Married At First Sight’s Peggy takes a swipe at ex Georges with cryptic post about ‘trust’
MARRIED At First Sight's Peggy Lawrence has taken a swipe at ex-boyfriend Georges Berthonneau by sharing a cryptic post.
The reality star bride announced their split on Valentine's Day. seemingly taking Georges by surprise.
There's been public mud-slinging since with Georges, 30, branding Peggy, 33, a "manipulator".
Now Peggy has hit back by sharing a post by Mafs relationship expert Paul Brunson on Instagram that read: ";Trust your instincts, value your self-worth and refuse to settle for anything less than you deserve."
After the split, Georges claimed his ex plans to join Towie, but can only do it if she’s single.
Though the pair had already separated privately, Georges said Peggy broke an agreement they had when it came to announcing it.
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He told the : “We said we were going to do it together. The next thing I know she's putting out a statement on Valentine's Day, on purpose. It's obvious she has done that on purpose. It is calculated.
“I sent her flowers, a card and balloons for Valentine's... I checked my letterbox yesterday and I got nothing.”
Georges said Peggy made very little effort with him, and claimed they only had sex six times.
He also said he spent thousands of pounds on her over the course of their relationship.
“She has only been to my place three times since the end of the show in May. I have to go to hers or we have to get a hotel. She never, ever came to mine,” he said.
“I get it... she's probably used to men with apartments in Chelsea that earn six-figures, but I do have a nice place...
“I was in a relationship with somebody that didn't actually want to spend time with me. I always asked her ‘When do you want to see me?’ She never asked me when I was free or said at the last minute, ‘I'm free all evening, let's do something’.”
Peggy's split statement in full
"I'm so sorry I've been quiet on socials everybody but there's a reason for my silence.
"Me and Georges are no longer together and I'm absolutely heartbroken.
"It's affected my mental health and it's taken me weeks to come to terms with it but with it being Valentine's Day, I can't pretend to be OK."
Peggy’s rep hit back, telling the publication: “After Georges expressed his desire to end his relationship with Peggy, she made every effort to handle the situation amicably and comply with his wishes.
“She requested that they issue a joint statement, and she has been persistently asking him to do so for the past two weeks, despite his continuous disregard for her request.
“It should be noted that she had no intentions of selling her story, and instead opted to release her own statement.”
Viewers met the couple on the most recent series of MAFS and nine months after the show the pair spoke of plans to tie the knot for real.
But out of the blue Peggy shared a statement about their break-up and how it had “affected her mental health’.
Georges also claims his mental health was affected by the situation and admitted he had been struggling with financial issues.
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He hinted all was not well just before Peggy 'blindsided' him with her split statement.
Georges told his Instagram followers that they should go to the gym if they were single as it would likely be filled with other singletons, before heading their himself.