Tony Adams book: I turned down £50,000 to go on Celebrity Big Brother to avoid fireworks with Caprice
FORMER England and Arsenal captain TONY ADAMS says he turned down £50,000 to appear on Celebrity Big Brother and reveals Caprice made him feel like a king, in his new autobiography Sober.
THE 1999 season was notable for something significant that happened in my private life: my four-month relationship with the model Caprice Bourret.
American model Caprice Bourret had a four-month relationship with Tony AdamsGetty Images - WireImage
Caprice made it plain she was attracted to me. I don’t think it was purely physical – and there were plenty who would say I was punching above my weight.
I was aware of that but I think I was then a more attractive person than I had been, more at ease with myself and open to new experiences.
I liked her very much. She was an honest and sincere woman.
And, I have to say, I felt like a king in the company of this beautiful woman.
Caprice Bourret was one of the stars of Celebrity Big Brother in 2005News Group Newspapers LtdTony Adams with Caprice Bourret in 1999Mirror Group Newspapers Ltd
In the end, though, I knew I would have to end the relationship due to the lack of emotional connection.
It felt like an act, that she was playing a game before and after she met me. The honesty and sincerity I saw initially got lost behind the facade.
I did have second thoughts – and there is always regret when a relationship ends. But I knew it was right to move on.
The producers were probably looking for fireworks between us in the house and I told her it was not for me
Tony AdamsSober: Football; My Story, My Life
Sex can be such a drug and could have kept me in the relationship, but part of my recovery was to be the master of that and look beyond the physical to the spiritual and emotional as well.
This from a bloke who once dumped a girl because the underwear she wore was, to his eyes, too big!
A few years later, I was asked if I would be interested – for £50,000 – in going on .
Caprice Bourret at a glamorous event in London in February 2016Getty Images
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Tony Adams with his current wife Poppy who he met in 2002Getty ImagesCaprice Bourret underwent surgery for a brain tumour earlier this yearFlynet PicturesTony Adams' new autobiography Sober
I then read in the papers that Caprice was going on the show and rang her up, as we were still civil towards each other.
We both agreed the producers were probably looking for fireworks between us in the “house” and I told her it was not for me.
By then I was making better decisions, and not based on money.
TOMORROW: TONY ADAMS' VERDICT ON ARSENE WENGER
SOBER: Football. My Story. My Life, published by Simon & Schuster, is out on June 1.
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