'Having cake and eating it' Chris Tarrant's ex-wife compares his affair to Matt Hancock's

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Matt Hancock and Gina Coladangelo, which was heavily publicised after pictures were leaked to a newspaper of the pair kissing amid strict lockdown rules.Steven Bartlett regularly records podcast chats, speaking to big names in society, with his most recent chat being with Matt Hancock.Matt dominated the news last year when snaps emerged of him kissing Gina at work, despite social distancing measures being in place.He stepped down from his role as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and spoke to Steven about his affair.Ingrid took to her The Sun column to compare the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

host's affair with Matt's, claiming infidelity is never sparked by love.Ingrid said: "Hancock said: 'I haven’t had casual sex with anybody — I fell in love with somebody.'"Using the loaded word 'love' whiffs of the classic scenario of the guilty party trying to make himself — or herself — feel less guilty."The reality is that, in most cases, an affair is about having your cake and eating it."Ingrid then spoke about her own experiences when she found out about her husband."I split from my former husband, the television host Chris Tarrant, 15 years ago after his long-standing affair with a teacher."I’d had my suspicions.

I just thought he had changed, the shape of our marriage had gone wonky."In the Press he said the affair 'didn’t mean anything' and he still loved me.

But it was too late."It was the lying that shocked me most. I couldn’t live with that and, with the blessing of my children, started divorce proceedings.So our 16-year marriage ended."Ingrid used a private investigator to uncover the truth after Chris looked her "dead in the eyes" denying the affair.She admitted that even years later, her former husband.