Ben Foden has confirmed his marriage to new girlfriend, Jackie, just one year after splitting from Irish singer Una Healy.
The rugby player, who moved to New York following the drama, raised some eyebrows over the weekend when he shared snaps from what looked like a wedding ceremony – despite having never shared details of his relationship before.
Now, the father of two has confirmed that he is a married man again and thanked ex-wife Una in a lengthy Instagram post.
“This last year has been by far my toughest and most turbulent for a number of reasons that many of you I’m sure are aware of, in some way or another,” he captioned the newlywed shots.
“The world has a funny way of working things out, many people think I’m a bad person – as I’m sure they’ll be many nasty comments left under this post by keyboard warriors a plenty.
“But I met a girl who seriously swept me off my feet and in a time of hardship showed me love, a deep devoted love. People will say we are mad or crazy or even fools, as Jackie and I had only been dating seriously for a little over 2 weeks before deciding to get married.
“But when someone like her comes into your life, why would I wait?
“The people who needed to know, such as close family and friends were told before anyone else and they are happy for me including my beautiful X wife @unahealy who I love even more for her blessing.
“Life is short and you only get one and it’s worth living. Jackie is the greatest human being I’ve ever come across – she’s beautiful inside and out, intelligent, charming, funny, generous, kind, gentle, energetic the list goes on.
“She will be a great step mum to Aoife and Tadhg and offers me a future I can’t wait to explore with her. My heart is full and I honestly couldn’t be happier, so those that want to bring negativity or try and tear me down go ahead.
“My life is great and I hope you all will one day feel happiness like I feel while I write this caption. I love you @snackyjax I can’t wait to see where our lives lead together you brought excitement and joy to my life and I couldn’t be prouder having stand at my side as Mrs Foden. (BTW the witness is Jackie’s sister @leila.bela thank you too hun for being a legend)”
Meanwhile, Una Healy recently stepped out with her hunky GAA star boyfriend, as their romance hots up yet again!
What do you think of the shock news?