EXCLUSIVE 'I was married to a Premier League footballer - I'll never forget why my mum tried to stop the ceremony...
and here's my warning to girls wanting to be a WAG' reveals Lizzie Cundy Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By GERAINT LLEWELLYN FOR MAILONLINE Published: 09:11, 30 March 2025 | Updated: 09:11, 30 March 2025 e-mail View comments Lizzie Cundy has revealed how her beloved mother Gloria stopped her on the way to the altar after being left so concerned she was tying the knot with a footballer. The former WAG and TV personality, 56, who was married to Chelsea star Jason Cundy from 1994 to 2012, exclusively told MailOnline how she was taken to a pub in her wedding dress on route to the lavish ceremony and given the option to scarper.
Lizzie admitted that despite her parents 'loving' Jason, they knew little about the footballing world, beyond tabloid tales: 'My mum hoped I'd be marrying a doctor or a lawyer, like her friend's daughters and I was marrying a footballer'. 'Even as my dad was in the car taking me to the wedding, [my mum phoned and said] "pull over and just tell her it doesn't matter, she has to be doing the right thing"'. Laughing at the memory Lizzie recalled how she, in her ivory gown complete with veil and tiara, along with her father, traipsed into the Wimbledon pub for a heart to heart, leaving onlookers stunned.
Sitting down with a gin and tonic, her late dad Derek said: 'Lizzie you don't have to do this, you really don't, it's one of th.