Who is Thomas Skinner's wife Sinead? Strictly star admits affair has left her 'humiliated'

Thomas Skinner's wife Sinead has been keeping a low profile on social media over recent day following his extra marital affair being made public.

The Apprentice star, who makes his debut on Strictly Come Dancing this weekend, admitted his wife had been left "humiliated" after he recently confessed to cheating on her just days after their wedding in 2022.

Skinner brushed off his liaison with Amy-Lucy O'Rourke, 35, as merely "a moment of madness" but the beauty therapist insists she and the father-of-three developed genuine feelings during their brief romance.

In an interview, Amy-Lucy alleges she and Skinner behaved like a proper couple during romantic outings to pubs and eateries, with him even presenting her to acquaintances as his partner. According to Amy-Lucy, Skinner characterised his engagement to Sinead as a "relationship of convenience".

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"I had no reason to believe he was lying to me about him and Sinead having nothing in common, being like friends, saying how unhappy he was at home," she added to the Daily Mail. "He made out he would rather stay out anywhere, than go home to his life."

Skinner and Sinead met in a London bar in 2018 and got engaged two years later. They welcomed son Henry, four, into the world before their May 2022 wedding and now also have twin girls, Darla and Roma, two.

Both Sinead and her husband have shared insights into their romance over the years, with the last post Sinead retweeted on Twitter (X) being one from Skinner celebrating their first wedding anniversary in May 2023.

"Happy Anniversary to my beautiful wife Sinéad. They always say behind every good man is an even better women," the tribute from Skinner read. "Well that is 100% the case! From back when we first met and I made you bunk trains and drive about in my old rusty vans to present day being the best mum to our little Henry & soon to be twin girls, you a the love of my life and a fantastic women.

"To even put up with me you must be a saint! I love you, and I love our family. Enjoying my life with you and our family is all I’ll ever need. Your the best. Bosh."

Sinead has been more active on Instagram since welcoming children into the world with Skinner. "Mummy to Henry and identical twins Darla & Roma," her bio reads on the platform and her page is filled with happy snaps of herself with Skinner and their three children.

But her last post to her 7,401 followers was shared two weeks ago, prior to her husband publicly announcing his infidelity. "Trade festival with the kids, not exactly how I remember festivals but it was a fun day out," the mum-of-three caption the snaps of herself and Skinner as they enjoyed a day out with their offspring.

In 2023, one year on from his affair, Skinner revealed how his wife nearly died while giving birth to their twin daughters. Sinead was rushed into hospital for an emergency C-section four weeks earlier than planned.

Skinner was away managing West Ham Legends and unfortunately he missed the birth of his twins. Doctors warned if the C-section didn't take place both Sinéad and the twins' lives were in serious danger.

He told The Sun at the time: "The doctor said to me they noticed in a routine scan that Twin B had not gained any weight and hasn’t grown at all, and her heartbeat is really slow.

"He told me ‘there’s a significant risk to your wife’s life and twins’ life if we don’t get them out immediately. We need to get these babies out within the next 24 hours - latest - but I want to do it now."

Skinner made the decision to go back to the match and manage his team as he couldn't get another flight for five hours. However, things took another turn when Sinéad's sister called Tom to tell him the twins' heart rates had dropped and the babies and his wife were in "real danger".

The Strictly star "broke down" at the airport and pictured the prospect of telling his then two-year-old son Henry "it's just him and me now".

Luckily, the operation went well and Skinner arrived at the hospital to meet his daughters although, at the time, they had "wires hanging out of them, all these tubes".

Skinner admitted he has made "big mistakes" on Monday after coming clean about his affair, adding: "If you dig you’ll find more." In a lengthy statement on X (Twitter), he wrote: "My life ain’t perfect…..far from it. I’ve made big mistakes, I’ve let people down, and done things I’ll always regret in my past.

"The worst was what I did to my wife three and a half years ago…..one stupid moment I’ll carry forever. It was nothing more and nothing less despite what is being said. I told her straight away. She had every right to leave me back then, but she forgave me…….and that forgiveness changed my life.

"Since then, we’ve built a new home, had two more beautiful children, and moved forward together. We are stronger. Family is everything to me. It’s what I do everything for.

"But I’ve noticed I’ve become a target. Every part of my life is being dragged out….. even my families. People around me have been offered BIG money to sell stories. And I’ve noticed I’m being portrayed as public enemy number 1. They’re trying to break me and get me cancelled."

Skinner said that he has got a "thick skin", adding: "The abuse and death threats don’t bother me. In fact some lies make me laugh. I've got an extremely chequered past… more than most. I’ve never shied away from that. I’ve made mistakes and if you dig you’ll find more. But here’s the truth: most people have made mistakes. It’s okay to own up to them, it’s okay to talk about them and people do deserve second chances."

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