They
say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned and that was certainly true
of lingerie tycoon Michelle Mone following the breakdown of her 22-year
marriage.
The
mother-of-three revealed in her autobiography how she was furious to
discover her husband, Michael, was seeing her old friend and colleague
Samantha Bunn following their split.
Michelle,
43, was suspicious that the pair had started their relationship before
she and Michael separated - but this is an allegation he has always
denied.
Michelle Mone, pictured on This Morning, said she regrets her behaviour following the end of her marriage
Michelle
admitted she saw red after finding out Michael and Samantha - who was
nine years her junior - were together. And matters were not helped by
the fact she continued to share her six-bedroom mansion in an affluent area of Scotland with her ex for eight months after they agreed to separate.
During
this time, Michelle waged war against the father of her children,
damaging his prized Porsche, cutting up his clothes and putting
laxatives in his coffee.
But now years later and in a much happier place, Michelle admits she regrets her acts of childish revenge.
'When I found out about my ex employee and ex husband it was my way of getting the hurt out for 18 months,' she said on today's This Morning.
The lingerie tycoon told This Morning
presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that married couples who
work together - like they do - should set ground rules to stop work
going home with them
Michelle split with husband Michael, the father of her three children, in 2011
'I
was so bitter, it was so out of character, I am not like that. I really
regret it but every day is a school day and every day we learn and get
stronger.
'I did do things I regret, like smashing up his car.'
The
Ultimo founder told presenters Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford on the
ITV show that she wishes she had thought about the effect her behaviour
was having on their children, who were then aged 12, 15 and 19.
She
said: 'We lived together for eight months after the break up and I do
feel bad for putting the kids through that. I was drinking heavily and
just thinking about me. I wasn't thinking about how my behaviour
effected my kids.'
Michelle
admitted she flew into a rage when she discovered her ex husband had
started a new relationship with Samantha Bunn, left, who had once been
her friend and Ultimo head of design
Michelle admitted that she is now off the booze and hasn't had a drink since December 31.
After
fighting for control of Ultimo from her former business partner husband
(who went on to set up a rival lingerie company with Samantha), she has
since sold 80 per cent of Ultimo and is no longer the chief executive.
She
said she prefers to do motivational speaking and advises couples to
learn from her mistakes when it comes to working with a loved one.
She
said: 'If you are going to work with your partner, you have to have set
of up ground rules, don't talk about phoning the bank when you're in
bed together on a Friday evening.
'If you take business home with you, you will get a divorce or the business will go bust.'
Michelle,
who grew up in poverty in the East End of Glasgow, married Michael when
she was 18 after she fell pregnant with their first child.
The
couple launched Ultimo together in 1999 after setting up their company
MJM International in 1996. But Michelle admits the stress of making
their business venture a success took its toll on their relationship.
She
wrote in her autobiography, My Fight To The Top, published by Blink
yesterday: 'Going to work became like walking through a minefield, our
boardroom meetings constantly interrupted by one or other of us storming
out, and the arguments continued at home where our sex life was
virtually non-existent.'
After
calling time on their relationship in 2011, the couple said in a
statement on their separation that 'no other parties had been involved
and the split was amicable.'
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