GLAMOUR girl Rhian Sugden has broken her silence after married Vernon Kay was caught
texting her for a second time.
The Page 3 model took to Twitter this morning to share a picture of the puppet
Pinocchio, whose nose grows when he lies, captioned: “A liar should have a
good memory. #TwoSides.”
Her cryptic message, which seems to be aimed at the TV star, casts doubt on
Vernon’s claims his
wife Tess Daly knew all about the messages — sent six years after his
sex texts to the same model nearly cost him his marriage.
Rhian’s tweet comes after The Sun exclusively revealed Strictly host Tess has
agreed to give Vernon one last chance — as long as he never contacts the
Page 3 girl again.
She issued the ultimatum to her text-shame husband, 41, after “tearing strips
off him” on her 47th birthday.
This week we
exposed dad-of-two Kay’s hundreds of new messages to Rhian, 29 —
six years after his sex texts to the same model nearly cost him his
marriage.
We revealed he had bombarded her with texts in the past three months — and
repeatedly talked about secretly meeting up with her at a hotel.
Pals now fear Kay may have embarked on a mid-life crisis as he struggles to
cope with his TV career stalling in the wake of his wife’s.
A friend of the couple, married for 13 years with two daughters, said: “Tess
is utterly devastated but does not want to give up on her family.
“She met Vernon on Tuesday night and tore strips off him. This has been so
humiliating for her. She can’t believe he has been in touch with Rhian
again.
“She is terrified there are more revelations to come. She couldn’t handle
that. It nearly destroyed her family six years ago and she thought they had
moved on from it all.
“Vernon has obviously apologised for dragging it up again. Tess has forgiven
him but only under some very strict conditions. The main one is that he
never speaks to Rhian ever again.”
Yesterday Bolton-born Vernon took to Facebook to claim his wife was aware of
his contact with Rhian.
He wrote: “Regarding today’s story, I was contacted by Rhian out of the
blue back in December regarding the story in 2010 claiming she had
information she wanted to pass on.
“I recognise how it may look when messages are pulled out of context but
there was never any inappropriate intent to our communication, I was merely
trying to find answers to questions that I’ve had since 2010.
“Tess is aware of everything that has been discussed with Rhian.”
But The Sun today revealed Tess had been completely in the dark about her
hubby’s antics until 9pm on Sunday — an hour before our story emerged.
Now pals of the presenter, including ex-Big Brother host Brian Dowling, have
rallied round her while she has stayed at the family home in Beaconsfield,
Bucks.
Another told how she also “despises” Rhian for getting involved in her
marriage again.
They explained: “Tess has been going between complete devastation and blind
fury. There is no one else in the world she despises more than Rhian. She
hates her. She is so unhappy Vernon has allowed her to become a part of
their marriage again.
“She feels like it is a personal attack and wants to know why Rhian is out to
destroy their family.”
We revealed how the All Star Family Fortunes host sent Rhian hundreds of texts
over the past three months and signed several off with a kiss.
The pair even discussed meeting up in secret at a hotel while he urged her not
to show anyone her mobile.
Kay said in a statement this week that Tess was “aware of everything” he and
Rhian discussed in their recent texts.
However, she only found out he had been messaging her at 9pm on Sunday, one
hour before our story emerged.
A friend added: “Vernon is trying to make out that Tess was on board with him
talking to Rhian.
“In actual fact Tess had no idea and was under the impression that Rhian was
out of their lives for good. Vernon was crazy to think that getting back in
touch with her was ever going to end well.
“He is just lucky that Tess is a very forgiving woman.”
Friends of Tess now fear Kay, who loves going clubbing and playing American
football for London Warriors, might be having a mid-life crisis.
A pal said: “Vernon is struggling with getting older. He is obsessed with
dance music which means he still goes out partying regularly even though he
is probably one of the oldest people there.
“He is really into American football too and started playing for a side a few
years ago, which takes up a lot of his time. Everyone has their passions but
at some point you need to grow out of them and stop living in the past.
“Vernon has found it hard adapting to the family lifestyle that Tess wants.”
Kay has previously said his London Warriors teammates call him “Uncle Vern” as
he is at least a decade older than most of them.
A new interview also emerged this week where he admitted he still acts like a
teenager, despite turning 42 next month. He said: “It’s good to stay fit and
keep up with the 20-year-olds.
“Having a young mind means having a young body. I’m 41, but I feel like I’m 19
still. I love going clubbing.
“It makes me laugh when people send tweets saying, ‘I can’t believe Vernon Kay
was in a club!’. What’s wrong with that? I feel like I’m 19 still.”
Friends say he is also struggling to cope in the shadow of Tess, who has
enjoyed a glittering TV career while enjoying family life.
She has become one of the BBC’s biggest stars since she was picked to host
Strictly with Bruce Forsyth in 2004.
She is now part of an all-female line-up with Claudia Winkleman, and has also
fronted other huge BBC shows like Children in Need.
Tess also landed a bumper pay-day in 2013, signing a £300,000 deal to become
the new face of cosmetics giants L’Oreal.
A pal said: “Tess definitely wears the trousers in their marriage. She is a
brilliant mum and very much in control. She balances work with being a
parent so well.”
Kay, on the other hand, has seen his telly career go in the opposite
direction.
He was once described as the face of a generation after appearing on Channel
4’s iconic youth show T4 in the early Noughties.
But most of his TV gigs in recent years have been axed, including 2012 ITV
mini-series Let’s Get Gold, ITV diving show Splash and Channel 4’s American
Football Show.
Meanwhile, he has seen one-time peers, including Dermot O’Leary and Ant &
Dec, bag the top jobs he should have been considered for.
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A friend said: “The fact Vernon was not even in the running to become X Factor
host when Dermot left last year was a huge blow.”
He remains the host of ITV daytime game show 1000 Heartbeats and has a Radio X
slot but his ten-year stint as presenter of All Star Family Fortunes is on
hold until 2017.
His new ITV show Drive, a celeb car-racing contest, starting in April, has
already suffered a PR disaster after our latest text revelations.
We also revealed yesterday that he was forced to pull out of hosting BBC1’s
The One Show for the first time to hold crisis talks with Tess on her
birthday.
There seemed little hope of an imminent return as a BBC source said yesterday:
“There aren’t any available dates to fill right now.”