England manager Eddie Jones teased me about having sex with Kirsty Gallacher… he was like a horny teenager, says Danny Cipriani
RUGBY star Danny Cipriani’s new book reveals how former England head coach Eddie Jones questioned him “like a horny teenager” about his sex life with Kirsty Gallacher.
The fly-half – who had just split from the presenter – was at a training camp in 2016 when he was shocked when asked, ‘Didn’t you shag her? What’s she like?'”
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Danny, 35, recalls the Aussie picking him out at a team dinner in 2016 and “pecking” over and over at his bedroom secrets with the glamorous Scottish TV presenter.
Kirsty and Danny began dating rugby player Paul Sampson after their marriage failed and had tried to keep their romance a secret.
He’d dated the Sky Sports beauty for six months before splitting, largely due to their 12-year age difference – she was 40 at the time and he was 28 – and it was still touchy.
Jones is now coaching Australia and leading them into Friday’s Rugby World Cup.
Danny made 16 appearances for England between 2008 and 2018 but struggled to get selected after Jones became head coach in 2015.
In exclusive excerpts from his autobiography, Who Am I?, Danny also reveals how his wife Victoria Rose, 42, proved to be his savior after years of womanizing.
He then recounts how losing his baby with Victoria – a boy they named River – brought them even closer together.
Danny writes:
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It’s May 2016 and England manager Eddie Jones has chosen me for a three day training camp at Pennyhill Park in Surrey.
The first day we all get together for dinner and Eddie comes and sits next to me.
The first words out of his mouth are, “Dude, doesn’t Kirsty Gallacher live around here?” Haven’t you shagged her? What is she like?’
I just split from Kirsty after a short relationship and I don’t want to talk about it with my head coach or anyone else.
Eddie keeps pecking like a horny teenager and in the end I tell him straight out, “Eddie, I don’t want to talk about this, I’m uncomfortable.”
Surprise surprise I’m not in the squad for the summer international against Wales.
He picked a part-time job 10 points ahead of me. I can’t help but think that Eddie picked me for this training camp just as a joke. It hurt then, but I did what I could. That’s how I sleep soundly at night.
Whether you choose me or not is up to you.
I was named Player of the Year at the 2019 World Cup, Eddie Jones didn’t pick me again.
It was really hard to take because I did everything I could. When I talk to women I’m usually playing a role, a game that only reveals enough to create the familiar buzz.
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But Victoria can see right through me. She is happy to draw my attention to my bulls.
I wouldn’t say I enjoy it, but it’s definitely more stimulating than what I’m used to.
We constantly start chatting on the phone. The first conversations last a few hours, but in the end it’s five or six hours.
I’m holding nothing back and it’s the first time I’ve been completely honest with a woman. It’s intense, it’s deep and I feel completely comfortable with Victoria.
After two weeks and hours of conversations, I realize that I have fallen in love with this incredible woman.
And when I finally get home, we spend the next two months together every day, having previously only met four or five times.
Thanks to River, I’ve shared parts of my soul with his mother that I might never have known existed.
His spirit united two loving, determined people, opened them up and sent them on a wonderful journey of discovery.7
- EXCERPT of Douglas Wight from Who Am I? by Danny Cipriani, published 14 September by HarperCollins, price £22.