Vogue Williams has revealed that she “ran to Australia” with Brian McFadden after her father passed away.
The model’s father Freddie sadly passed away during an operation to remove an aneurysm in November 2010, just months before she met ex-husband Brian McFadden in Dublin’s Krystle nightclub – who she sought the perfect escape with.
“I think I just wanted to run after my dad died,” she told the Sunday Independent Life Magazine.
Escape: Vogue admits that she ran away after her father’s passing | BRIAN MCEVOY
“So I ran to Australia. It’s only looking back that I think that, though. I never would have done anything like that before; it was so out of character.
“I was always such a planner, so my family were, like, ‘What’s she doing? What’s going on? Her career’s gong really well over here; why is she leaving?'”
Vogue followed Brian to Australia, where he was working on Australia’s Got Talent, after meeting in April 2011 – Brian finally proposed eight months later and they wed in Tuscany in September 2012.
“But I suppose I just ran away from it. At the time, I saw no reason not to. But looking back, I see that I wanted to get away from the grief.
Love: Vogue escaped her grief with Brian in Australia | VIPIRELAND.COM
“I see now it might have been better if I hadn’t run, and if Brian had lived in Ireland; I would have been with him anyway, but he lived in Australia, so I went there.”
Unfortunately, the relationship between Brian and Vogue didn’t last and the couple announced their split last summer, but the pair have famously remained friends ever since – but Vogue admitted that working to remain friends after their split is still hard.
“I hadn’t been on my own for 11 years. And Brian and I didn’t hate each other when we broke up. Then it could be, ‘I hate you! See you; I don’t ever want to see you again’.
“But it wasn’t like that. And maybe that would have been easier.
Amicable: Vogue and Brian remain friends – but it’s still hard | VIPIRELAND.COM
“We’re working on being really good friends. And it is work. It’s not like me and Brian have never had a fight. It was really hard and nothing was as easy as it seemed, us just going out and being friends.
“But we’ve made it happen. And maybe it’s easier because neither of us has moved on yet, but we’re really working on being friends,” she said.
For now, Vogue wants to enjoy the single life after being in two long-term relationships for 11 years.
“I think people are weirded out that I like being single.
Free: Vogue’s enjoying the single life | BRIAN MCEVOY
“People are like, ‘Are you not going to go on a date?’ And I’m like, ‘No, I’m not. I’ve been in relationships for, like, 11 years. I don’t want to go on a date right now.
“I like getting up, doing whatever I want, not telling anyone what I’m doing. If I was lonely, of course I’d do it. But it takes a lot for anyone to spark my interest.
“I went out with one who sparked my interest for six years and I married the other one. I’m in no rush to get into anything else,” she added.
The news comes after Vogue revealed to Goss.ie that she’d love to join the Loose Women panel.
