Yvonne Connolly discusses ex-husband Ronan Keating’s affair

Speaking on Brendan O’Connor’s Cutting Edge Wednesday night, Connolly said she discovered the affair after looking through Keating’s phone bills. She was surprised to find out her husband was not faithful, saying: “We were about to move into our new house. So, no, I didn’t see it coming at all.”

Seeking the truth, the former model decided to meet Francine Cornell - the dancer Keating had the affair with.

“I did get in touch with the girl involved, and I arranged to meet her in a hotel - my hotel, which she did.” said the 44-year-old.

“I just needed answers. I just needed the truth, and I needed to make sure stories collaborated. It was very hard to figure out who you can trust. So this was the answer to it.  I was going to meet this girl, a quick 20-minute conversation, and we’d be done and dusted.”

“And in fairness to her, she came and met me. But the 20-minute conversation turned into a couple of bottles of wine.”

“After a few hours I realised she needed it as much as I did and I know it sounds very dramatic, but she was as much as a victim as I was. I think we both got something from it.”

“Oddly, when we were saying our goodbyes, we gave each other a hug and wished each other well. It was really like ‘oh my God’ and we both just thought ‘this is a weird situation, we have found ourselves in a crazy situation.”

“When I look back, this is what it all boils down to: it was basically two girls in love with the same boy who over a five-hour conversation realised that that boy was not who we thought he was,” the model said.

Keating and Connolly were married for 15 years and have three children together. Connolly is now in a long term relationship with cinematographer, John Conroy. Keating recently celebrated his third anniversary with Australian producer Storm Keating. The couple have one child together, born last year.

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— Cutting Edge (@CuttingEdgeRTE) November 9, 2018