BILLIONAIRE philanthropist John Caudwell has told how he often "roughs it" despite his huge wealth - and his girlfriend Modesta Vzesniauskaite "thought he was a pauper" when they first met.
Speaking to The Sun Online, the 67-year-old businessman and founder of Phones 4U opened up about his relationship with the 36-year-old beauty, and how he knew their romance was the real deal despite the 31-year age gap.
The pair, who recently celebrated their fifth anniversary, appear together in Channel 5's Millionaire Age Gap Love this evening, where John reveals that he met Olympian Modesta at a cycling event - and she had no idea that he was sitting on a £1.5 billion fortune.
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