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... to think Gary Lineker is odd?

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KatherineSwynford1403 · 25/07/2023 13:33

Or more correctly his relationship with his second ex-wife is odd? They split and divorced years ago yet he's on holiday with her. They never had children together but she has a (now adult) child with her first husband and one with her second to whom she's still married, happily I understand (as much as I can understand from the papers).

Lineker says they speak three times a day and text all the time. If this was happening to any Mumsnetters they'd be on here complaining about it and rightly so.

What does Danielle Bux's husband think about this I wonder and how does he put up with it?

It's all most strange.

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Sharptonguedwoman · 26/01/2025 10:05

May I ask why you care?

TheOtherAgentJohnson · 26/01/2025 09:58

I'm great friends with my ex and his wife, as is my husband. I message the ex all the time, and they come and stay with us at least once a year. No jealously or drama necessary.

Toker · 26/01/2025 08:49

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:35

Gary Lineker is a hideous, vile human and a hypocrite of the highest order. The skeletons in his closet would have you scraping you chin off the floor. I can’t help but think a man as dodgy as him has dodgy reasons for having this relationship with his ex

Your actual evidence for this?

Thought so...

WeetabixTowels · 26/07/2023 10:34

Maddy70 · 26/07/2023 08:04

Well that's just weird and defamatory. Do you think everyone has to have a perfect past before they become famous? Do you think that they can't then call out the shitty behaviour of governments because of past behaviour. That's not hypocritical. I am a very different person to who I was in my youth so are most

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It most certainly wasn’t when he was young, and nor was it minor.

To answer a PP - I previously worked in the media. His secrets are very well known but can’t be reported on sadly.

Daphnis156 · 26/07/2023 10:33

It doesn't bother me as long as I don't have to see Lineker or listen to his pronouncements and pontifications.

Pleasemrstweedie · 26/07/2023 08:25

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:35

Gary Lineker is a hideous, vile human and a hypocrite of the highest order. The skeletons in his closet would have you scraping you chin off the floor. I can’t help but think a man as dodgy as him has dodgy reasons for having this relationship with his ex

That was my thought too.

Keep her on side so she doesn't spill the beans.

supersonicginandtonic · 26/07/2023 08:09

My ex partner and daD to my eldest two is my best friend. It's not weird at all

Mother87 · 26/07/2023 08:09

MargotMoon · 25/07/2023 14:25

What the fuck has it got to do with any of us, eh? I'm sure we've all got situations in our lives which to other mumsnetters might be unusual but to ourselves are perfectly normal.

This

SoullessInSeattle · 26/07/2023 08:04

I think a lot of people pigeonholed him as a footballer and think anything outside of that is getting out of his box. That seems to be the case on Twitter anyway. I’m ok with him having and sharing his opinions. Some I agree with and some I don’t 🤷🏻‍♀️

Maddy70 · 26/07/2023 08:04

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:35

Gary Lineker is a hideous, vile human and a hypocrite of the highest order. The skeletons in his closet would have you scraping you chin off the floor. I can’t help but think a man as dodgy as him has dodgy reasons for having this relationship with his ex

Well that's just weird and defamatory. Do you think everyone has to have a perfect past before they become famous? Do you think that they can't then call out the shitty behaviour of governments because of past behaviour. That's not hypocritical. I am a very different person to who I was in my youth so are most

Maddy70 · 26/07/2023 08:02

They arecfriebds. Didn't work out romantically but great mates. My step mum was like that with her ex. Terrible as a couple. Great as friends

Anothernamethesamegame · 26/07/2023 08:01

I’m kind of disappointed as I thought this might be a thread generally about Gary Lineaker. I’ve always found myself annoyed by him and thought he seemed a bit smarmy and false. I always wondered if he was really as nice as his image.

but that has nothing to do with the wife/ex situation. I assume maybe he and her have just developed their relationship into a friendship. Thought calls 3 x per day seems extreme for any relationship. There’s no one I want to talk to that much 😂

Endlesssummer2022 · 26/07/2023 07:55

This is a weird thread. ‘Exes are best friends shocker!’ So what?

RitzyMcFitzy · 26/07/2023 07:45

Swrigh1234 · 26/07/2023 07:28

Is that the racist woman who abused a Bollywood actress in BB house many years ago. Gary Linekar is the perfect wokester….. sorry progressive. Lecturing others but literally being in a relationship with someone openly racist.

A tiny bit of research, a soupçon of googling, would have answered that for you, dear.

BellaJuno · 26/07/2023 07:37

Swrigh1234 · 26/07/2023 07:28

Is that the racist woman who abused a Bollywood actress in BB house many years ago. Gary Linekar is the perfect wokester….. sorry progressive. Lecturing others but literally being in a relationship with someone openly racist.

Nope, you’re thinking of Danielle Lloyd, might want to make sure you’re get your facts right before being sanctimonious 😂

InstantGratificationDarkPlaygroundOfMN · 26/07/2023 07:37

That's Danielle Lloyd, who used to be married to Jamie O'Hara. Get your Wags right! Wink

Swrigh1234 · 26/07/2023 07:28

Is that the racist woman who abused a Bollywood actress in BB house many years ago. Gary Linekar is the perfect wokester….. sorry progressive. Lecturing others but literally being in a relationship with someone openly racist.

soberfabulous · 26/07/2023 07:25

CurlewKate i work in PR and have done for the last 25 years. a lot of my work has involved working with celebs, tv personalities, influencers etc. this has given me a front row seat to their behaviour. as i also deal with media a lot i hear from their side too - the dirty stories and super injunctions they all take out to stop stories being published. it would make your hair curl.

Worked an event with Lineker. let's just say he was very 'hands on' with the female team members. this was like i say a long time ago so it was something we all just accepted and got on with back then.

it certainly wouldn't fly these days.

CurlewKate · 25/07/2023 17:26

People always love hlimplyibg they have super secret information about celebrities.

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KatherineSwynford1403 · 25/07/2023 17:16

watersprites · 25/07/2023 17:05

I thought he just didn't want more dc so she went elsewhere for that.

I think the comments about him being unpleasant are about the past before her, someone mentioned the year 2000

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watersprites · 25/07/2023 17:05

I thought he just didn't want more dc so she went elsewhere for that.

skippy67 · 25/07/2023 17:03

WeetabixTowels · 25/07/2023 14:35

Gary Lineker is a hideous, vile human and a hypocrite of the highest order. The skeletons in his closet would have you scraping you chin off the floor. I can’t help but think a man as dodgy as him has dodgy reasons for having this relationship with his ex

How do you know?

CurlewKate · 25/07/2023 16:50

@soberfabulous What did he do? And when?

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 25/07/2023 16:49

Perhaps she hoping to keep her mention in thé will?

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KatherineSwynford1403 · 25/07/2023 16:44

soberfabulous · 25/07/2023 16:41

He was a massive sex pest when I had the misfortune of working with him in the 2000's.

I doubt he's changed his ways.

What did he do? And more to the point how did he get away with it?

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