Inside Andy Carroll and Billi Mucklow’s turbulent two-year marriage, from stag do scandal to footballer’s France move

ANDY Carroll and his world TV prima Wag Billi Mucklow person revealed they are divorcing, aft a turbulent 2 twelvemonth marriage.

In a statement, the ex-England, Newcastle and Liverpool striker said: "Billi and I person privately separated earlier this twelvemonth and we are nether mode with our divorcement proceedings.

"It has been a hard fewer months for our household and we proceed to determination guardant amicably for our children."

The brace stock 3 kids, having been unneurotic for 11 years.

A root told us: "Andy and Billi attraction astir each different a batch and person made immoderate large memories together, but decided it was champion for the household if they went their abstracted ways having grown apart.

"They’re inactive focusing connected the kids and being the champion parents they tin beryllium and being respectful of each other.

"They privation the process to beryllium straightforward for everyone involved. Andy has been throwing himself into his football."

Their relationship has been fraught with issues. SunSport looks astatine wherever it each went wrong.

The stag bash scandal

In 2014, Andy and Billi were seemingly headed for eternal happiness.

They were precise overmuch successful love, having got engaged conscionable a twelvemonth aft gathering each different successful a whirlwind romance.

Eight years later, the 2 yet walked down the aisle astatine luxurious Four Seasons Hotel successful Hampshire.

But, it was a wedding that astir ne'er happened.

Prior to their peculiar occasion, Carroll went connected his now infamous stag do with pals.

Pictures surfaced of the towering guardant passed retired successful furniture with 2 women successful Dubai.

One of the girls, Taylor Jane Wilkey was besides seen posing successful a bath wearing the footballer's personalised dressing gown

When the photos circulated connected societal media, Billi reacted arsenic you would imagine.

She took disconnected her £200,000 engagement ringing and near their Essex home.

It seemed similar they would ne'er speech nuptials.

A reprieve

However, barroom manager Taylor expressed her regret astatine the situation.

She besides insisted that thing intersexual happened.

Taylor told The Sun: "It was each conscionable a spot of wholly guiltless fun.

 “It was an afterparty. We each went backmost to his hotel. There was me, Andy and my pistillate friend.

"I didn’t slumber with him, it wasn’t similar that, determination was 3 of america successful the room.

"It was a afloat time and nighttime of drinking, we’d been astatine Cove Beach since 12, it was a truly boozy day. Andy was steaming, we were each drunk.”

She added: "We went backmost to Andy’s edifice suite and we played immoderate euphony and helium got into furniture and passed out.

"I was determination with my person until the aboriginal hours and took the photograph arsenic a joke.

"My mates backmost location were goading maine for the lowdown truthful I took that representation for a laughter and sent it to them.

"Nothing intersexual happened. It was conscionable a spot of banter."

After Billi requested Carroll amusement her each the pictures from the boozy stag bash successful clear-the-air talks, the wedding was backmost on.

However, it was intelligibly a infinitesimal that broke spot betwixt the pair.

A caller start

In August, 2023, Carroll near Reading aft triggering a merchandise clause successful his contract.

He joined French 2nd part nine Amiens - with his vocation successful its twilight years.

A twelvemonth later, helium would proceed his escapade crossed the transmission and motion for Bordeaux, wherever helium presently plays.

For Carroll, it encouraged a quieter life, distant from the hustle and bustle of cities similar Newcastle and London, wherever the nightlife whitethorn person proved a temptation.

However, alternatively tellingly, helium was alone.

Billi made the determination to enactment successful their Essex home, arsenic Carroll continued his vocation successful France - 1 that hasn't been profitable fixed Bordeaux's fiscal conflict and autumn from grace.

Andy, who is said to beryllium connected £750-per-week, revealed to RMC Sport: "To beryllium honest, it's adjacent costing maine wealth to travel and play for Bordeaux but I'm playing shot and I americium simply blessed to beryllium playing football.

"I privation to beryllium a portion of this club's past and to beryllium frank, it wasn't a question of money. In my career, it's ne'er been a question of money."

Carroll has since reportedly moved connected from Billi - and is dating Harry Styles' hairstylist Lou Teasdale.

With divorcement costing a beauteous penny, expect Carroll to person excavation heavy into his savings to money his divorce.