- Everything you need to know about Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel
- She would become known among soccer fans during the 2006 World Cup as WAG.
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Wayne Bridge dramatically backed out of his feud with KSI just two days after it was announced after claiming the YouTube star had “crossed a line.”
The former Chelsea defender, 44, was due to fight KSI in Manchester on March 29, but announced his withdrawal from the event in a statement released on Monday.
Bridge's decision came after the social media sensation mocked him after Misfits Boxing 20 on Saturday night, in relation to his ex-girlfriend's alleged affair with John Terry.
But who exactly is Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Perroncel, and how did the rumors of her alleged affair with John Terry arise?
Read on below for everything you need to know about the former Chelsea left-back's ex.
Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the couple met in 2005.
She would become known among football fans during the 2006 World Cup as a WAG after Wayne was selected in the England squad for the tournament.
Who is Wayne Bridge's ex-girlfriend Vanessa Perroncel?
Lingerie model who was born in France in 1976, Vanessa's first brush with fame came when she appeared in a music video for Ali G, the popular character played by comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.
Another acting appearance came in the unlikely film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber's popular musical.
She would become known among football fans during the 2006 World Cup as a WAG after Wayne was selected in the England squad for the tournament.
This saw her become part of a group that included singer Cheryl Tweedy, formerly Cheryl Cole, and Coleen Rooney.
Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the couple first met in 2005 and gave birth to their son, Bridge dated Vanessa for four years after the couple first met in 2005 and gave birth to his son, Jaydon Jean Claude, in November 2006, before they split in 2009.
What happened between John Terry and Vanessa Perroncel?
Bridge refused to shake Terry's hand before Manchester City's clash with Chelsea in 2010 after the News of the World alleged Terry had been involved in a romantic relationship with Vanessa.
In 2009, News of the World alleged that Terry had been involved in a romantic relationship with Vanessa, who was still dating Bridge at the time.
The pair had been close friends for several years and, at one point, were even neighbors in a gated community in Surrey.
Wayne played alongside John at Chelsea, where they both won two Premier League titles under Jose Mourinho, for five years until he moved to Manchester City in 2008.
While Perroncel denounced the credibility of the story, which later led the newspaper to apologize, Bridge refused to shake Terry's hand before Manchester City's clash with Chelsea in 2010.
Are Wayne Bridge and John Terry still friends?
The fallout also led Wayne to announce his retirement from international football in 2010, so he could avoid Terry in the England set-up, where the latter was stripped of England ahead of the 2010 World Cup in the wake of the scandal.
Both players were also egged on by rival supporters over the situation and the pair are no longer friends over the incident.
The fallout also led to Wayne announcing his retirement from international football in 2010, so he could avoid Terry in the England set-up, where the latter was captain at the time.
However, following speculation about Terry's alleged affair with Perroncel, he was stripped of the England captaincy ahead of the 2010 World Cup.
Bridge said at the time that the England team would be “unsustainable and potentially divisive” with him and Terry among the nation's ranks.
In 2022, the couple also avoided a clash when it was revealed that they were saying in the same hotel during the World Cup in Qatar.