Vinnie Jones has found love again five years after the death of his childhood sweetheart Tanya. The former footballer and actor, who is currently starring in Netflix's The Gentleman, has reportedly fell for his personal assistant Emma Ford while filming TV show Vinnie Jones In The Country. Vinnie's wife Tanya died of
cancer aged 53 in 2019. Close
Friends of Vinnie have revealed his friendship with Emma has developed into a romance after she was seen helping the
Actor run his farm in Petworth, West Sussex. The Discovery+ series first aired in November. Vinnie previously said he would never find love again following Tanya's death. In 2020, Vinnie broke down in tears on Piers Morgan's Life Stories over the death of his wife following her six year battle with cancer. "I think that's an impossible question to answer but if you asked me if I would get married again that would be an impossibility, she wouldn't want that. There won't be another marriage Piers I can tell you that. It was the perfect one and done for me." Skincare box worth £307 including 'magic' Medik8 serum can be yours for £109 Vinnie has found love again with Emma ( Image: Perou/WBD/discovery+) However, in an exclusive chat with The Mirror , Vinnie, 59, explained, “You know, after four months, four years, five years, 10 years, you just keep moving forwards, the grief is always going to be in there. It's how other things can control it. It's how much the flower can grow and bloom.” “I think, for me, grief was always black and grey, but it doesn’t have to be. It can be colours and happy memories.” Former model and
Actress Emma worked as a PA for The Clash rocker Mick Jones before returning to the
UK after years spent working in
Los Angeles. The actor described their relationship as “fantastic” and said: “Moving forwards, we meet other people that we are fond of and we fall in love with and vice versa.” Vinnie reinvented himself as an actor after the ex-Wales midfielder retired from
Football. He appeared in Guy Ritchie's 1998 film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and 2000's Snatch before teaming up with again for The Gentleman. The actor and former footballer's late wife of 27 years Tanya was diagnosed with melanoma in 2013. He previously described Tanya as his "trampoline" when revealing what he missed most about her. He said: "Just the trampoline of being there for me. Yeah, I'd let her down so many times, but she'd catch me. And it was so much, many times, it was like catching a falling star. She never once, Piers, wouldn't put her arms out and catch me." In an interview in 2019, he said: "She was the light of my life. I will never be with anyone else. I'm a shell. She is the only one... whenever I let myself down, or her down, she was always the strongest, the person who I answered to. "She wouldn't give me her blessing to meet someone else – I just know her. I can't see it happening, I might have friends or whatever, I would be astonished if that happens. I think I've only got a little way to go until I'm with her, in the spectrum of the universe." Follow Mirror Cele bs on TikTok , Snapchat ,
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