Rhian Sugden breaks down in tears as she blasts Vernon Kay over sexting fling in 2010 saying ‘I wish I’d never met him’
MODEL Rhian Sugden says TV star Vernon Kay got away with their sexting fling — but it ended her career.
Rhian’s work dried up after the 2010 scandal, while Kay publicly apologised to Strictly host wife Tess Daly.
But Rhian, 33, is furious the dad of two was allowed to front family shows after their sexts were revealed by The Sun.
The ex-Page 3 girl said: “He just got away with it. It ruined everything for me. I felt like I was going up and up with my career and then that came along. I wish I’d never met him.
“He got to give an apology on the radio and just got to carry on, with Family Fortunes, ironically. It still makes me feel sick.”
Tearful Rhian — now married to actor Oliver Mellor — opens up in new TV documentary Page Three: The Naked Truth.
She revealed how Vernon, 46, who had been married for seven years to telly host Tess, 51, had pursued her on text after meeting in Manchester.
Fighting back tears, she said: “There was an attraction there for both of us. I was a Page Three girl and he was Vernon Kay. He’s a good looking fella.
“He came to Manchester and that was the first night we’d met. Things just stemmed from there.
“It was all probably more bravado on text from him when he’d had a drink,
‘Oh you look fit in that picture, sexy, wish I could see you more’.
“And then obviously it went in the newspaper. We were front page news because we’d been sex texting each other.
"If I’d met this man, slept with him and had a full blown affair with him then I would understand the backlash. It was like I’d literally killed somebody.”
- Page Three: The Naked Truth is on C4, 9pm tomorrow
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