As he reflected on his early years of football career, Jamie Redknapp explained how dating pop star Louise Redknapp caused backlash.
Jamie Redknapp said dating Louise Redknapp contributed to him “getting a lot of stick” at the height of his football career. In 1991, the sportsman signed for Liverpool FC and made his debut in a UEFA Cup match that year aged just 18.
Due to their youth and prominent lifestyles, Jamie, 52, and a number of his teammates were nicknamed the “Spice Boys” during their 11 years at the club.
As part of this period, Liverpool won the Football League Cup (also known as the Coca-Cola Cup) in 1995 and it was around this time that Jamie met Louise, who was a member of Eternal.
After many doubted his abilities, the father-of-two said in his reflective years that he was determined to show that he had “the mental strength” to succeed.
When the public learned that Jamie was dating singer Louise, Jamie gained even more attention.
He stated in a statement on the Making A Scene podcast that: “We won the Coca-Cola final, which was the lead cup at the time. We were called The Spice Boys because of our young team.
Avoiding naming his now ex-wife, he went on to explain to hosts David Walliams and Matt Lucas: “We got a lot of stick because I was dating a popstar, David James was modelling for Armani, John Barnes was just John Barnes, Jason McAteer [was there].”
For the past 20 years, Jamie and Louise have two sons, Beau, 17 and Charley, 21.
The singer reportedly cited “unreasonable behavior” in the singer’s divorce proceedings at the time of their split in 2017.
After a few years, the pair has since developed new relationships.
Jamie became in love with Swedish model Frida Andersson for the first time. Raphael, the couple’s son, is now four years old, and she was expecting him in 2021.
She had four children with American hedge fund manager Jonathan Lourie before becoming a wife.
Speaking recently on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, the football pundit made a rare admission about moving on from Louise and the impact it had on their children.
He said, “I have to be honest when I tell my eldest son that Frida was pregnant, that it didn’t go well with Charley.
If I’m being honest, when I told him that Frida was pregnant, he said, “I went to pick him up at school and told him that.”
He added: “I got it, I totally understood it because his world had been turned upside down — you’re married, everything feels straightforward, and then you meet someone else and you get married again.”
In 2023, Louise started dating businessman Drew Michael. The mother-of-two regularly updates her on social media about their relationship, including last year’s Glastonbury Festival together.
Source: Mirror
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