The British grandmother who went viral for marrying a toyboy 46 years her junior has spoken out after the couple’s divorce.
Iris Jones, 83, made headlines after falling head over heels in love with Mohamed Ibriham, 37, during her trip to Cairo, Egypt.
Following a whirlwind romance, the couple tied the knot and moved into the woman’s bungalow in Weston-super-Mare where Ibriham landed a job as a security guard.
Since their controversial wedding, however, things have gone south and Iris revealed that the couple had split because she got fed up with cooking and cleaning up after her husband.
Speaking to MailOnline, the grandma said: “We used to have a great sex life but then it dwindled to nothing because I was always so tired from looking after him. I would do all his cooking, cleaning and tidying.
“I’m better off without him, and I wish I had listened to my family and friends but what’s done is done now. I do regret meeting him and I now know that my best husband was my first husband Gwyn.”
The bitter divorcee went on to say that she’s glad she’s gotten rid of Mohamed while insisting she’s never again going to let herself fall in love.
Iris also admitted she hasn’t seen or heard from the young man ever since she kicked him out of her sea-facing house last month.
“He’s taken all his things with him and I’ve no idea where he is but he won’t be welcome back here I can tell you that,” she added.
“My friend said it was meant to be, she’s very spiritual, I think it was his image that I fell in love with him, if he was bald and had a pot-bellied I doubt I would have become infatuated with him. I certainly don’t feel love for him at the moment, what I do feel is stupid and I should have known better.”
Meanwhile, another source claimed that Iris reached her boiling point after doing all the chores around the house and getting exhausted from looking after her husband.
“There was clearly a cultural divide between the two of them. He would speak Arabic the whole time and it would drive Iris mad, she liked to have the windows open but he didn’t and he was such a hypochondriac, he was at the doctor more than Iris and he’s half her age,” the insider claimed.
“He also didn’t like traditional British food like cottage pie, or shepherds pie and wouldn’t eat any of the meals she cooked. He was also constantly using the water and Iris is on a meter which jarred with her as well.
“He was also quite tight and despite having a job he never really contributed towards the bills and Iris gave him lots of presents and when they split up she asked for them back but he never returned them.”
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