OHMYGOSSIP — Ulrika Jonsson was shocked when she fell for ‘Gladiator’s Hunter.
The 53-year-old presenter was married to John Turnbull when she had a fling with James Crossley in 1995 and Ulrika – who presented ‘Gladiators’ at the time, never expected to fall for one of the competitors.
Writing in The Sun newspaper, she said: “All the Gladiators were friendly and, believe it or not, I didn’t find them attractive. I’d never been around bodies like that before.
“I was the focus of attention when I was unfaithful to my husband in 1995 with Gladiator Hunter, aka James Crossley.
“Yes, I was as surprised as you that I could see past those humongous muscles and fall for the person behind it. But I did.”
However, Ulrika was pleasantly surprised when it didn’t affect her career.
She said: “It wasn’t my finest hour, but happily it wasn’t a sackable offence. If anything, the publicity surrounding the affair may even have been deemed a positive by the producers.
“What I do know is that in many respects we were like a giant, dysfunctional, maladjusted family. It was always an intense month of filming every year.”
Ulrika also said she took a risk, leaving a “safe” job to work on the “bonkers” show.
She said: “I had left a safe, comfortable job, presenting the weather on TV-am in 1992 when I was asked to co-present what sounded like a bonkers idea for a new show for London Weekend Television, now ITV.
“Dynamic directing and producing duo Nigel Lythgoe and Kenny Warwick explained it to me as muscly men and women in lycra fighting a duel with giant cotton buds, running gauntlets, racing to the top of a giant wall and wrestling each other to the ground while hanging from rings.
“It sounded not only unbelievable, but astonishingly ridiculous. Naturally, I accepted their offer.”
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