Woman who had affair with Thomas Skinner slams claims it was a 'two week fling' as she speaks out
The alleged affair partner of TV star Thomas Skinner has revealed the husband had ‘deceived’ her after her time with him was labelled a ‘fling’.
The dad who appeared on The Apprentice in 2019, admitted to cheating on his wife Sinéad Chambers after their wedding in 2022.
The couple, who share three children together, are 'stronger than ever' after working through the infidelity, but now the woman, 35, has spoken out.
Skinner revealed all ahead of his Strictly Come Dancing debut next week, and called it a 'two-week fling'.
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"I met [O'Rourke] in a pub," Skinner told The Sun. "She was a single mum, we chatted on the phone and she offered me some kind of cosmetic slimming treatments.
"I had a fling, it was nothing more than that - it was the one time, it was a mistake."
He went on to say: "I woke up feeling absolutely terrible about it. I felt so guilty. I told my wife.
"I let her down in that brief moment of madness where I wasn’t thinking, where I didn’t appreciate what I had. I’m sorry. I’m so, so sorry."
Skinner said his wife was left 'distraught' when he told her he had 'f***ed up', but they moved past it.
"I’m so lucky she forgave me," the businessman said. "I’m a very, very open book and I don’t hide anything from my wife.
"She was obviously distraught, upset. Didn’t think I’d do that to her. When I told my wife, I fully understood if she was to never speak to me again.
"No one else made me do what I’ve done. But it just shows something so brief could ruin your life."
But for the businesswoman, who runs her aesthetics clinic in Brentwood, Essex, she claims that it was not just a fling.
"This has been an incredibly stressful chapter in her life," a spokesperson told the Sun.
"She did not have a fling with Mr Skinner, she had a relationship with him."
The spokesperson went on to say she had been 'deceived, then treated appallingly'.
The woman had also alluded to being mistreated in the past, with social media posts calling out ‘narcissists’ and ‘crybullies’.
In one video where she was advertising her cosmetic treatments, such as body sculpting and facial fillers, she wrote for her caption: "You finally got rid of that dusty man, so now you need a post-breakup glow up?"
Then, in an Instagram Story, she reposted a quote about narcissism, which read: "Narcissists are crybullies. A crybully is someone who plays the victim in a situation they created."
As for Skinner, he said he and his wife went through a challenging period after his admission of guilt, but now they have moved on from it.
He said: “The best advice I can give anyone is to be honest and own up, because we are in an incredible place now.
“We are strong. It’s forgotten about. She didn't do anything wrong.
“It was just me in a moment of madness. I never thought it would ever happen. It will definitely never happen now."
Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Strictly Come Dancing, UK News
Britt Jones