Summer Monteys-Fullam has revealed she was “besotted” with Great British Bake Off star, Paul Hollywood during their whirlwind romance.
The former barmaid claimed she wasn’t put off by their nearly 20-year age gap, claiming age is nothing but a number.
Summer, 24, said she knew Paul for several years while she worked as a barmaid in his local pub before their friendship developed into a relationship – which ended in dramatic fashion.
The pair went public shortly after Paul, 53, revealed he had split from his wife of two decades.
Speaking to The Sun, Summer went into detail about her romance with the star baker.
Summer has revealed all about her relationship with Paul (Image: W8 Media / SplashNews.com)
She said: “The age gap for me wasn’t a problem. I didn’t really care about it because if you love someone, then age is nothing but a number.”
The stunning redhead claimed she went to each individual member of her family for their blessing before taking the relationship to the next level, including her 12-year-old sister, who she asked: “Because anything I do would potentially affect her.”
But, Summer’s mum, Sabina, had her reservations from the beginning of the fling: “You’ve got a beautiful young redhead with an older man . . . the age gap. It was all there. I always knew it would explode.
Paul went public with Summer just days after his split from his wife (Image: Getty Images)
“I knew the age difference would be a typical stereotype narrative that people would pick up on, I said to Summer, ‘Are you serious?’ and she said yes, so I said, ‘Well, if you do love each other, then we’ll support you 100%.'”
Opening up about her relationship, Summer said: “It did move quickly and, yes, I was besotted at the beginning.”
Summer admitted that she had no idea just how much attention their relationship would bring until paparazzi queued up outside of her family home, with the stunner saying: ” It was a sink-or-swim situation, so I chose to swim.
Summer’s mum, Sabina claims she initially had reservations about her daughter’s partner
“From the bottom of my heart all the way up, I loved him.”
Summer and Paul’s relationship came crashing to an end in August 2019 – with threats of legal battles following Summer’s refusal to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
Opening up about opportunities that now await her, the fiery red-head said: “I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t ask for these doors to be opened, the world sucked me into it – in a good way, a really good way – and now I want to see what my options are.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
