Rhian Sugden reveals her devastation after being branded a ‘sex-texter’ and seen as the bad one after Vernon Kay ‘got drunk and sent inappropriate text messages’ to her
The model hit the headlines in 2010 after exchanging X-rated texts with married Vernon
RHIAN Sugden has revealed that the Vernon Kay text message scandal resulted in her being the victim of disgusting abuse and losing work.
In 2010 it emerged that Vernon had been sending the model sexually explicit messages despite being married to Tess Daly, and last year he was caught trying to meet up with Rhian again.
However the 30-year-old has been left astounded that while 42-year-old Vernon’s career soared she was treated like a villain.
Speaking on Celebrity Sex Pod that airs on Thursday, she said: “He got drunk and sent inappropriate text messages to me. And I’m the one people would pour drinks on.
She added: “I’m the one people would spit on. My career didn’t go anywhere but his went up. I even lost contracts. I was just known as a sex-texter.”
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Last year Vernon was forced to publically apologise again to wife of 14 years Tess, 47, after it emerged he’d been sending Rhian “hundreds” of WhatsApp messages wanting to “reconnect.”
Opening up about the scandal last month, Rhian told The Sun that it’s Tess that she feels sorry for.
“[Vernon] must see it because his name is always linked to it, and I just think, poor Tess Daly getting all this attention again for no reason.
“If we had a full blown affair I'd understand, but text messages from 2010 is a bit much now. It's old news. If I could erase the internet I would. I feel like that's all I'm known for.”