Richard Wilkins cheated on Rebecca Gibney when they dated
SHE went on the show to promote her upcoming drama Winter, but Rebecca Gibney wound up spilling the beans on her fling with Richard Wilkins.
The Aussie actress revealed all the juicy details to Nova’s Fitzy and Wippa this morning, admitting that she was “madly in love” with the popular TV personality back in the day, until he cheated on her with an air hostess.
Gibney, 50, said the fellow Kiwi talents dated for a while when she was just 22-years-old. “I thought we had a future together, until that fateful day.”
The Gold Logie winner went on to explain that the pair were living in different cities at the time and just as Dickie was boarding a plane, Gibney handed him a rose — which he then promptly re-gifted to the flight attendant on the plane “who he was having a fling with.”
Unfortunately for the ladies’ man, what he didn’t realise was that the rose actually had a card attached. The card read: ‘I’ll miss you’.
The Packed to the Rafters star added that he did go on to marry the hostie, one of his former wives, Michelle Burke. “May the best woman win, she obviously was the best woman,” Gibney joked.
The popular personalities are often required to share red carpets, attend the same events and even sit next to each other on flights, but Gibney assured the radio duo that they’re good friends now.
“It was a bit messy for a while because he did break my heart a little bit but we’re mates now,” she said, adding, “Richard, if you’re listening please forgive me.”
Dickie, now 60, married Michelle Burke and they had a son together, Christian Anthony. The Today show presenter has been married three times. Gibney is now happily married to production designer Richard Bell and they share a son, Zachary, 10. She was formerly married to Irwin Thomas, former lead singer of Southern Sons, aka Jack Jones.
Gibney’s new crime series, Winter, starts on Seven tonight at 9pm.
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