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AIBU to question media reports of Ant McPartlin’s wife’s age?

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TonyMammoth · 26/03/2026 10:24

Ant McPartlin's wife was born in 1976, but somehow she is 47 according to all the reports in the media. When she got married in 2021 she was 43. How does that work?

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FFSToEverythingSince2020 · 26/03/2026 13:25

TonyMammoth · 26/03/2026 13:10

Someone I work with was reading out her personal email address for someone to send something on and the email account has 1970 in it, she said it wasn't her year of birth though it was just a random number suggested by yahoo, then someone else chipped in saying take it as a compliment if anyone thinks you were born in 1970 when she icily replied "I was born in 1976"

Edited

Oh god, it’s like a horrible movie scene you want to be watching and not living, ha! Or if you ARE living in it… you should be able to pause and go get popcorn. 🍿

Wh0cares · 26/03/2026 13:29

Ok Lisa time to step away from the keyboard.
Ant is gone and your never getting him back so really you need to get on with your own life.
This fixation on Ant and the new wife is madness.

TonyMammoth · 26/03/2026 13:35

Wh0cares · 26/03/2026 13:29

Ok Lisa time to step away from the keyboard.
Ant is gone and your never getting him back so really you need to get on with your own life.
This fixation on Ant and the new wife is madness.

Ha ha good one!

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ChillingWithMySnowmies · 26/03/2026 13:49

why do you care?

Either she lied, or the paper got it wrong.

It isn't rocket science.

the weird obsession with Ant McPartlin's love life is bizarre.. the way the papers stalk Lisa to mention her in every article about hi, when her only claim to fame is that she is his ex-wife, is more than bizarre, its borderline creepy as fuck.

IDrinkTeaAllTheTime · 26/03/2026 13:54

I forget my own age all the time. I recently turned 42 and had to double check because I wasn’t sure that was right 😂. I doubt it’s a big cover-up, as that would be a strange conspiracy.

Hellometime · 26/03/2026 14:13

I think it’s norm for industry to shave a few years off.
Wad it Emma Willis and Cat Deely who went to same school but Emma said I didn’t know her she was 2 years above but the ages didn’t add up.
Some celebrities stay the same age for a few years.
I used to laugh at the TV when they gave Natalie Imbrulias fake age, she was older than me when she was in Neighbours now she’s younger than me.

JulietteHasAGun · 26/03/2026 14:23

IDrinkTeaAllTheTime · 26/03/2026 13:54

I forget my own age all the time. I recently turned 42 and had to double check because I wasn’t sure that was right 😂. I doubt it’s a big cover-up, as that would be a strange conspiracy.

If she was born in 76 she turns 50 this year. You don’t forget that. I can understand thinking an I 42 or 43. But you know 50.

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yet here you are commenting 😂

ThisOneLife · 26/03/2026 17:26

YourMagentaCat · 26/03/2026 11:15

What an odd response! I see this all the time here. I doubt that the OP is actually worried, or concerned. I'm sure people can post about trivial things. It doesn't have to be about issues of world importance!

I think it’s odd that someone posts about the possibility that a person they don’t know, might be 48 rather than 47.

TheWineoftheChicken · 26/03/2026 17:45

ThisOneLife · 26/03/2026 17:26

I think it’s odd that someone posts about the possibility that a person they don’t know, might be 48 rather than 47.

Me too. She’s not even a celebrity, or in the public eye. It’s just a random stranger who she will never know. Why would anyone except her family and friends care how old she is?

Onebattleafteramother · 26/03/2026 17:46

IDrinkTeaAllTheTime · 26/03/2026 13:54

I forget my own age all the time. I recently turned 42 and had to double check because I wasn’t sure that was right 😂. I doubt it’s a big cover-up, as that would be a strange conspiracy.

It is a strange conspiracy.

There is no way that 1976 was 50 years ago.

50 years ago= WW2. That's just the facts. Cough

Janesput · 26/03/2026 18:14

I once went to a birthday celebration for someone who'd got their own age wrong by a year.

ApricotRow · 26/03/2026 18:18

What a weird thread. She has not courted fame it doesn’t matter how old she is.

I also feel very sorry for Lisa she is a working make up artist who I doubt wanted her marriage to be dragged through the papers. The way the paps still seem to take photos and write stories about her again she has never asked for any of this. I have seen very few actual statements/comments from her it’s all just made up shit.

iamtryingtobecivil · 26/03/2026 18:22

I’ve been worrying about this for so long I’m so glad you asked….

MovedlikeHarlowinMonteCarlo · 26/03/2026 19:28

FrenchandSaunders · 26/03/2026 11:25

Kate Winslet was always my age for many years ... now she's about 10 years younger!

Kate Winslet doesnt seem the type to start lying about her age. Has she really become about 10 years younger?

Nicewoman · 27/03/2026 20:27

TonyMammoth · 26/03/2026 10:24

Ant McPartlin's wife was born in 1976, but somehow she is 47 according to all the reports in the media. When she got married in 2021 she was 43. How does that work?

Anyone in the media routinely shaves off several years as the media craves young people and old people are on the scrap heap. Hence all the plastic surgery to appear younger, otherwise they face unemployment & oblivion.

ExtraOnions · 27/03/2026 20:32

Vile addict drink driver, who cheated on his wife, and now trots his AP round saying she’s the love of his life, completely disrespecting his first wife.

That aside, ever notice how he’s happy to partake in staged Pap Photographs? There is a very big story that a certain Newspaper has, he has to play ball or the publish …

He is not as nice as the defenders may think

3luckystars · 27/03/2026 20:32

I thought I was the wrong age for a whole year once.

TheWineoftheChicken · 27/03/2026 20:34

ExtraOnions · 27/03/2026 20:32

Vile addict drink driver, who cheated on his wife, and now trots his AP round saying she’s the love of his life, completely disrespecting his first wife.

That aside, ever notice how he’s happy to partake in staged Pap Photographs? There is a very big story that a certain Newspaper has, he has to play ball or the publish …

He is not as nice as the defenders may think

Who is defending him for anything on this thread? It’s about his wife’s age.

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 27/03/2026 20:48

ExtraOnions · 27/03/2026 20:32

Vile addict drink driver, who cheated on his wife, and now trots his AP round saying she’s the love of his life, completely disrespecting his first wife.

That aside, ever notice how he’s happy to partake in staged Pap Photographs? There is a very big story that a certain Newspaper has, he has to play ball or the publish …

He is not as nice as the defenders may think

It's always been a mystery to me why the formally so private Ant McPartlin suddenly decided to give a tell all interview to the most (dis)reputable newspaper in the country. Nope... I just can't think 🤭.

TheWineoftheChicken · 27/03/2026 20:58

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 27/03/2026 20:48

It's always been a mystery to me why the formally so private Ant McPartlin suddenly decided to give a tell all interview to the most (dis)reputable newspaper in the country. Nope... I just can't think 🤭.

Who has he done an interview with?

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 27/03/2026 22:42

TheWineoftheChicken · 27/03/2026 20:58

Who has he done an interview with?

He gave a tell all interview to The Sun around the rehab/car crash time.

Mama2many73 · 27/03/2026 22:55

Born in 76, 50 this year.

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