Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty has dropped a huge bombshell about the future of his relationship with Holly Ramsay.
Peaty, 29, has been happily coupled up with partner Holly, 24, as he makes his final preparations before heading to Paris to represent Great Britain. But ahead of his hop across the Channel, Adam has spoken candidly about his love for Ramsay, who is the daughter of TV chef Gordon – and hinted at the potential for starting a family with her.
In a raw interview, Adam opened up on his battles with alcoholism and depression, as well as how it drove him to the very edge. Speaking to Men’s Health UK, Adam – who is a proud dad-of-one – admitted he was “broken” by his passion, “crying every day” – and even not even wanting to look at a pool again.
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Adam admitted that he almost threw in the towel completely and left the sport for good. He explained: “I was within a hair of giving it all up – what was I going back for? Pride? It took a while to find the answer.”
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He continued: “But I wanted to teach [my son] George and any other children I have in future that you don’t give up when things get hard or the world feels like it’s against you. You give up when the time is right – I can take losses, but I couldn’t take regret; regret would eat any man inside out.”
Adam brought George into the world with former partner Eirnaedd Munro, but the couple ended things in 2022 when the swimmer made headlines after almost kissing his Strictly partner Katya Jones in 2021. It was after his stint in the ballroom that he met Ramsay and the couple hit it off, only growing from there.
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The couple, who have gone from strength to strength in their blossoming love, recently marked their one-year anniversary, with Adam paying tribute to her famous dad Gordon for helping him out of his depression. Peaty explained how Gordon’s tough-guy persona is actually a facade and he genuinely cares for those around him, thanking him for taking him into the family.
“He’s an incredible energy to be around and an incredible person to have that guidance from,” the sportsman said. “Gordon is a high performer: he worked his way up to the upper echelons of his industry and works in a place where there’s no b******t.”
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He continued: “I take a lot from that and from the professionalism he has every single day with a relentless pursuit. So, when I see that, I’m like, ‘Yeah, why can’t I work like this? Why can’t I do this every single day? Why do I have to be so emotionally engaged with things?'”
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