Singer is shocked her ex-hubby has wed
O
ur jaws nearly hit
the floor when
rugby hunk Ben
Foden confirmed
he’d married girlfriend
Jackie Belanoff Smith
after just over two weeks
of serious dating – but we
can reveal no one was
more surprised than his
ex-wife Una Healy.
Ben, 34, announced
on Instagram that he’d
tied the knot with
entrepreneur
Jackie. He added
that Una, who is
mother to his
two children
Aoife, seven,
and Tadhg, four,
had given them
her blessing.
However, a
source close to the
former Saturdays star, has
told new! she was blindsided by
their news and only discovered
they had got hitched through
a mutual friend.
“Una’s really upset and
distressed because he promised
her that if anything ever went tothe next level in
a relationship,
he’d tell her,”
our insider
revealed.
“Instead,
she finds out
through a text
from a friend
that he’d got
married. Ben hasn’t
told her himself and he
has avoided all Una’s messages.”
In his Instagram post, Ben
insisted, “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 wifeUna’s ‘dis
as Ben re
Una’s received a lot
of support from her
former bandmatesBen and Una
were married
for six yearsUna with their kids
Tadhg and Aoife