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Their May-December romance with a nearly 50-year age gap made headlines when it started. But, as they say, nothing lasts forever.
British grandma Iris Jones (83) and her Egyptian husband, Mohamed Ahmmed Ebrahim (39), have called it quits, with Iris saying that their relationship has become "too much hard work".
The couple, who met on Facebook in 2019, tied the knot the following year.
“We used to have a great sex life but then, rather than making love, we ended up arguing all the time about anything and everything. I can’t be doing with that. I’m not a lovesick teenager. I’m 83,” Iris said.
Meanwhile Mohamed hit back, claiming she had only used him for sex.
“I treated Iris like a queen, but she used me as a sex slave. I loved her but she broke my heart."
In a 2020 TV interview, Iris gushed about her sex life with the man 46 years her junior,
“It was incredible. I felt like a virgin again. It wasn’t easy but it was very loving and romantic,” she told ITV’s This Morning.
Mohamed, who didn't want to publicly discuss their sex life, said he fell in love with Iris after getting to know her.
“When you are a man and you fall in love with a woman, it doesn’t matter how old she is or what she looks like. It’s not her appearance that interests me but what’s inside.
“She has a great mind and loving heart. It might seem a bit strange having a wife who’s 20 years older than your mother but that’s love,” he said.
“I never expected to fall in love with someone 46 years younger than me, but I did. I adored everything about Mohamed," said Iris, who has moved on and found a new companion – Mr Tibbs, her Bengal cat.
“I got him just a few days after Mohamed moved out and he’s the perfect companion. He never complains, is very quiet and beautiful to look at – I adore him. He’s very happy here and doesn’t create a mess.”
Mohamed, a former quality inspector, struggled to secure a spousal visa because of red tape. The couple spent months apart, with Iris flying back and forth between the UK and Egypt to spend time with her husband who couldn't live with her.
Cold-hearted online cynics speculated that Mohamed had only married Iris so he could live in the UK, which he denied.
“People think I'm with her for all the wrong reasons. I know Britain is a beautiful country and a lot of people want to go there but I'm not bothered. I'm prepared to live with her anywhere in the world."
Mohamed was eventually granted a visa in 2021, which was valid for three years, but now it seems that the years they spent travelling to and fro, and navigating the bureaucracy with expensive lawyers has all been in vain.
“I’m not missing Mohamed at all. The thing that annoyed me the most, is that when he left, he took my tempura-battered prawns that I’d planned for my dinner that night,” Iris said.
SOURCES: MIRROR.CO.UK, DAILYMAIL.CO.UK, METRO.CO.UK
