“I’ve never travelled so little since I met him, to be honest. “That’s certainly not my life at all,” she says with a sigh. ![]() But Lisa insists she got a raw deal – instead of the high life, Jeremy persuaded her to leave glamorous London and move to the Cotswolds to help run his farm. Most people would imagine dating a celebrity to be non-stop private jets, holidays in the Caribbean and island-hopping on luxury yachts. I had given myself three months, but it was way before that, where I thought: ‘OK, I really like this person.’ He has a laser brain and will take you down – and that’s where the fun and the challenge is with him, trying to take him down.” “I’m still waiting for that moment,” she says deadpan, before cracking up laughing. So I was like: ‘If I’m not going to be single any more, I don’t want to be with a messer.’”Īnd then did it suddenly hit her that she was into him? We’d both come out of quite long-term relationships and I was really happy being single. I wanted to know that he wasn’t messing around. They made their first public appearance together at the GQ Men of the Year Awards in 2017. Lisa was wary about jumping into anything serious with the Grand Tour presenter and so made sure he put the work in before she committed to him. Meanwhile, Jeremy had split from his second wife, Frances Cain, the mother of his three children Emily, Finlo and Katya, in 2014 after 21 years. The pair have three grown-up children – Lizzy, Wolfe and Alice. When they were introduced, Lisa was enjoying the single life, having separated from her husband Baron Steven Bentinck in 2011 after nearly 30 years together. Whereas if they’re famous and a nice person, they’re just a nice person who happens to be famous.” PRINCE WHO-Y? Royal fans discover Kate Middleton's secret nickname for Prince LouisĮven if they’re famous, if they’re not a nice person, it doesn’t matter that they’re famous – they’re still not a nice person. I used to cycle past Spandau Ballet on the way to school in the morning. They had a tax thing where many musicians moved there, so it’s no big deal. “You grow up in Dublin with so many celebrities. Lisa, who was once described as John Cleese’s muse after appearing alongside him in the 1997 movie Fierce Creatures, and who counts Roxy Music frontman Bryan Ferry among her friends, laughs at the idea that she would be dazzled by Jeremy’s fame. Though there was one episode I caught that was amazing – the one with a Toyota pick-up truck that they were trying to kill and it just wouldn’t die. "The TV show would be on, because I have a son, so on a Sunday evening, he was allowed to stay up late to see it. ![]() I don’t relate him to the person who’s on TV, because it’s not him. I thought: ‘Well, he’ll be interesting.’ And then we just got on really well. “I knew he’d be a good conversationalist because he’s very bright. COUPLE GOALS Jeremy Clarkson cosies up to girlfriend Lisa Hogan at Chelsea football match
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