She may now be settled, loved-up and raising a blended family with husband Joe Swash — but a long-buried chapter from Stacey Solomon’s romantic past is said to have resurfaced in a way that left her feeling furious, triggered and quietly humiliated.
Behind the scenes of her picture-perfect family life, sources claim Stacey was blindsided when a globally famous ex-lover unexpectedly revisited their brief relationship in a very public forum — reopening wounds she believed had been closed for good.
The former Loose Women panellist is currently starring alongside her family in a fly-on-the-wall series filmed at their Pickle Cottage home in Essex. Yet while cameras capture calm domestic bliss, insiders say Stacey was left reeling by revelations she never asked to be dragged back into the spotlight.
That ex is Steve-O — real name Stephen Gilchrist Glover — who dated Stacey for around six months back in 2015 after the pair met while filming Channel 4’s The Jump.
Years later, the American stuntman shocked fans when he detailed their relationship in his 2022 memoir A Hard Kick In The Nuts: What I’ve Learned From A Lifetime Of Terrible Decisions. According to sources, Stacey felt the decision to include her crossed a deeply personal line.
Now 50, Steve-O openly admitted in the book that he still “beats himself up” over how the relationship ended, linking his behaviour to a long-running sex addiction that damaged multiple romances.
“I’d meet some woman, pour on the charm to convince her I really cared about her — which I invariably thought I did — sleep with her a few times, then lose interest and ghost.
Wash, rinse, repeat.”
When referring directly to Stacey, his words were even more unsettling.
“I was smitten. I lavished her with attention. I got what I wanted and then I broke it off,” he confessed.
“I had become not only part of her life, I’d become part of her kids’ lives too. And then — poof — I was gone.”
During their time together, Steve-O had met Stacey’s two eldest sons, Zachary and Leighton — a detail that reportedly made his later admissions especially painful for her.
At the time, he had spoken warmly about their romance, telling Celebrity Juice:
“I liked her right away and we just started having a great time.”
But years on, Stacey — now 35 — is said to have struggled deeply with how the relationship was reframed in the book, particularly given her settled life with Joe Swash. The couple married in 2022 and share three children together: Rex, Rose and Belle. Joe is also father to son Harry from a previous relationship.
A source told Closer Magazine that Stacey felt “mortified and triggered” by Steve-O’s comments, branding them “completely inappropriate” for a married woman who has worked hard to protect her family’s privacy.
“She regrets trusting him — believing all his affection, letting him into her life and introducing him to her children,” the insider claimed.
The source added that the remarks were also deeply disrespectful to Joe.
“Especially as the way Steve behaved is tied to his sex addiction, which he openly discusses in the book. Saying things like ‘he got what he wanted’ makes it sound as if Stacey was just another notch on his bedpost — when she knows it was far more complicated than that.”
Those close to Stacey say she later recognised the relationship as a form of “love-bombing,” followed by a sudden and devastating withdrawal — an experience described as toxic and emotionally agonising at the time.
“She’s furious because she understands exactly how the fame game works,” the source continued. “From her perspective, mentioning her was a way to boost book sales in the UK, where Stacey is a huge name.”
While Steve-O has insisted there is no ill will, insiders say the shock of being ghosted — after allowing him into both her life and her children’s lives — is something Stacey has never fully forgiven.
What began as a brief, unexpected romance has now become a deeply uncomfortable reminder of a past she never chose to revisit — and one she certainly never expected to see replayed on the page.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/
