‘When I see Holly Willoughby, I think: “Jolly lucky girl,”’ she says. Yet more shudders. Every coin has two sides, and at times, when life gives you the dark side, one is bound to embrace the pain that comes with it. I’m a great romantic and, unfortunately, I have sometimes gone for men who have been womanisers. . Then again, Jan isn’t happy being single. Jan Leeming was in Argentina to film the Real Life Marigold On Tour series and revealed how she went on a disastrous date. People say to her: “Ooh, married five times — your sister must have done well from her marriages.” Well, it’s the opposite.

What about young men? ‘It does make me cross, because if I’d been born, say, three decades later, it wouldn’t be an issue. It will chime with every woman of a certain age who has loved and lost. . To love, really, and someone who would love me back.’. ‘I don’t think I could be married again. As far as I’m concerned, it didn’t happen.’.

Firstly, she was married to BBC sound engineer, John Staple in 1961 when she was 19, and John was 33. ‘No, I suspect he would have been a womaniser, too,’ she says. I was very conscientious that he had a healthy upbringing. ‘I paid off his overdraft, his loan, his negative equity, then put a great big lump sum down on the cottage we bought, and when he left me I had to fight for my very existence, because I had nothing,’ she explains. . Can there be anything worse than sitting across the table from a man who sees you as a piece of meat, or another potential notch on his bedpost? She makes the chronology easier because she erases husband number one (BBC sound engineer John Staple, whom she wed when she was 19) completely. I’ve been married five times! I wouldn’t want to do the 24/7. While Jonathan was on his way to recovery, the mother and son duo also worked through Orchid to raise awareness on testicular cancer. Jan can be oddly entertaining on her love history. I can't imagine marrying again.

Holiday Shopping for Mandalorian Fans? That's just a fact of life. You turned them down because they were too nice? I remember the night before the operation I broke down in tears, I was so frightened.'. I'd heard of testicular cancer but had no idea it could affect someone as young as Jonathan, so it was a devastating shock for all of us.”. Jan Leeming Who Has A List Of Husbands, Recalls Dark Times Where Her Dearest Son Suffered. ‘Rebound! But I would like someone to go to the theatre with. ‘There was one, a retired professor, who seemed quite promising. Did she ever protest, in her day?

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I wouldn’t want any man to adore me. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. ‘There was one, a retired professor, who seemed quite promising. ‘I can say it now because my father is gone, but I only married him because I was unhappy at home and I wanted to get away from my father and stepmother,’ she admits. And that was that.

I have never needed a man to keep me,’ she objects. I would make mincemeat of them.’. I bought the houses and they all moved in with me. So she went. These three, she loved, she says. ‘Maybe I do have a penchant for the bad boys,’ she concedes. Between marriages one and two she lived in Australia (she was the first female newsreader there) and fell madly in love and got engaged to a Swede, Havo.

'I simply couldn't believe this had happened to him. He says, I'm now in a serious relationship with my girlfriend Ren, 28, and I am thinking about settling down and the possibility of children. The Real Marigold On Tour is on BBC1 on Wednesday, February 20 at 9pm. So, she must have a good income source, but her net worth has not been revealed. And those few older men she has dated, she found ‘boring’. Leeming and Lunt had one child Jonathan in 1981.4.RAF Red Arrows pilot Eric Steenson (1988–1995). Sofia Vergara makes a ton of money outside of acting, Today's horse racing tips: Templegate's NAP and best bets for Bangor, Catterick, Chepstow and Southwell, Shop Pumpkin Spice Everything for National Pumpkin Day. Follow our official social media presences for a quick and easy way to receive the latest news. That marriage lasted for six years, from 1980.
When she left in 1987 she was on £23,000, with the men on much more, around the £40,000 mark, she guesses. The former BBC newsreader — the Fiona Bruce of her day — known for her very British poise (and the small matter of her five marriages) is describing a disastrous first, and last, date she had in Argentina recently. These three, she loved, she says. She’d met her suitor at an art class and Wayne was saying ‘go on, go on’. When she agrees to this interview, based on what we have seen of her in Marigold On Tour, she shrieks at the idea that she’s going to be once again painted as poor Jan Leeming, who can’t find husband number six. Couple who took out $98,000 in personal loans to fund six rounds of IVF finally welcome miracle twins after... Unborn baby boy stuns first-time parents when a 4D scan shows him giving them the MIDDLE FINGER - and his... That's not what I ordered! There’s a terribly poignant moment in Marigold On Tour where she says she misses having someone’s hand to hold. ‘It does make me cross, because if I’d been born, say, three decades later, it wouldn’t be an issue. You turned them down because they were too nice?

But I would like someone to go to the theatre with.

Oh Lordy. ‘Let’s face it, I’ve made all the mistakes,’ she says. Published: 01:45 GMT, 16 February 2019 | Updated: 16:03 GMT, 16 February 2019.
Even if you don't feel it's your fault, it means the marriage has failed and I've had enough of failure. It was dancer Wayne Sleep — another Marigold traveller — who egged her on, she says. If I were, it would show in my face. And she was having none of it. I wouldn’t have got married at all, possibly — I’d just have lived with these men.

Men lie, too.’. Yet more shudders. Failing that, she could be an agony aunt, she reckons. ‘It’s a horrible thing to say, but one or two of the men I’ve gone out for lunch or a coffee with have been — I don’t know how to say this — so adoring that I didn’t feel we could have a strong relationship.’. Is she miffed that the TV presenters of today enjoy riches and fame her generation did not? However, even though he has one prosthetic testicle, and is happy to know that it wouldn't affect his fertility. Then Jan tied the knot with estate agent Jeremy Gilchrist in 1972 which sustained for eight months. 'I would have liked to have met the right man and have had a settled family life with a couple of children. That is certainly not true.’. But I come from a different era. We and our partners use cookies on this site to improve our service, perform analytics, personalize advertising, measure advertising performance, and remember website preferences. ‘I just need an equal. She has been married for five times. Leeming has been married five times.

‘I’ll never forget going to see our boss, as a united front of two, and he said: “Ladies, if you don’t like it, there is the door.” That was it. The biggest drawback when you are Jan Leeming, though, is the ‘blasted internet’. Failing that, she could be an agony aunt, she reckons.

Husband number two was estate agent Jeremy Gilchrist, whom she married in 1972 (it also lasted a matter of months), followed by Patrick Lunt, father of her only child, Jonathan.

I’m just not willing to leap into bed with anyone.’, Polo-playing ex-public schoolboy, 27, is charged with the…, A VERY profitable friendship: The troubling questions that…. And that was that. ‘I say I’m like Elizabeth Taylor but without the diamonds. ‘I always say I mistimed everything,’ she admits. People say to her: “Ooh, married five times — your sister must have done well from her marriages.” Well, it’s the opposite. ‘It’s the companionship and the sharing that I miss. ‘I don’t count that marriage. We were sharing a one-bedroom flat — we’d do one week on the bed; one on the sofa. She’s been propositioned by a few, and sighs deeply. ‘In fact, it’s the other way round.

That year was mostly remembered for Myleene Klass’s white bikini, but Jan’s incessant whingeing didn’t go unnoticed. ‘I’ll never forget going to see our boss, as a united front of two, and he said: “Ladies, if you don’t like it, there is the door.” That was it. People see what women and men earn on television these days and they make an assumption that if you are on TV you must be rich.

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