Victoria Pendleton reveals the reason of her split from her husband Scott Gardner!
The British jockey and former track cyclist has opened up about her divorce from her husband Scott Gardner. She has not joined the dating app Tinder to find new love.
Victoria Pendleton and her relationship with Scott Gardner
The Olympic cyclist Victoria Pendleton met during the 2008 Beijing Games where Scott was a member of Team GB’s cycling coaching team. They liked each other and began dating.
After five years of a wonderful courtship period, the couple walked down the aisle together in September 2013 in Cheshire. Victoria was very happy and had remarked:
“Seeing Scott at the top of the aisle is an image I’ll keep in my mind forever. I’m very lucky to have met him. If I hadn’t had done spirt, our paths would have never crossed.”
The couple had no children together. They broke up in July 2018.
The divorce of Victoria Pendleton
Victoria and her husband Scott divorced in July 2018. She had tweeted at that time:
“What have you learned? That no matter how it appears, everyone has their struggles.”
She had put a cartoon image of a child and a horse. Victoria had stated:
“After 10 years together I am very sad to say that Scott and I have grown apart, despite our best efforts in trying to make our marriage work, we have come to the decision to go our separate ways.
“It has been an extremely difficult time and a tough decision to make.
“We want to look ahead to the future and stay positive.”
She continued:
“We ould both gratefully appreciate our privacy being respected as we navigate what is a deeply personal time for us.”
The reason for the split of Victoria Pendleton and Scott Gardner
Victoria tried to climb Mount Everest in Nepal In May 2018 with Ben Fogle. But she was unsuccessful. She was mentally low at that time and had revealed to her fans that she is dealing with depression.
Earlier, she had revealed that her husband was against her climbing the highest peak of the world. He thought that it was a dangerous mountaineering feat to do. Victoria had revealed at that time:
“I an ideal world, he would like to be able to stop me, but he knows that won’t make me happy.”
But when she was not successful in making it to the top of Mount Everest, she had written:
“He thinks I am nuts for coming up here, so he’ll be glad that I am back. He just thinks I am a bit crazy.”
Victoria Pendleton is ready to date again
Victoria, 38 is back and ready to date someone. She had registered for the dating app Tinder and a source told The Mirror:
“It’s a bit of fun. No doubt there will be plenty of admirers.”
On Tinder, Victoria has uploaded her pictures and in one of them, she is sipping champagne while in the other she is wrapped in a towel.
Source: Daily Express
