Ben Ofoedu has spoken out on the real reason behind their split and insists he isn't a serial cheat.
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.
The former Phats & Smalls singer, 51, insists he is not the serial cheat which he has been portrayed as by Vanessa and opened up about the 'real reason' for their split. Ben claims Vanessa had 'no intention' of marrying him after proposing to the presenter in 2006 with 50 red roses.
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.
"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," Ben continued. "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 recently appeared on Celebs Go Dating and was branded as rude by viewers on the E4 dating show. Speaking to the Daily Mail earlier this year, Vanessa said: "There was such a complicated and convoluted tapestry of lies. I have no idea what really