{"id":85223,"date":"2023-11-30T08:19:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/?p=85223"},"modified":"2023-11-30T08:19:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:19:58","slug":"inside-gary-linekers-love-life-from-20-year-age-gap-to-stress-in-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mylifestylemax.com\/celebrities\/inside-gary-linekers-love-life-from-20-year-age-gap-to-stress-in-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Inside Gary Lineker\u2019s love life from 20-year age gap to ‘stress\u2019 in marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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BBC star Gary Lineker went from being a professional footballer to one of the most popular pundits on telly, but what is life like for the star when the cameras aren\u2019t rolling?<\/p>\n

The Match of the Day host has been married twice, sharing four children with his wife from his first marriage of 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seems this marriage didn\u2019t come without his problems, as his wife Michelle Cockayne described how it had negatively affected her mental state at the time. <\/span><\/p>\n

The former professional football player then went on to get married for a second time to an actress and model 20 years his junior, with whom he still appears to have a surprisingly close relationship.<\/p>\n

As Gary turns 63 years old today, Express.co.uk takes a closer look at the star\u2019s interesting love life. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Gary and his first wife Michelle Cockayne reportedly met as teenagers, going on to marry when the young footballer was 26 years old in 1986.<\/span><\/p>\n

The pair share four grown-up sons together: George, Harry, Tobias, and Angus.<\/span><\/p>\n

While their marriage appeared rock solid from the outside, the pair ended up divorcing 20 years later in 2006.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the time, it was announced that Michelle was divorcing Gary on the grounds of “unreasonable behaviour\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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