Danny Cipriani and his wife Victoria Rose called time on their two-year-and-a-half- year marriage following a series of difficult ‘rows’.
The couple, who married in April 2021, are set to call in divorce lawyers after they parted a fortnight ago.
The pair sparked speculation their relationship was in trouble when they unfollowed each other on social media, sparking speculation their relationship is in trouble.
The former England rugby ace, 36, has moved out of their Kent home and is staying at another address, although he has been seen visiting there over the last week, the source added.
But who is Danny’s now estranged wife Victoria?
Split: Danny Cipriani and his wife Victoria Rose called time on their two-year-and-a-half- year marriage following a series of difficult ‘rows’
Who is she? The couple, who married in April 2021, are set to call in divorce lawyers after they parted a fortnight ago, but who is Danny’s estranged wife Victoria Rose?
Early life
Victoria Rose, from Derby, is a mental health campaigner.
The health worker suffered a tragedy in her early years from when she dated Steven Austin, before striking up a relationship with Danny.
At age 14, Steve and Victoria Rose gave birth to her first child, Jade Austin, 26, but Steve sadly lost his life at age 22 in 1999.
Victoria later had a son, 14, from a previous relationship which is unknown.
Danny took up the role of stepfather and step-grandfather of Victoria’s children and her daughter’s child.
Victoria’s daughter Jade welcomed a child six years ago, giving Victoria her first grandchild.
Victoria’s half-sister Zara Newbold told MailOnline: ‘She was very young when she had her first baby.
‘She and Steve were happy together and I think they would have had a long lasting relationship.
‘But he died in not a very nice accident leaving Vicky with a young baby, which was hard for her.
‘We grew up in Derby but Vicky later ventured out, she wanted bigger and better things. She moved to Essex and then London.’
Sad: At age 14, Victoria Rose gave birth to her first child, Jade Austin, 26, (pictured) with her late boyfriend Steve but he sadly lost his life at age 22 in 1999
Family: Victoria later had a son, 14, from a previous relationship which is unknown (pictured with her grand-daughter)
Relationship with Katie Price’s ex-husband
Victoria previously had a fling with former cage fighter and Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid.
The pair dated in 2012 after his relationship with Chantelle Houghton ended.
At the time of Victoria and Danny’s engagement in 2020, Alex told The Sun: ‘I had some intimate relations with her for two, maybe three, weeks and I found the whole experience stressful.
‘I entertained her when I split up with Chantelle. She messaged me on Facebook again. She had messaged me years before I thought I’d give her the time of day. Victoria was telling me she was Elvis Presley’s illegitimate love child, and Georges St Pierre, the welterweight champion of the UFC, was the father of her child.
‘I was like ok. I didn’t buy it but I went along with it. It felt like sleeping with the enemy. I was a horny man’.
Short and sweet: Victoria previously had a fling with former cage fighter and Katie Price’s ex-husband Alex Reid
Baby Loss
Victoria suffered a tragic miscarriage with Danny at 24 weeks, but kept the date of her pregnancy unknown at the time.
At the time, in an emotional post Danny wrote: ‘At 24 weeks we lost River, our son. Was and is always going to be difficult, but we supported each other through it and found our love grew and got strong.’
He revealed the pair named their unborn child River, but the tragedy brought them closer together.
Danny said: ‘Have I been in love with women in the past? Since meeting Victoria, I’m pretty sure I haven’t.
‘I’ve met lots of great women, and had some great experiences, but none of them made me feel safe or comfortable enough to reveal the real me.’
Tragic: Victoria suffered a tragic miscarriage with Danny at 24 weeks , but kept the date of her pregnancy unknown at the time
A source in their inner circle and close to the couple revealed that up until the summer, all had been well in the marriage.
But the source added: ‘Victoria had been increasingly unhappy over the last few months. Things got tense and then she saw some text messages on his phone and it led to some difficult rows between them and they have now split up.’
’They are both devastated at the breakdown of their marriage’ the source said.
Danny released a statement after the split, telling his 221,000 Instagram followers that he ‘only wished the best’ for his ex.
But in a blunder, he claimed they were separating after four years of marriage – when their wedding day was two years ago.
He shared: ‘Victoria and I sat together this weekend and agreed to separate after 4 years of marriage.
‘Whilst we’ve had some wonderful times together, we’ve also recognised we’re on different journey’s and whilst this is sad news, it’s also a new chapter for us both to pursue our own happiness. I only wish the best for Victoria and her children.’
A source close to the couple told MailOnline when they unfollowed each other: ‘It’s strange behaviour as they have always been so vocal about each other on social media.
Oopsy: In a blunder, Danny claimed they were separating after four years of marriage – when their wedding day was two years ago
READ MORE: Danny Cipriani admits threesomes became his ‘norm’ but left him feeling ‘dejected’ afterwards because sex had become ‘a form of self-harm’
‘The fact the content has suddenly stopped and they unfollow each other is hugely surprising.’
The former England rugby ace hasn’t posted about his partner for months, while health care campaigner Victoria, 42, appears to have ditched her wedding ring.
On Sunday, she posted a video on her Instagram Stories featuring an old woman dancing on a beach with a bird on her head alongside the caption ‘Me in the middle of another existential crisis’.
The couple started dating in June 2020 and Danny proposed to the mother-of-two Victoria weeks after they first met.
Danny’s last post featuring Victoria was in April – a gushing love note to mark their three-year wedding anniversary.
His recent posts have mainly focused on promoting his bombshell autobiography Who Am I?, which was released in September.
As well as discussing his relationships with famous exes including Kelly Brook, Kirsty Gallagher and Katie Price in the memoir, Danny also gushes about Victoria and credits her for turning his life around.
He revealed the pair lost a baby, named River, but the tragedy brought them closer together.
Danny said: ‘Have I been in love with women in the past? Since meeting Victoria, I’m pretty sure I haven’t.
‘I’ve met lots of great women, and had some great experiences, but none of them made me feel safe or comfortable enough to reveal the real me.’
Danny and Victoria met via mutual friends and struck up an immediate bond.
Confirming the announcement on Instagram, weeks before she became a grandmother, he wrote: ‘I love waking up with you every morning, not knowing which one of our personalities is going to arise, and how we fall in love with each other over and over again. You make every day so much better, I can’t wait to get home from training every day to see you. I can’t imagine life without you.
‘You make me want to be the best man i possibly can for you and our family. You are my now wife to be. I can’t wait to marry you in October. You’re my lover my best friend, you are so loyal, incredibly intelligent, sexy with so much class.’
Newlyweds: Danny revealed he’d married Victoria in a low-key ceremony in April 2021 as he shared pictures from their big day on Instagram
Crisis: On Sunday, she posted a video on Instagram Stories featuring an old woman dancing on a beach with a bird on her head, writing ‘Me in the middle of another existential crisis’
The sports star continued: ‘I learn from you all the time. I will never get complacent, you deserve the greatest love every day. We could be doing absolutely nothing for days on end as long as I’m with you.’
‘My dream of finding the one ai never thought would come true. And it has. I vow to you I’m going to turn up every day. Love and support you for the rest of our lives. Love you @rosierosee__.’
Victoria admitted she thought Danny was ‘an arrogant wally’ before they started dating, but he quickly won her over.
She said: ‘The first time I met Danny, I thought he was a bit of a wally. He wasn’t boastful — but he did have an air of arrogance.
‘And while I assumed he disliked me, we couldn’t stop sending each other messages. One time he texted, “Hello beautiful. Send me a pic.” He meant a naked pic.’
The womanising former Wasps ace claimed in his memoir he would sleep with up to three women a day before he settled down with his new partner.
He described how he would lure ‘everyone from porn stars to actresses to girls I meet at the coffee shop’.
On the opposite sex, he says: ‘Usually when I talk to women, I’m playing a role, a game, only revealing enough to get that familiar buzz. But Victoria can see straight through me.
‘She’s happy to call me out on my bulls**t. I wouldn’t say I enjoy it, but it’s certainly more stimulating than I’m used to.’
Danny never believed he was a sex addict, despite his lothario reputation, expressing constant pursuit of sex originated from a ‘place of pain’ which stemmed from childhood.
His dad left to live in Tobago when Danny was 10, and his parents separated when he was two.
He explained: ‘The push-pull from the female felt very similar to home. There was a sadness to it.
‘Even though on the outside it looks like I’m having a great time with all these women, deep down I’m constantly letting people down.
‘Constantly hurting people. Constantly hurting myself because I’m acting from a pace of pain.’
And on their heartbreaking baby loss, he wrote: ‘His spirit united two loving, determined individuals, opened them up and sent them on a wonderful journey of discovery.’
Danny dated former Big Breakfast presenter Kelly Brook between 2008 and 2010.
In his memoir, he claimed the pair later shared a tryst in secret in Mauritius, when she had moved onto his former teammate Thom Evans, who is now engaged to Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, he said: ‘I felt like it was fair game… I felt like what was mine wasn’t mine any more. I was friends with Thom. It was definitely a difficult scenario.’
The former couple had a tumultuous relationship, and Danny also reveals how their stormy romance unravelled spectacularly for the first time when they went on holiday to Las Vegas in the summer of 2010.
Kelly reportedly encouraged him to enjoy a lap dance in a strip club in a situation which then got out of hand.
After he started flirting with the stripper, he told her he was breaking up with Kelly, and when she found out he recalls that she came out and slapped him.
The situation escalated and Kelly had to be restrained by several bouncers.
The chaos of the evening took a huge toll on Danny, who headed back to the hotel and proceeded to self-harm with a piece of broken glass.
Danny said: ‘I felt like I just… I couldn’t express how I felt because I had so much within that I hadn’t dealt with. So that’s what I felt the route to take was.’
The former England fly-half also confirmed in Who Am I? he slept with US actress Lindsay Lohan and glamour model Katie Price.
Love life: It comes after Danny claimed in his new book to cutting himself following a huge row with ex Kelly Brook when she caught him chatting up a stripper (pictured May 2010)
Former flame: Danny is pictured with ex-girlfriend Kirsty Gallacher in 2015
VIPs: Among these many women, he confirmed he had sex with actress Lindsey Lohan who he called ‘just really sweet’ (pictured in November)
Revelations: Danny also revealed he slept with former glamour model Katie Price, clarifying: ‘I didn’t go out with Katie Price. But I did sleep with her’ (Katie pictured in April)
Danny called Lindsay ‘just really sweet’, while clarifying: ‘I didn’t go out with Katie Price. But I did sleep with her.’
He’s also previously dated Cheeky Girl Monica Irimia, model Lara Bingle and reality star Jasmine Waltz.
Danny is currently without a club having last played a Premiership game for Bath back in June 2022.
He claims to have turned down offers from teams in Japan, but is still not officially retired, hinting he would consider a new challenge if the opportunity arose.
