EXCLUSIVE: 'I'm happy... why should the 30-year age gap bother me?' Bake Off star Paul Hollywood's young lover breaks her silence over her romance with TV chef
- Bake Off star Paul Hollywood, 52, is dating former pub barmaid Summer Monteys-Fullam, 22
- TV star got together with Summer after his 19-year marriage to wife Alexandra collapsed in November
- They met last year at the star's local pub where he organised a party for his estranged wife Alexandra's birthday
- Former model Summer was whisked off by Hollywood on a romantic £1,000-a-night holiday in Mauritius last month
- Speaking for the first time about their romance, Summer told MailOnline: 'I'm happy. Why should it [the age gap] bother me?'
Paul Hollywood's young lover has broken her silence over her relationship with the Bake Off star to say their 30-year age gap doesn't worry her.
Speaking for the first time of her love for the 52-year-old TV chef in an exclusive interview with MailOnline Summer Monteys-Fullam, 22, said: 'Last November I was emotionally drained – but now I'm loving life.'
Summer said she came into Hollywood's life after his 19-year marriage to wife Alexandra had already ended.
Summer, who wore figure-hugging black jeans, a grey t-shit and Gucci belt, insisted: 'I came [into a relationship with Hollywood] way after his marriage ended.'
Summer, pictured today, says the 30-year age gap with the Bake Off star doesn't bother her. She told MailOnline: 'Last November I was emotionally drained – but now I'm loving life.'
Former model Summer was whisked off by Hollywood on a romantic £1,000-a-night holiday in Mauritius last month (pictured)
Hollywood got together with Summer, who was a barmaid in his local pub, after his 19-year marriage to wife Alexandra ended. The star has a 16-year-old son with his estranged wife
The former pub barmaid invited MailOnline to photograph her in the cathedral city of Canterbury and agreed to discuss the attention heaped on her and her married partner.
Asked if the age gap bothered her, she said: 'I'm fine and I'm enjoying life. I'm not upset… I'm happy. Why should it [the age gap] bother me?'
Speaking about the fact that her lover is in his fifties and old enough to be her father, she said she had no concerns.
'There are many other people in the world with age gaps, and marriages and kids and everything else and I'm fine.'
She said there had been a huge amount of interest in her since their romance had become public.
Summer, who wore figure-hugging black jeans, a grey t-shit and Gucci belt, insisted: 'I came [into a relationship with Hollywood] way after his marriage ended.'
The former model, who was whisked off by Hollywood on a romantic £1,000-a-night holiday in Mauritius last month, went out shopping to a local supermarket and returned with a bag of food for lunch.
Paul Hollywood's young lover Summer Monteys-Fullam, 22, has broken her silence over her romance with the TV chef, 52
Summer went out shopping to a local supermarket and returned with a bag of food for lunch
Hollywood and Alexandra, who married in 1998 and have a 16-year-old son, have announced their split and are said to have parted ways in early 2017
Alexandra (pictured) previously separated in 2013 from the TV chef when he admitted his affair with Marcela Valladolid, his co-star on the US version of Bake Off
The couple are staying in a detached farmhouse with horses in the stables. Their new home is tucked down the end of a country lane and well away from prying eyes.
The TV host has been seen driving his sports cars which include a Aston Martin and his Range Rover and her Audi convertible are housed in a garage in the grounds.
The pair appear to be growing closer and have also spent time secretly together in America. They were reportedly first spotted in November, while out on a date in Kent.
They met last year at the star's local pub where he organised a party for his estranged wife Alexandra's birthday.
Paul and Alexandra, who married in 1998 and have a 16-year-old son, have announced their split and are said to have parted ways in early 2017.
They previously separated in 2013 when the TV chef admitted his affair with Marcela Valladolid, his co-star on the US version of Bake Off.
The American spin-off was cancelled after just one series for having poor ratings.
The couple are staying in a detached farmhouse with horses in the stables in the countryside
Their new home is tucked down the end of a country lane and well away from prying eyes
The couple reconciled a few months later and he described the incident as 'the biggest mistake of my life' in an interview with BBC radio.
Speaking at the time, he told the BBC he 'was shocked about the whole thing kicking off the way it did... but I deserved it and I've taken it. It was my punishment.'
Meanwhile Hollywood's car show has been axed by the BBC after his move to Channel 4.
He left the BBC as part of The Great British Bake Off's £75 million move in 2016.
Fellow judge Mary Berry and presenters Mel and Sue quit the hit series but he was reported to have struck a £1.2 million deal with Channel 4.
He had carried on with the Beeb on his programme 'Paul Hollywood's Big Continental Road 'Trip last summer.
But he has had his last ties with the BBC slashed as programme executives decided to ditch the BBC2 show.
Alexandra declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline.
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