- All you need to know about Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel
- She would become known to football fans during the 2006 World Cup as a WAG
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Wayne Bridge has dramatically pulled out of his fight with KSI just two days after it was announced after claiming that the YouTube star had ‘crossed a line’.
The former Chelsea defender, 44, was set to fight KSI in Manchester on March 29 but he announced his withdrawal from the event in a statement posted on Monday.
Bridge’s decision came after the social media sensation aimed a jibe at him after Misfits Boxing 20 on Saturday night, in relation to his ex-girlfriend’s alleged affair with John Terry.
But who exactly is Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel and how did rumours of her alleged affair with John Terry surface?
Read on below for everything you need to know about the ex-Chelsea left-back’s former partner.
Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the pair first met in 2005
She would become known to football fans during the 2006 World Cup as a WAG after Wayne was selected in England’s squad for the tournament
Who is Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel?
A lingerie model who was born in France in 1976, Vanessa’s first brush with fame came when she appeared in a music video for Ali G, the popular character performed by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
A further acting appearance came in the unlikely form of the film adaptation of Phanton of the Opera, the popular musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
She would become known to football fans during the 2006 World Cup as a WAG after Wayne was selected in England’s squad for the tournament.
This saw her become part of a group that included singer Cheryl Tweedy, formerly Cheryl Cole, and Coleen Rooney.
Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the pair first met in 2005 and gave birth to their son, Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the pair first met in 2005 and gave birth to their son, Jaydon Jean Claude, in November 2006, before they split in 2009.
What happened between John Terry and Vanessa Perroncel?
Bridge refused to shake Terry’s hand ahead of Manchester City’s clash with Chelsea in 2010 after the News of the World alleged that Terry had been involved in a romantic relationship with Vanessa
In 2009, the News of the World alleged that Terry had been involved in a romantic relationship with Vanessa, who was still dating Bridge at the time.
The pair had been close friends for a number of years and, at one time, were even neighbours in a gated community in Surrey.
Wayne played alongside John at Chelsea – where the pair won two Premier League titles under Jose Mourinho – for five years until he moved to Manchester City in 2008.
While Perroncel denounced the credibility of the story, which later prompted the newspaper to issue an apology, Bridge refused to shake Terry’s hand ahead of Manchester City’s clash with Chelsea in 2010.
Are Wayne Bridge and John Terry still friends?
The fall-out also led Wayne to announce his retirement from international football in 2010, so that he could avoid Terry in the England setup, where the latter was stripped of the England ahead of the 2010 World Cup in the wake of the scandal
Both players were also goaded over the situation by rival supporters and the pair are no longer friends over the incident.
The fall-out also led Wayne to announce his retirement from international football in 2010, so that he could avoid Terry in the England setup, where the latter was captain at the time.
However, following speculation over Terry’s alleged affair with Perroncel, he was stripped of the England captaincy ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Bridge said at the time that England’s squad would be ‘untenable and potentially divisive’ with he and Terry amongst the nation’s ranks.
In 2022, the pair also avoided a run-in when it was revealed they were saying at the same hotel during the World Cup in Qatar.
