Gladiators Jet fuels rumours she’s reunited with stunning ex as she spends weekend with her after split from new wife
GLADIATOR’S star Jet has sparked rumours she’s reunited with her stunning ex, as they spent the weekend away days before her marriage split.
The TV icon, who shot to fame on the popular 90s show, married wife Zoe in 2023 after a year-and-a-half of dating.
But a source close to the pair today confirmed Jet had split from her wife – who she met in the aisles of a supermarket in 2022.
And since the split, just days ago, the star appeared in an Instagram reel with her nail technician ex lover Sonia Strong, as they went to see Fawlty Towers at the Apollo and went for pizza in Knightsbridge.
Jet – real name Diane Youdale – could be seen in various selfies with Sonia, who wrote about their “overnight stay in London.
They looked in great spirits as they hung out together a couple of days ago, while walking around the city and taking a ride on the tube.
In another reel shared around Christmas of last year, the two women spent time together in a post captioned: “Lovely Weekend, lovely company, lovely food Altogether.. lovely!”
In one of the photos, Sonia could be seen planting a kiss on Jet’s head, and in another selfie there was a love heart placed over the top.
They enjoyed a meal with pals in the photos, and looked very happy in each other’s company.
The Sun has contacted Jet’s reps for comment.
Jet and Sonia were last pictured together in 2019, and in a video around the same time as they applied face masks.
After they split, Sonia spoke to The Sun about her shock that Jet had got married.
Sonia said: “I didn’t know whether to laugh, scream or cry when I read that Diane was supposedly with her first ever woman.
“The way she told it, it was as if she had stumbled across lesbianism in the cereal aisle at Tesco.
“But we were in a relationship from 2012 to 2019 so how this latest woman can be her first is beyond me.”
The pair had met when Sonia was 13 and they appeared together in a Peter Pan pantomime in Sunderland.
They reconnected in 2012 when both lived in London.
But Sonia claimed Diane, by now a psychotherapist, was struggling with the end of a relationship with a man.
She said she helped rebuild her confidence, even getting her to choreograph musical shows she was producing.
Of their relationship, she said: “I thought it would be just a fling. But two years in she told me I was her soulmate.”
Despite being loving behind closed doors, even suggesting they get married, Diane refused to go public.
Sonia said: “It began to make me feel insecure. We loved each other and lived together but couldn’t be together in public.
“I was sick of it and by the end of 2019 I told her it was over.”
It comes as an insider told MailOnline: “Diane and Zoe just realised it wasn’t to be. They didn’t see any point carrying on so decided to end their marriage.
“It’s sad, especially as they were only married for nearly 18 months, but they just weren’t getting on.
“On reflection, they may have rushed into making their relationship official but there’s no regrets or hard feelings between them.”
Jet, whose real name is Diane Youdale, soared to fame on the hit show Gladiators from 1992 to 1996.
The 54-year-old met Zoe by chance in 2022 before they started a relationship together.
TV icon Jet told how she was approached by the “gorgeous lady” while shopping.
Diane previously admitted she had been “put off relationships for life” after moving to North West England for a failed love interest which ended badly.
But she said: “Just over a year ago, a gorgeous lady approached me in my local supermarket.
“Over a year later, we’re going to get married.
“We are what we are. It doesn’t matter. And I don’t give a damn.
“I’m safe and I’m loved and there’s no threat to me anymore and that’s what means the world to me.”
Diane wed Zoe in a secret ceremony with just six family members and friends present, a year after they met in the supermarket.
The couple enjoyed a quick honeymoon away in Northumbria before spending some time with family and friends, including some of Jet’s former Gladiator co-stars.
They later appeared on ITV’s Lorraine where they opened up on the whirlwind relationship.