28 July 2023 , 15:58
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British boxing icon Amir Khan has reportedly separated from his model wife Faryal Makhdoom after 10 years of marriage following a text affair with an Instagram influencer.
The multiple-time world champion retired from boxing last year after losing by knockout to Kell Brook, and was later found to have tested positive for a banned substance in a drug test after the fight. And reports from the Daily Mail now state that he has split with his long-time wife after texting with another woman.
Reports claim that the pair are splitting their time between England and Dubai but have not yet filed for divorce as the model, 32, decides whether or not their marriage is over. It comes after Khan was caught sending explicit messages to a model named Sumaira on social media.
Amir Khan and Faryal married in 2013 (amirkingkhan/Instagram)
(Getty Images)"Faryal is taking time to think about whether or not to walk away," an unnamed source told the Daily Mail. "She’s going through a very difficult time and choosing to focus on her children while she and Amir continue to co-parent."
Khan was caught texting the bridal model, who is 25, earlier this year, and told The Sun that he would be willing to go to therapy for the sake of his marriage. “That question hasn’t been brought up before," he said in response to being asked about his wife's request for him to seek help.
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“But maybe I do need help to stop me from messaging other women. I am willing to go to therapy to stop me sending texts to women who aren’t my wife. I think nowadays with mental health issues, any help goes a long way. It’s definitely something I would do. Things like that do help, so maybe it’s something to think about.”
Just yesterday, Khan shared a birthday tribute to his wife on Instagram, posting a photo of their pair at a pottery class with the caption: "Happy birthday Faryal. you deserve the world and more."
Last week, Faryal wrote on Instagram in a lengthy statement: "Over the duration of the last 7 days, I had had private conversations of mine dissected and torn apart by an alleged 'legal representative' acting on behalf of Sumaira, who has taken to social media with what I can only describe as a hate campaign.
"My name has been used in almost every single story she has posted in a bid to tarnish my reputation and name label me as not only a woman who has no 'self respect' but Amir's supporter and enabler in these circumstances, all because I refuse to publicise the private dealings I have with my husband.
"How I deal with my marriage and my husband is not the concern of anyone else. I refuse to play out my marriage publicly, the situation has been humiliating enough for me and I will not further play in the spectacle created by others in order to satisfy their desires.
"I will stand strong in my stance that I did not owe Sumaira anything more than a civil conversation. This woman was not under the impression that Amir was a single bachelor, yet she continued on speaking to him whilst gathering her evidence to take to social media, which is something I do not respect nor support."
"I am a woman who receives abuse on a daily basis simply for existing and I knew she would also receive the same for even entertaining a married man, no matter what spin she put on the story. I'm now being made responsible for Sumaria's current mental state.
Khan was stopped by Kell Brook in his last fight in February of 2022 (PA)"Her 'legal representative' has claimed that Sumaria suffering with her mental health as a result of her social media presence and exposures in her exchanges with my husband Amir, and this has somehow become my fault too. Amir and Sumera are both adults who engaged in consented communication.
"They did not consult me when exchanging messages nor did they consider or respect me when building a 'bond'. will not be dragged through the mud now for not 'supporting another woman'. This woman had no respect or regard for me as a woman and as Amir's wife. There was also no consideration of my mental health.
"I am not in control of Amir's actions not those of Sumaira. I had a civil conversation with her which is more than most women in my position would be willing to do." She said: "I am being criticised for being Amir's wife, for still staying with him knowing his 'track record'.
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"This is the man I am married too and have three young children with. The whole world is aware of his track record, his reputation precedes him, why would you as a single woman want to engage in a conversation with him at all?' My focus is my children and shielding them from all that is happening. I am simply a mother trying to do what's best for her children and that is all I am willing to pour my energy into."