‘Getting another divorce age 51 is not where I thought I would be’: Ulrika Jonsson reveals she’s SPLIT from third husband Brian Monet after 11 years of marriage
- Ulrika and Brian tied the knot in 2008 and share one son, Malcolm, 10. They began their relationship in 2006
- It is not known when Ulrika and Brian split but the former weather girl said they tried couple’s counselling but it was unable to save their marriage
- Ulrika took to social media to admit she was struggling with her mental health last August
- In 2014, Brian also adopted her daughter Bo, now 18, from the presenter’s relationship with German hotel boss Markus Kempen
- Ulrika has two other children, Cameron, 24, from her marriage to John Turnbull (1990-1995) and Martha, 14, from her union with Lance Gerrard-Wright, (2003-2005)
- In 2012 Ulrika put the ‘stresses and pressures’ of the past few years to one side to renew her wedding vows to Brian in a beautiful ceremony in Barbados
- In 2002, she had a fling with ex England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
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Ulrika Jonsson has revealed she has split from her third husband Brian Monet after counselling was unable to save their 11-year marriage.
The 51-year-old former weather girl told Best magazine: ‘You can only resolve problems with another person. If I’m honest, getting another divorce age 51 is not where I thought I would be, so who knows?
‘I just don’t know what shape my future will take. I can’t contemplate dating again. Then again, I’ve said I will never marry again before, and I did. I’ve been content being out of the limelight. I haven’t craved it but, that said, I do need to live.’
‘Getting another divorce age 51 is not where I thought I would be’: Ulrika Jonsson has revealed she’s SPLIT from third husband Brian Monet after 11 years of marriage
Not holding back: Ulrika likes to share the real her on social media
Ulrika has said that she has taken to Instagramming to take her mind off things and even posted a shot a couple of months ago, in which she looked very down.
She wrote: ‘It’s been quite the couple of days.’
And last August, she wrote on social media: ‘Yesterday was a tough day. Dealing with a lot of things. And yes, I know there are always people worse off.
‘But that’s not how it works. Please don’t feel obliged to leave kind comments – I’m not fishing for sympathy. You’re a kind lot, I know. #copingnotcoping #mentalhealth #keepingbusytoday.’
Honesty: Ulrika shared this image to Instagram a few months ago and wrote: ‘It’s been quite the couple of days’
Nothing to say: Ulrika didn’t mention her split from Brian when appearing on Lorraine on Tuesday alongside her daughter Martha to discuss sex education
It’s not known when mother-of-two Ulrika and Brian split but MailOnline has contacted a spokesperson for comment.
Ulrika and Brian, who is believed to be 50, tied the knot in 2008 and share one son, Malcolm, 10. They began their relationship in 2006.
In 2014, Brian also adopted her daughter Bo, now 18, from the presenter’s relationship with German hotel boss Markus Kempen.
Last August, she shared this snap writing: ‘Yesterday was a tough day. Dealing with a lot of things. And yes, I know there are always people worse off. But that’s not how it works. Please don’t feel obliged to leave kind comments – I’m not fishing for sympathy. You’re a kind lot, I know. #copingnotcoping #mentalhealth #keepingbusytoday’
Ulrika has two other children, Cameron, 24, from her marriage to John Turnbull (1990-1995) and Martha, 14, from her union with Lance Gerrard-Wright, (2003-2005).
In 2012 Ulrika put the ‘stresses and pressures’ of the past few years to one side to renew her wedding vows to Brian in a beautiful ceremony in Barbados.
Speaking to Hello! magazine at the time the former Celebrity Big Brother contestant said she ‘wanted to do something special’ after a tough few years which saw her battle depression and a chronic back condition.
Not so Mr Wright: Ulrika’s daughter Martha, 14, is from her union with Lance Gerrard-Wright, (2003-2005) – the couple were pictured in 2003
Ulrika told the magazine: ‘Hard times either force you apart or bring you closer together.’
‘The stresses and pressures we have experienced over the past couple of years, I am thrilled to say, have made us stronger.’
In the magazine interview Ulrika also opened up about how her chronic back pain had taken her ‘down the lonely road of depression.
Speaking about her third husband Monet she said he was ‘more than just my husband’.
Not to be: In 2014, Brian adopted her daughter Bo, now 18, from the presenter’s relationship with German hotel boss Markus Kempen, (pictured in 2000)
Ulrika gushed: ‘He is a jaw-droppingly brilliant father who has the same values of parenthood as I do. His patience knows no bounds; his love for our children is unconditional and their love for him completes our family entirely.’
Ulrika told the publication that she was 45 when she first started getting symptoms of the menopause, which brought on ‘anxiety’ and a ‘major panicky meltdown,’ as well as ‘memory loss, sleeping problems, depression.’
Ulrika says she wants to owe it to her social media followers to be honest about her life and tells them if she is having bad times.
She said: ‘Let’s just say I am a work in progress. I will die being unfinished – but that’s probably not a bad thing.’
In 2017, the star spoke to the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine about her marriage, admitting Brian occasionally riled her.
She said: ‘He gets on my nerves and I get on his, but I feel that I can be myself with him and I’ve never felt that with anyone.’
‘I know I’ve changed, and the menopause has been to blame for some of that, but that’s how it is, isn’t it? I can’t stop time.’
Lost love: Ulrika has a son, Cameron, 24, from her marriage to John Turnbull (1990-1995) – pictured in 1994
‘When I look at younger people I think, “Ha-ha, your time will come too.”’
Her first marriage, to cameraman John Turnbull, lasted from 1990-95, and ended badly. She said: ‘I was so young. I didn’t know myself. I did some not very nice things. I was unfaithful, which is more than not nice.’
Then came a doomed relationship with German hotel boss Marcus, who walked out on her when their daughter Bo was just a few weeks old.
Blow out the candles: Ulrika hasn’t posted a picture of Brian on her Instagram since August 2017 when Brian treated her to a birthday cake on her 50th
Husband number two was Lance Gerrard-Wright, who was supposed to be the prize for the female contestants on Mr Right, a 2002 TV dating show she presented.
Ulrika married him in 2003. She had their daughter Martha in 2004 and they separated in 2005.
In 2002, there was that jaw-dropping affair with then England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.
Shock: In 2002, there was that jaw-dropping affair with then England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson
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