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THE former wife of TV funnyman Johnny Vegas has revealed how their unlikely marriage was shattered by his love affair with DRINK.
Kitty Donnelly says the comic put booze ahead of her and their baby son by walking out on them SIX WEEKS after she gave birth.
And she exposes the REAL Vegas: Not the easy-going scruff who makes millions laugh, but an alcohol-guzzling control freak.
Fighting back tears Kitty, 33, admits: "He's probably the best friend you have in a bar-but as a husband and father, forget it."
In a scathing rundown of her six years wed to 37-year-old Vegas she reveals he:
- VANISHED on two-day Guinness and vodka benders,
- WEPT when she found explicit texts on his phone to another woman,
- OBSESSED over neatness, lining up shoes and pens in a certain order,
- PENNY-PINCHED on family breaks, taking them to Butlins or caravan sites while booking himself solo treats in swish hotels.
And sexy blonde Kitty-who recently settled her bitter divorce battle with Vegas and agreed a £300,000 payout-answered the question that baffled millions from the start. . .
Why did she fall for the boozy, overweight comedian in the first place?
Snogging
"Johnny has a great face," she said. "I think he's good-looking. A bit of weight didn't bother me. I'm not into skinny types. And we had a similar sense of humour. I need to be with a man who really makes me laugh or I'm not going to bed with them."
Vegas and Kitty first met in 2002, predictably at a pub, in Kensington, west London. Kitty recognised him from his appearances on TV's Shooting Stars and began chatting.
She admits she was immediately swept away, adding: "When I saw him in the pub I thought, 'I want a child with him.' There was something in his eyes."
Vegas gallantly walked her home and they exchanged a kiss and telephone numbers. Within weeks they had moved in together, happily snuggling up on a sofa watching his beloved Laurel and Hardy films after Kitty had rustled up his favourite Thai prawn curry.
Recalling how Vegas amused her into bed, Kitty explained: "He was very, very funny. He didn't have to do much to make me laugh. That's what attracted me.
"And we didn't stop snogging at first. I wouldn't have had a baby with him if he was a bad kisser."
They began living in a six-bedroom house in Johnny's native St Helens, Lancashire. And just five months after first meeting they flew to San Francisco to marry. The unconventional pair even sold picture rights of their wedding to Viz comic for £1! But Kitty says that decision was all his-the first worrying sign of trying to control his new wife.
"And I didn't get my share," she joked. "He still owes me the 50p!"
JOHNNY GETS LIPPY: 'Great kisser,' says Kitty
Fans adore the dysfunctional image that helped make Vegas a star but Kitty soon discovered the reality.
She insisted: "He WASN'T this cuddly down-to-earth working class character. That's not what he's really like."
Kitty said Vegas was fixated with neatness. "He was very tidy, very organised, very anal. Everything had to be put in the right order. His shoes would be lined up, his pens would be in the right place. He kept his socks rolled up in pairs."
"If he was packing a suitcase it would be so perfect. And he was really into Tupperware to keep his favourite foods like cheese nice."
Within months Kitty was pregnant. But the heavy drinking soon cast a dark shadow over their relationship.
She recalled: "He'd be out all night drinking quite a lot when I was expecting. He could stay up two nights without sleep and drink continuously, Guinness and vodka. But it made him moody and sulky."
As she prepared to give birth, Kitty became alarmed by his alcohol intake and his mounting efforts to control her life.
"Near the end of pregnancy things didn't seem right," she said. "Then Johnny wanted me based up north while I wanted to be nearer my friends and family. But he'd already decided what the future was. And it was causing tension.
"There was no working as a couple. If I wouldn't go along with his plans he'd sulk. He was very moody."
And Kitty said that while her famous hubby enjoyed rubbing shoulders with other celebrities he tried to keep her OUT of the frame.
She said in public he was always anxious to keep up his "working class northerner" image-booking family holidays in Butlins and cheap caravan parks.
"But in private with his showbiz pals he'd do his own thing," she added. "Like staying at expensive hotels. He lived the luxury bachelor lifestyle. He'd go to Chris Evans's mansion for four-day benders.
"One evening at a film premiere Johnny was having his photo taken with Dustin Hoffman. Johnny was quite happy to do it alone but Dustin Hoffman turned round and pulled me in to the picture, which I thought was really cool. I wasn't interested in all the celebrity but sometimes it would have been nice."
And when Kitty went into labour the icy chasm between her and Vegas became apparent. She told us: "The contractions started at 6pm but Johnny said it was the wrong time, he was busy writing.
"He was at the birth, but was very moody."
MOVING ON: Kitty & son Michael
Six weeks later, with Kitty still clinging to the hope that their newborn son Michael would bring them closer together, Vegas callously told her he wanted a divorce.
Gulping back tears, Kitty recalled: "Johnny said he was going to come in and chat with me early evening. But he didn't turn up until 11 or 12 and I think he'd been drinking heavily.
"Johnny was extremely rude and blunt. It's not what I expected after having a baby. You want it to be a special time.
"But he pretty much announced as soon as he walked in that he wanted a divorce the next morning. He didn't raise his voice but it was aggressive.
"Then he just said he was turning the lights off because he wanted to go to bed. I was in complete shock. I went for him and slapped him."
The dramatic collapse of the marriage quickly led to both filing divorce petitions, citing unreasonable behaviour.
Nevertheless the couple repeatedly got back together, only to split again and again. Even when together Johnny would regularly base himself in an exclusive London hotel, insisting it was easier to work away from the noise and distraction of his son. But Kitty believes it was a ruse to continue hard drinking.
Snog
And Kitty grew increasingly fearful of his flirting with other women.
She said: "He loved fame. He'd go to the Edinburgh Festival and on the phone I'd hear women in the background saying, 'Give us a snog!' "
In 2004, suspicious Kitty checked Johnny's mobile phone as he lay asleep.
"It was the only time I did it," she said. "My heart was racing. I found a number of texts from him to a woman called Ursula. One was about him kissing her leg in suspenders, what he'd like to do to her. It was very sexually explicit.
"When I confronted him he fled the flat in tears asking forgiveness."
Next day Vegas returned with gifts and an explanation that the texts were a joke from an old college friend.
Although unconvinced Kitty took him back. But in 2006 the they were unable to keep up the facade any longer and again called in lawyers. Now awaiting the decree absolute Kitty still worries about Vegas.
"I fear for his health," she said. "His life was just one big party. He was getting nearer and nearer to being dependent on alcohol."
"I couldn't change him, but I want his son to have a daddy he's proud of."
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This article has 45 comments
This is an unlikely pair - its clear she was after the money - gold digger definitely,
By me. Posted August 1 2009 at 2:40 PM.
with out a doubt gold digger and as for ugly he looks like me and i have no trouble attracting women well rid johnny move on just dont forget your son
By paul (johnny vegas lookalike. Posted October 19 2008 at 12:08 PM.
Nobody is perfect. I think many people need self-examination, especially the woman who is lazy and sloppy and obsessed with vanity. Karma
By Jane. Posted October 14 2008 at 11:38 PM.
i think that kitty is no different to lots of women out there,a calculating schemer; simle plan find a rich husband marry them have a child get divorced and never have to lift a finger again lazy,gold digging cows youre better of without her johnny mate hope you've learnt your lesson cause theres plenty more of them out there
By MARK ST HELENS. Posted October 13 2008 at 8:23 PM.
Are we really to believe she was with him for his kissing ability and not his wallet?
By Damian. Posted October 13 2008 at 7:00 PM.
nowt wrong with interior designers receptionist,johnny used to work at argos. he was married to fame 24/7 should have gone home johnny to your lovely wife and son.
By colin donnelly. Posted October 13 2008 at 3:34 PM.
hes just a fat overweight slob who cant keep his feet out the fish shop
By paul powell. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:59 PM.
theres only 1 word 2 sum him up and that is fat he isnt even funny and stinks of sweat i smelt him in a lift in leeds years ago
By paul . Posted October 12 2008 at 10:06 PM.
I wonder what his new girlfriend makes of this? I've heard she's irish so maybe she's a good drinker!!
By Keef. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:11 PM.
I would not say that she is lucky to be rid of him as he's not ugly just fat and ugly while she is a very good looking lady who could certainly do better than that I'm Sure. He's not even funny.
By Mike Wareham. Posted October 12 2008 at 8:51 PM.
This woman is pathetic. Utterly transparent. She saw her chance and grabbed it with both legs. (see Heather Mills gag above)
By Stephen K.. Posted October 12 2008 at 8:35 PM.
My family know Mike (Johnny). She is a goldigger. She tells people shes an "Interior Designer". Infact, the closest she has come to this, was working as a receptionist for an interiro design company. He is WELL RID OF HER
By Minkymoo. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:58 PM.
Kudos to Kitty and her golden shovel. You may as well put up with the crap off a rich husband rather than a poor one.
By Francesca - Former UK resident.. Posted October 12 2008 at 6:50 PM.
SURPRISED ANY WOMAN WOULD WANT TO GO ANYWHERE NEAR THIS FAT DISGUSTING IDIOT.
By EUDOXIA. Posted October 12 2008 at 6:16 PM.
Wonder if she would have found him so attractive if he was a £200 per week waiter rather than a millionaire comedian
By B WILSON. Posted October 12 2008 at 5:53 PM.
i need 2 go out more 2 get a girl like that e e e
By foz. Posted October 12 2008 at 4:27 PM.
Blimey Johnny Vegas has a love affair with drink, who would have thought it? Talk about stating the bleeding obvious.
You met him in a pub, he's famous for his drinking sessions but you still married him and then complain about it after.
By Peter Wilson. Posted October 12 2008 at 3:09 PM.
hmmmm..... big pay off ,big money story too hmmm.. i think your job is done now luv you got what you wanted quick fame / cash
By MIKE. Posted October 12 2008 at 2:47 PM.
will you go out with me, i write jokes on lollypop sticks.
and with the 300k you got, we can go on holiday to vegas.
By sarpal. Posted October 12 2008 at 12:55 PM.
What a beauty she is, mismatched doesn't even begin to sum up their marriage.
Some guys have all the luck, to quote a certain song.
By JS. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:49 AM.
The woman is insane and Johnny Vegas is well rid of her. I bet the blue line on her pregnancy test showed up as a great big pound sign.
Johnny Vegas seems to be keeping a dignified silence and she is selling her story to tabloids, days after clearing him out in court.
I feel sorry for her son, I wonder if she sees him as anything more than a bargaining tool to help line her pockets. It must be like having Cruella DeVille as a mother.
By anon. Posted October 12 2008 at 12:08 PM.
omg....'he only cared about fame'
she wouldn't have looked twice if it wasn't for his fame!
hypocrasy.
By danny. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:27 AM.
Wally, anal is a Freud thing. Basically his theory was that some babies would stop themselves doing no.2s until they could not hold it any more. The relief at finally going he thought gave them pleasure. He classed these babies as anal retentive. In later life this would manifest as being very (overly) neat and clean and organised. So a person like this is called anal, short for anal retentive.
By John. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:26 AM.
I wouldn't say he was ugly, but then neither would I say she is beautiful, however it does appear that he is a drunk but for someone who has never experienced alcholism before, you do think you'll be the one they start behaving for. Doesn't happen as Kitty has found out. There are always two sides to a story but it can't have been easy for her as a new mother with him going on benders. Sort yourself out Johnny, you're a very funny bloke, in my opinion, but the opinion that will matter most is that of your son. Do him proud.
By MrsMac. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:26 AM.
Who's she kidding I loved his face **** Off its more like I loved his BIG FAT WALLET
By Woody. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:14 AM.
£300K From johnny,and how much did the NOTW pay her for her interview??
Put a sock in it love..!!
By Joe Shirley. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:10 AM.
This woman is very lucky to have gotten the pay-out she did, normal women usually have no choice but to put up with moody, alcoholic husbands.
I would like to know WHY Johnny Vegas drinks so heavily in the first place, instead of sensationalising that part of his life. I bet he's a good father, of course we just get given the dirt, no further explanations, now that annoys me!
By Fiona. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:45 AM.
I would give her one, she in the money now. wat a numpty he is. gold digger she is.
By mark mc guinness. Posted October 12 2008 at 11:07 AM.
oh please!!!! she's a golddigger. anyone can see he is not husband material. she met him in a pub then moans about his drinking??!!!!!
I don't feel sorry for her at all £300 k is not bad for getting pregnant.
By laura. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:30 AM.
Kitty said Vegas was fixated with neatness. “He was very tidy, very organised, very anal. (What actually does anal mean here ?)
By wally. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:26 AM.
And of course she didn't marry him because she saw something in it for herself. She would have married him if he had been a dustman living in a council flat.....NOT!
By Elizabeth. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:13 AM.
I'd still give him one.
By Arthur Penrice. Posted October 12 2008 at 9:10 AM.
Actually i dont believe this story for a second, she saw her opportunity to make money off him, he was always a fat drunk slob, only after she got his child did she decide to do a runner. this woman is so transparent i hope he got a pre nup.
By sam. Posted October 12 2008 at 8:39 AM.
they are the most mis matched couple i have ever seen, and there is no way she married him for love, i think it was the pound signs!
By Laura . Posted October 12 2008 at 8:13 AM.
why is she selling her story to the papers? Good looking meets and marries ugly, fat, scruffy alcoholic slob from the tv. Heather Mills II
By The General. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:20 AM.
Easy one this - Gold-digger.
By Gordon. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:37 AM.
she got 300grand out of it,so why complain.
By tom hirst. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:49 AM.
Tupperware? My gawd, the poor woman.
By Jon Bender. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:49 AM.
I really don't know why Johnny Vegas is famous anyway? he's not funny, and just hams up his northern status - eh up aren't I funny cos am from saaaint elens? MONKEY!! MONNNKEEEYY!!! No, youre not.
By steph. Posted October 12 2008 at 7:57 AM.
Pretty girl but you do go get the feeling she is slightly off her rocker “When I saw him in the pub I thought, ‘I want a child with him.’ There was something in his eyes.” Creepy. All that shines Johnny all that shines.
By tim frankham. Posted October 12 2008 at 8:10 AM.
I lost her when she found it strange he kept his socks rolled up in pairs - do "normal" people just keep them all in one pile and lucky dip for a match?
By Simon. Posted October 12 2008 at 5:09 AM.
Look at him. She is beautiful. She never would have dated him if he was just some guy off the street who didn't have any money
By KC. Posted October 12 2008 at 5:00 AM.
well there's plenty of them types about, i cant see what there is to like about him, dont think obesity or slobbery is even funny... but with more woman marrying for status and money... you get what u pay for... cant see him coming to his senses for another ten years or so..if still alive by then....
By anon. Posted October 12 2008 at 3:25 AM.
Are you Heather Mills with two legs?
By power2burn. Posted October 12 2008 at 3:59 AM.
Silly man to put Booze and "Pub mates" in front of a beautiful wife and baby
By jim Surrey. Posted October 12 2008 at 1:49 AM.