Vogue Williams knew she was 'making a mistake' when marrying Brain McFadden
Vogue Williams and Brain McFadden were married for three years but the TV presenter knew she was making a mistake long before that - on the morning of her wedding
TV presenter Vogue Williams has revealed she knew on the morning of her wedding to Westlife singer Brain McFadden that she was making a big mistake. Vogue and Brian tied the knot back in 2012, in Florence, Italy.
The former couple met at a nightclub in Dublin the year prior and announced their engagement at the start of 2012. Their marriage didn't last long as three years later, they split up, with their divorce being finalised in 2017.
The Irish podcaster revealed in her new autobiography, Big Mouth, that Brain wasn't " marriage material" despite him being "good fun to be around" the majority of the time. She explained: "The morning of the wedding I felt very stressed and so anxious because deep down I knew I had made a mistake. After the wedding I tried to make things work."
Despite having these thoughts on the day of the wedding, Vogue revealed the marriage wasn't all bad. She stated: "The relationship wasn't all terrible, we did have some great times too, and for the most part he was good fun to be around. But he was not husband material.
"It was me who called it in the end. I couldn't keep trying, it felt pointless… I'm not here to throw anyone under the bus but there are things that went on in our relationship that will never be forgiven."
Additionally, Vogue appeared on The Life of Bryony podcast, hosted by broadcaster Bryony Gordon, earlier this week, confessing that she felt like her "life was over" after her divorce to Brain was finalised.
She opened up, revealing: "I remember being divorced at 31 and thinking, I've ruined my life. I am never going to have kids, I am never going to do what I always wanted to do."
"Then you see how your life actually starts to unfold – that's why it feels exciting to move into your forties," she continued.
Vogue is now with former Made in Chelsea star, Spencer Matthews. They married in June 2018, just months after announcing their engagement, in a secret Scottish wedding. The ceremony took place on the banks of a loch within Spencer's family estate in Glen Affric, Inverness-shire.
At the time, Vogue revealed that it was "the best day of her life." Spencer told Hello! Magazine at the time: "It has gone down by many as the best wedding they've ever been to. It was a family affair in the middle of nowhere and it felt very secluded. We were surrounded by the people we love."
During the wedding, Vogue was seven months pregnant with their first child, Theodore, who arrived in September of 2018. The couple then went on to have two more children - Gigi, four and Otto, two.
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