FOOTBALLING legend David Ginola is set to appear on this years I’m a Celeb 2021 despite his partner Maeva Denat fearing he will have another heart attack.
Here’s everything you need to know about David’s mistress turned partner after leaving his wife for a French model.
Who is David Ginola’s partner Maeva Denat?
Pictures emerged of the 54-year-old walking with his arm around the model 22 years his junior.
Maeva is a model and actress who moved to Paris for work.
Like David she comes from the south of France.
In a YouTube video “Maeva the Muse” she pouts for the camera in shots around Paris, at one point wearing nothing but a skimpy white vest.
The freckle-faced model has small tattoos of a heart and “peace-sign” fingers on her left arm, and a large inking on her right shoulder.
She is a mother-of-one and the pair are said to be love struck, despite the age difference.
When did they meet?
David was first spotted out on the town with Maeva in the French capital in September 2016.
They went for a romantic meal following his appearance on the C à Vous programme on the France 5 channel.
Photographs showed him caressing his lover as she draped her arms around him.
Speaking to his campmate on I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! the former footballer revealed he met Maeva on the day of his near-fatal heart attack on May 19, 2016.Advertisement
The couple are believed to sometimes stay at Maeva’s home in Marseille and welcomed a baby daughter in 2018.
Was David Ginola married?
Pin-up David and ex-wife Coraline were married in 1991.
They have two children.
Their son Andrea – who lives in London – followed his father’s footsteps and entered the sporting world, working as a football agent.
French model Carla graduated from Regent’s University in 2016 with a degree in European Business
