BRITAIN’s Got Talent star Francine Lewis has revealed she didn’t plan to “wash her dirty laundry” live on TV.
The 47-year-old shocked GB News viewers yesterday when she revealed her husband Joel, 43, had been “cheating” on her “with his best friend’s girlfriend”.
Reflecting on her revelations today, Francine – who shot to fame on the talent show in 2013 – said she felt “embarrassed” about the situation and apologised to her children for breaking the news like that.
Sharing a picture of herself sitting poolside, Francine thanked her followers, saying: “I am so touched and grateful for all your wonderful messages I’ve received.
I’m not one to talk about my personal life and I always thought, if something like this happened to me, I would never want anyone to know. I’m embarrassed even though I have nothing to be embarrassed about and i have a lot of pride.
“I thought I had this perfect family life but little did I know, it was quite the opposite.”
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She explained how she didn’t want to cancel her appearance so went on despite her heartache.
The impressionist was appearing on GB News to discuss being scammed out of £90,000 by a phoney stocks company.
And during the bombshell interview she revealed that her partner of 17 years had been unfaithful and she only found out about it the night before
“I really didn’t mean to wash my dirty laundry on TV but it was so raw as I had only found out the night before and I had not slept all night. I’m just devastated,” she said.
“I’m a professional though, so I didn’t want to cancel my slot on @gbnews and let them down. It just came out. It ended up in every national paper which was not nice for my kids and for that, I’m truly sorry.
“The good thing that has come out of this is that I have received huge support and this is very healing. Social media is not always a nice place but its been wonderful for me right now.”
Francine continued: “I am away for a few days trying to absorb what is happening and I am having to process it all. It’s crazy how your life can change in a split second. My family has always come before everything.
“I gave up my amazing career I was so blessed to have, to have my children and be a full time mum for many years before I did @bgt. And I loved it. It was coming up to our 17 years of married life. I am so sad for my children.
“Joel has always been an incredible father and i know he will continue to be just that.”
Francine and Joel married in 2005 and share two kids Brooke and Jake.
However, Joel has denied the allegations and told the channel: “I haven’t had an affair and I totally deny all of the claims made against me.
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“I sent some messages to a friend’s partner and I hugely regret sending them, but I did not cheat or have an affair.
“I love Francine very much and I am ashamed of what I did and deeply sorry for the hurt I have caused.
“I just want to focus on my marriage.”
