I was so pleased that Robson Green and his vicarage-wrecking got some honks yesterday. I actually loved that story as pure, scandalous gossip. I mean, a beloved British TV star “running off” with the vicar’s wife? That just doesn’t happen every day. It was widely reported in the British papers on Sunday that Robson meet the vicar’s wife at the gym and they likely had been carrying on an affair for several months. The vicar’s wife left the vicar (and their two sons) to run off with Robson and live at his manor/house or whatever. We know this because the vicar was giving interviews! And not only that, the vicar talked about Robson during his Sunday sermon! Well, that’s one way to get people to go to church.
Reverend Geoffrey Short says he has been left “questioning his faith” after Zoila, his devoted wife of 16 years, ran off with the Grantchester star. The devastated vicar referenced the scandalous affair from his pulpit on Sunday and later thundered: “Green doesn’t have a great track record. The worry of friends and people at the church is that he’ll get fed up with her and move on. The whole thing is an absolute mess.”
But then Robson Green is a past master at creating a mess. Filipina Zoila, 43, is the THIRD woman the fishing-mad star has reeled in from another man — including netting one of Simon Cowell’s former lovers. Much like the aquatic prey he so enthusiastically hunts on his Channel Five series Extreme Fishing, the Geordie star is a creature of habit.
One telly source said last night: “Robson loves a challenge — he is an adrenalin junkie. He’s done it before and here we go again.”
The rest of The Sun’s story is just a rehash of Robson’s previous romantic entanglements, many of which have involved married or attached women. He was married to Alison Ogilvie while carrying on an eight-year affair with married lady Pamela McDonald and an extra on Soldier, Soldier. Then he began an affair with Vanya Seagar, who at the time was dating Simon Cowell. Basically, he likes when a lady is “taken” in some way. And now he’s run off with the vicar’s wife and the vicar is using the issue in his sermons. Bless this mess.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
Moving a woman into your mansion that you’ve only had a relationship with in exciting clandestine meetings for a few months is a recipe for disaster when all of a sudden she goes from that to his full-time, stay-at-home, dependent girlfriend, now all of her social support group gone because they were part of her husband’s also. We’ll see how quickly the bloom is off the rose in this relationship.
Yeah, this is not going to end well for her.
Plus the WRATH OF GOD!!!!11
ha ha ha ha ha ha 😀
Totally! And wait until she wants to bring her kids to visit. That will cramp Robson’s style.
That won’t happen soon. Those boys are probably so livid and embarassed right now, she can forget about visits for a good long time.
I thought this was as British as it could possibly be, until it managed to involve Simon Cowell. I’m living in hope that he’s going to run off with the Queen’s chief corgi-wrangler next, just to reach PEAK BRIT.
This is the greatest movie ever! That man is a perfect, winning cad. Love ’em and leave ’em, leaving broken hearts in his wake as he pounces off to solve crimes and “superheroes” the day away. Oh, do tell us how you were hurt by your one true love as a teen and you’ve been getting revenge on the “weaker” sex and all the boys who were cooler than you ever since! I will watch this when it comes out in theaters or on BBC1 or PBS. Yes!
–TheRealPinky
I love your story arc, Pinky. Especially Season 2, when he exonerates the wife of a murdered vicar, and arrests the vicar’s gay lover for the crime. And the widow looks at him full of understanding of his buried torment and invites him to tea where she mothers him and he starts to wonder why he is pulled in her direction, but can’t follow his instincts because the pain is too deep.
This man is so very Daniel Cleaver in, Diary of a Vicar’s Wife.
–TheRealPinky
Omg! SHE left you! SHE was the one that took vows to be true to you! Is he saying she was an unwilling participant? I think this dude just wants publicity.
She is also 43 years old. Those quotes about how he is worried for her are extremely infantalising. The “cad” aside, I can kinda see why she left this vicar.
Yeah, I mean she *may* be naive enough to think that Robson is her one true love and/or ticket to the big time, but on the other hand, maybe she has wanted to leave her marriage for _years_ and could never find the courage, and maybe it took the flattering attentions of a moderately well-known TV star for her to finally decide to make a move.
But maybe I’m just applying the Golden Rule to juicy gossip!
Look out Charlotte Lucas, you’re in for a roller coaster ride! And isn’t that the guy from war and peace with him?
Yes. That there is James Norton aka Prince Andrei Nikolayevich
What LAK means is, “Yes, that there is MY BOO”.
Wait, but he’s my BOO, too!
Mine too! I’m going to see him on stage in May (a play called Bug, in some micro space on Charing Cross Road). Can’t wait.
Sydney Chambers gets all the action on the show while Robson gets it in real life.
Should I be watching Grantchester? I was excited to learn the Night Manager starts this week.
I think you should, Birdix. I wish I’d have watched Season 1 now. I will say it’s slow and quiet. Doesn’t reach out a grab you, but if you give it a chance it really starts to grow on you.
Apparently the little tart has been zipping around town in a brand new Lexus. If I were her, I’d want to know that it was paid for in cash with my name on the title. Otherwise I don’t think she should get too attached to it Cuz I see a 4 year old Honda Civic in her future.
Lol
Sounds like a plot lifted from Masterpiece Theatre. The Curious Case of the Cockolded Vicar.
“Thundered from the pulpit” ‘aquatic prey”….OMG this is so amazing. Yes, I feel bad for the um, cuckolded vicar (and the kids) but this is just too much of a bounty and essence of scandal Most British. I’m guessing his eggplant took first ribbon at Mrs.Vicar’s Village Fete.
I only feel sorry for the kids. Vicar is milking this situation too much in my opinion.
I know. Such shamelessness regarding the kids. No matter their ages.
His wife running off with a cute actor made him question his faith? Really? I would have thought that worldwide poverty, war, terrorism, disease and unemployment might be slightly more relevant In that respect than Robson Green. The vicar should shut up and pray.
We call them aubergines. 😉
Embertine – at first I thought you meant the kids and was about to check a British-to-American dictionary to see how exactly to use the term in a sentence (“My youngest aubergine said the cutest thing yesterday” or “Keeping up with three active aubergines is exhausting”). Then I remembered aubergine just means eggplant….
I think he’ll be too busy EXTREME FISHING to spend much time with her. I know people who watch that show. Carp and trout fishing is another popular Britisher village-y pursuit, dontchaknow. As is lawnmower racing. What is the American equivalent of lawnmower racing? (I think, although I avoid it like the plague, you make mini go karts using lawnmower engines and rush about farmers fields like idiots).
Mr Sixer is grieving the ruination of his memories of Dave Tucker. I don’t really care about celebrity love lives unless they are funny (sorry, nice people on yesterday’s thread who are principled like Mr Sixer), so I still like him even if he is a fishing bore and a vicarage-wrecker to boot.
BTW: LAK! Mrs Vicar is in the Mother’s Union. It said in one of the articles!
That is amazing. 😂 I’m dying!!!
Will her card be revoked?
She might be best decamping to the WI under an assumed name!
What is the mother’s Union?
http://Www.mothersunion.org
In reality it’s like the Women’s Institute
I just looked up lawn mower racing–they have outfits in colors that match their lawn mowers! giggling…….. apparently it’s a thing in the rural US as well, some gas company exec imported it after seeing it in the UK. Wikipedia implies that go-karting is a poor, weak substitute with less power and less flexibility than the sublime art of lawn mower racing.
giggling more…
One of my neighbours has a brother that’s really into it. I also try not to giggle!
I’ve been reading Celebitchy for 5 years now, but this vicar headline and the one on yesterday’s vicar story are the best ever. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard!
Can we have more news from Sixer’s village today? I am on pins waiting to hear whose dogs have been pooping outside the local shop (League of Gentlemen ref there). Also, how is the Lottery application for stage lighting going? Are there any new scandals or take over bids happening in the WI? Hope the dishy part time vicar is not overworking himself, or running off with any loose ladies in the village. Please Sixer, do let us know if you get a moment.
Also the reveal re you know what is getting ever closer. It has leaked all the way to Oz now, and is supposed to come to light tomorrow at 1pm. Who could it be (sarky)?
Honking for news from Sixer-ville too!
Is it a local shop for local people?
Who is the pooping dog criminal mastermind, we need to know.
No news. Been working all morning and am still hard at it now (well, getting distracted by vicar shenanigans but half working still). I have got a village hall management committee meeting tomorrow night. That’s where I usually get my best gossip. Will report back!
I understand the vicar is hurting and I feel for him (and his kids) BUT crying to the media isn’t helping anyone. Plus, yes, dick move by Robson, but it’s not 100% his fault. The wife wasn’t kidnapped or brain washed. SHE cheated. She should be held responsible too.
Carp Diem, Robson!
OOOh @Brin, you are a wag! Your wit slays me, best laugh I’ve had all week! Who knew that a Vicar story could be so entertaining…… As the World Turns has nothing on this saga.
Yes!!!! Now this is good gossip, please more 🙂 does this means we are done with prince William & Kate?????? Those 2 are not even good for gossip, so boring
All jokes aside, can we stop talking about how people who cheat on their s/o are “stolen” from them by someone else? Whether they’re male or female, no one forced them to cheat, they’re grown-ass people, and there’s no such thing as casting a spell on someone so that they’ll run off with someone else. It’s all on them. If there was any forcing, then we’d be talking about something a lot more serious. I apologize if I sound humorless, because this did make me chuckle, but I just can’t help it.
I almost feel sorry for her… he’s clearly going to toss her aside when he meets his next conquest. Doesn’t seem like she’ll see it coming.
She’ll go home to hubby and give a I-lost-my-way-but-found-the-Lord-again speech to the congregation.
I am enjoying this news, lol so hard at it. Sorry. XD
People never learn do they? How is this going to end well at all? Granted, I have never been “in love” like that in my life so maybe I just don’t get it. I just don’t get how people can lose it like this.
I’m with you–but have you seen photos of the Vicar? I can sort of imagine tossing it all in and running off with some rogue actor if I had to look at that cabbage face every day. (so mean, I know, apologies)
Out of curiosity, I did some googling and found that Robson Green has his own domain website, RobsonGreen.com. After looking through it, I’m pretty sure he’s the type of guy who refers to himself in the third person.
Can’t believe I missed this post yesterday. This is some juicy stuff. Obvs not amusing to the poor cuckolded vicar but highly entertaining to this lady in the cheap seat.
The vicar probably just answered questions when asked. Talking about it from the pulpit makes sense also- that’s a way to get the straight story out to the entire congregation at once rather than letting the gossips twist and turn it for months.
I think anybody would worry about a woman in her forties who leaves her husband (a vicar, which means she was also active in the church most likely, wives of vicars usually are) and two sons to go off with a rich famous guy. That’s not infantilizing her, that’s just wondering if she’s ok and what will happen if Rich Famous Guy follows his pattern and dumps her. This might be very uncharacteristic behavior for her.
Exactly, it sounds like she’s having a midlife crisis–women get them just as well as men–and often they end in tears for all concerned.
According to other sites, she and the vicar spent 10 years building churches and doing other good deeds in the Philippines.
I think I agree with this. Whatever one might say about her husband, I still think she’s in for a rude awakening at some point. Green doesn`t seem like the type to settle down with one lady forever…MAYBE she`s the `one`… I guess time will tell.
I love the British gossip. That is all. 🙂
May I just say that I am deriving too much enjoyment from the word “cuckold” It never fails to make me laugh
My gosh, how tall is little Robson Green? He looks so tiny next to James Norton. James must be 6’8″.
Wikipedia says 5’9″ but he looked shorter than that when I saw him at the supermarket years ago!
I don’t think an actor who is considered leading man material is allowed to say he’s shorter than 5’9″ – it must be in the union rules or something. That doesn’t mean there aren’t any shorter than that, just that they hardly ever cop to it. I’ve not seen Robson in person, but I’d guess no taller than 5’7″.
I’m not really good with all this religion stuff, but if the Vicar and his now estranged wife have been married 16 years, how do they have two sons together, one of whom is TWENTY?
Zoila! Excellent. Now I can picture the vicar as Jeff Lewis.