James Martin is a weekend staple in many households due to his Saturday Morning ITV show. yet what they may not be aware of is that the popular chef, 49, has an exciting personal life away from TV screens.
He previously dated ex James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli for four and a half years before the pair split in 2008. James and Barbara, 61, met at a charity auction before hitting it off and he recalls how she would try to lavish him with expensive gifts.
Barbara gave him three genuine Picassos but James said when she tried to gift him a £180,000 Aston Martin he realised they were too different and called it a day.
At the time of the breakup he penned a piece in MailOnline saying: “It wasn’t as if it was my birthday or Christmas – it was just a spur of the moment thought. “In the end I said, ‘If I want something, I’ll work for it.
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