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Former Gladiator Ace opened up to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield on This Morning about his short-lived engagement to Katie Price.
The bodybuilder was engaged to the pin-up in the late 1990s, when Price was at the height of her fame as Jordan.
The pair were engaged in 1997 but broke up soon after, with Ace (real name Warren Furman) splashing out on over £3,000 for the ring.
Joining the This Morning sofa, the TV star opened up about the relationship.
‘We were very similar people,’ Furman began. ‘[We] both grew up in similar circumstances – working class.’
‘We both took our clothes off for a living in a way,’ he continued. ‘I wore the lycra. We had a lot of time together as well.’
The 47-year-old also admitted fame was a huge aspect of their relationship – something that he said he struggled with.
‘We were both deriving our identities from being relevant in the media,’ he explained. ‘We were both selling stories.’
Life for the Gladiator, however, has changed significantly since he was a Saturday night prime time TV superstar. He opened up to Holly and Phil about finding religion after becoming disillusioned with fame.
‘I went on a spiritual search because I thought celebrity culture would fulfill me but it was actually quite lonely,’ he told the presenting duo.
‘Nobody told me the gospel so when I looked at the true gladiator story, it was Jesus’ teaching that closed the gladiator [pits].’
During Tuesday’s Extra Camp, the former Inbetweeners star threw shade at Katie and Peter Andre by joking that presenters Joel Dommett and Adam Thomas needed to get tested for diseases after plunging into the same pool that the former couple first kissed in.
‘This is where Katie Price and Peter Andre had fondles,’ Joel proudly boasted to his co-host. But back in the studio, Emily teased: ‘I hope you boys went to the clinic after being in that pool.’
A source said: ‘She was telling people that she can’t believe Emily would say something so snide and if she “wants a problem, I’ll give her a problem”.’
Eek!
This Morning airs weekdays from 10.30am on ITV.
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