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Daily Mail
30-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Rebecca was newly single. What happened next was a secret she kept for 16 years... until now
Rebecca was newly single after her relationship ended - but what happened next left her so ashamed, she kept it a secret for 16 years. The woman, from New Zealand, said she fell head over heels for another man shortly after her split from her boyfriend of two years. 'After we broke up, I fell in love with someone very quickly, but I have kept the details of who that person was a secret for the last 16 years,' Rebecca - whose voice was altered to hide her identity - told The Edge Breakfast during a segment called the Truth Booth. The only person who knew about her secret 30-year age gap romance was her now-partner. 'When I started dating (new partner), I kind of just put everything on the table, all my mistakes... Not really a mistake, but I guess at the time... it's kind of something I have been ashamed of,' she said. Radio hosts Ash London, Clinton Randell and Dan Webby were all on the edge of their seats as they begged her to unveil the man she's been keeping a secret for 16 years. 'So the person was my ex-boyfriend's father,' Rebecca said, as the radio trio gasped. 'When my ex and I were together, I never thought of his dad in that way, but I think after we broke up, his dad started hanging out with me. 'We'd be in groups and at parties... and we just sort of naturally started gravitating to each other and found that we got along and we had a lot of fun together.' Adding to the shock, the older man is a family friend so he's always around in her life because he knows her parents. 'He's still a family friend and he's one of my siblings' bosses,' she said. Rebecca said she ended up in a secret relationship with her ex-boyfriend's dad, who's 30 years older than her. 'We just had an agreement that it was just going to be what it was and no one really needed to know about it,' she explained. 'It was definitely more emotional than a sexual relationship.' Keeping the relationship under wraps from everyone - including his son, her ex-boyfriend - for 16 years was challenging, but Rebecca said it was 'worth it'. 'We had fun and we're still actually good friends now, so it's almost like it never happened... like it did happen, but we've just gone back to friends,' she explained. Ash chimed in, saying: 'It's like a beautiful dream and you're not hurting anyone. 'Nothing you did was illegal. Nothing was really immoral, consenting adults, it's absolutely fine. You had a great time, but man, it's a great story, Rebecca,' Ash said. Rebecca agreed, saying: 'Yes, it was fun, definitely fun.' The video has been viewed more than 30,000 times - with many filled with mixed emotions over her relationship bombshell. 'Oh nah! Not the ex's dad! Boyfriend to step son,' one said, laughing. 'Omg! I'm obsessed with this segment! Obsessed! So juicy,' another shared. 'The math ain't making sense... 30 years and you got no house out of it?' one joked. While another pointed out: 'NGL (not gonna lie), having these segments on before 9am is crazy! Kids in the car on the way to school and hearing this.' Meanwhile, some took particular issue with her ex-boyfriend's dad for crossing the line, with one slamming: 'What the old man did was beyond disgusting.' 'Worst father,' another criticised.
Daily Mail
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
I'm happily married with kids but I've been keeping a shocking secret from my wife for six years - do I tell her?
A happily married dad has dropped a shocking bombshell about his secret double life. Alex*, believed to be from New Zealand, confessed he cheated on his wife with another woman six years ago when he was on a six-month work trip. 'We ended up having a kid together,' the man, whose voice had been altered as a disguise, told The Edge Breakfast during the Truth Booth segment. 'I had a child with another woman that no one knows about.' Radio hosts Ash London, Clinton Randell and Dan Webby were lost for words as the unfaithful dad explained how he had been living with guilt all these years. Getting it off his chest for the first time, Alex admitted he still struggles to wrap his head around the secret, knowing deep down it would destroy not only his marriage but also his relationships with friends and family. 'I've been married for over 10 years with children,' he explained. Reflecting back, Alex said he had an extramarital affair six years ago while working overseas for six months. 'I found out about five years ago that we ended up having a kid together,' he said. 'Not to mention the fact that it's financially draining me, and I almost feel like this will come out at some point... it needs to. It's a bit tricky.' Alex said he's been quietly sending the other woman payments to support their son, which has taken a financial toll on him. 'My wife has pointed that out, and I've just said I'm investing more into my investments, which I guess technically is true because his future is my investment,' he said. He then made another surprising revelation - he has never met his love child in person - only through videos. 'At first I didn't believe it, but then my child has a birthmark that is virtually identical to mine and my mother's, which kind of passes down through genetics,' he said. The radio hosts tried to put a 'positive spin' on the situation, with Dan suggesting that Alex was 'partly a good person' for supporting his secret child financially. When asked if he could ever see his worlds collide, Alex said: '100 per cent. Honestly sooner rather than later. 'My heart is beating a mile a minute right now because I don't even know how to approach the situation to be quite honest,' the dad confessed. 'I would absolutely love to meet my son, and I would like my son to be a part of my life and my children's lives.' Ash chimed in with her advice on what Alex should do. 'I don't know you from a bar of soap and you don't know me, but I'm just going to speak as a wife and a mother... You need to tell your partner,' she said. 'This will eat you alive. And we have one life. Every day that you go on keeping this secret is a day less that you have a relationship with your child. 'They don't know their parent. The longer you leave it, I feel the worse it is. Human beings are complex, but we're also forgiving, and I think truth and light is always better than darkness.' Alex said he feels a sense of 'dread' and 'relief' by the thought of coming clean. 'I ultimately feel it would be beneficial for all parties, maybe not right now or six months or five years down the line, but at some point it is, I've got to rip the band-aid off,' he said. 'It's quite challenging.' He said he knows his wife will be 'heartbroken' when the day finally comes that he confesses. 'All things aside, I would call myself a good father and a good husband, despite the obvious,' he said. 'I've been feeling I'm keeping something that I would cherish, you know, a secret. And it's just, it's really not fair.' Ash was brought to tears as the dad explained how he just wanted to tell his wife the truth but was afraid of the consequences. 'I feel like the trust is quite literally irreversible, irreversibly broken and it's unfortunate,' Alex said. 'God knows I would do anything to rectify it and to move forward, but it's literally juggling my current family and my wife with the child who I want in my life.' After his confession, Alex said he will eventually come clean to his wife. 'I can definitively say I will inevitably and 100 per cent bring this to light,' he said.
