BBC star reveals she’s found love on dating app after divorcing husband of nine years – who lives next door
BBC maths whizz Professor Hannah Fry has found love online following a secret divorce with her husband.
The TV brain-box 40, split with her husband in 2022 and they have quietly separated.
Hannah lives just three doors away from her ex Phil and describes their status as a "two-household family".
They have two daughters together, who they co-parent, and Hannah has moved on after finding love again on a dating app.
Speaking to , Hannah said she fell for new fella Oli on Hinge, having previously been banned for 'impersonating herself'.
She told the publication: "I set up a whole new profile on a different mobile number to get around the ban.
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"I think there's something quite amusing about the fact that I didn't commit identity fraud on their platform until they accused me of it."
Hannah went on to give a scientific explanation for their perfect pairing.
"I strongly suspect that relaunching as a 'new person' with a brand new sparkly profile did make a difference to the algorithm, which still puts you in 'buckets' with people who are a similar level of attractiveness to you," she explained.
Hannah added: "Put it this way, I wasn't getting to see men as good as Oli before being banned, and I met him almost immediately afterwards. I mean, correlation isn't causation, except sometimes it is!"
UCL mathematician Hannah has had a successful telly career thanks to her high IQ.
She has hosted numerous documentaries, including Climate Change By Numbers, Calculating Ada: The Countess Of Computing, City In The Sky and The Joy Of Data.
Hannah, who has penned four books, has also hosted the BBC's Sky at Night, The Joy of Data and Stargazing Live and The Maths of Life on 6 Music.
More recently, Hannah has appeared on Have I Got News for You and she was behind the number crunching in Peter Snow and Jeremy Vine's election coverage on Channel 4 in July.
This year, Hannah was appointed President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. She is also a professor in the mathematics of cities at University College London's Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis.
Two years ago, Hannah and her sports writer husband Phil divorced following nine years of marriage.
Professor Hannah Fry's career achievements
- Hannah Fry holds a First Class degree in mathematics and theoretical physics, along with a PhD in in fluid dynamics.
- The maths expert is now Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at University College London.
- Hannah is a best-selling author and has penned a number of books, including The Mathematics of Love. A description reads: 'A smart snappy guide to romance that dips into mathematical models.'
- In January 2024, Hannah was appointed President of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
- Hannah is a regular on BBC Radio 4 and has also hosted shows on the BBC's television channels.
- The brain-box was Channel 4's official 'chief number cruncher' during the 2024 General Election and she spent the night analysing results data.
Incredibly, she has described it as a "grade A divorce", which has resulted in them still living doors away from each other in south London.
Hannah, who has recovered from a previous diagnosis of cervical cancer, told The Sunday Times Magazine that they co-parent their daughters.
"There have been very few hiccups, but if such a thing is possible we've basically had a grade A, gold-star divorce," she added.