GLADIATORS star Jet claims she attacked her ex-wife after feeling “bullied” during their short marriage.
The 90s pin-up, real name Diane Youdale, said she “snapped” after being “pushed over the edge” by former spouse Zoe Gilbert.
Diane Youdale and her ex-wife Zoe Gilbert[/caption]
The couple met by chance at a supermarket in 2022[/caption]
The 54-year-old also revealed she had developed an alcohol issue during the 18-month marriage.
She said the relationship came to a head during a vicious row in which cops were called.
Diane told MailOnline: “Eventually, I snapped. She fell over the back of the sofa. I pressed on her chest three times firmly and I said, ‘stop this now’.
“I can’t remember what happened then. The next thing I knew I was being led out by the police.
“The living room was an absolute mess, there was coffee up the walls, writing all over the walls. She is claiming that I did all that, but I didn’t. I’m unsure what level of amnesia I must have had to block it out.”
The incident, which took place in 2023, occurred at teacher Zoe’s home where they were living together.
Diane went on to reveal the relationship made her feel so low that she contemplated taking her own life.
The pair had met in the aisles of a supermarket in 2022.
Zoe said to Diane: “I think you are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. May I ask you out on a date?”
Diane – who soared to fame on hit TV show Gladiators from 1992 to 1996 – said she was approached by the “gorgeous lady” by chance.
Diane –famous on the show for her trademark flicking of her hair – said: “It was aisle six of Tesco and I nearly fell on the floor.
“It was like that feeling when your knees give way, I felt winded.
I was like, ‘Yes, of course’ and by the weekend we went to a local village and had a meal and we literally have not been apart since.”
She previously admitted she had been “put off relationships for life” after moving to North West England for a failed love interest which ended badly.
Diane wed Zoe in a secret ceremony with just six family members and friends present, a year after they met.
The couple enjoyed a quick honeymoon away in Northumbria before spending some time with family and friends, including some of Diane’s former Gladiator co-stars.
They later appeared on ITV’s Lorraine where they opened up on the whirlwind relationship.
But Diane revealed that the marriage hit the rocks almost straightaway and she’d moved out by September 2023.
Diane said: “She was funny, had a great mind, she made me laugh a lot and I was fully invested in the relationship.
“I tend to jump in both feet, pretty quick.
“But I became a bit of a passenger, I’m usually independent, proactive, and there’s things I like to do like walking but I stopped doing all that.”
She added: “I lost ‘me’ really quickly. And that is possibly that something I’ve done in relationships in the past as well.”
Diane had trained as a choreographer before she became a Gladiator and released a single in 1994.
LEAVING GLADIATORS
In 1996, she exited the show after suffering a 40ft fall in the Pole Axe stunt, crushing her nose after she hit the airbags.
She later told the Gladpod podcast: “My knees literally went into my face and I broke my nose… I had heard the crack, and I could see my nose out of my left eye.”
Diane retired from Gladiators and went on to star on TV shows, present dance shows and train as a psychiatrist.
She previously spoke of having a love affair with former Gladiators co-star James Crossley — known as Hunter.
James and Diane dated for two years but the pair ultimately struggled over their age gap.
The pair, who have remained good friends since their split, reunited on TV screens earlier this month as they took part in BBC show Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
They joined Margie Cooper and Ishy Khan in their bijou classic Fiat 500 as they traversed the mean streets of Lancashire looking for some antique bargains.
She was also married to a TV exec for seven years and was in another long-term relationship with a man.
But she said her sexuality changed “organically” over the years.
Previously she was coy about putting a label on herself but she is now proud to declare: “I am gay. Sorry gentlemen! You boys have it lucky – I think men are very lucky to love women.”
Her divorce from Zoe is now finalised and she added: “It just didn’t work out between us.”
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