Rugby ace Gareth Thomas has today has told of his HIV status and hopes it can break the stigmaGareth Thomas came close to suicide after confessing to his wife that he was gay.The retired Welsh rugby star, who today has taken the brave step of telling the world of his HIV+ status, previously spoke of his abject misery at putting Jemma Thomas through so much heartache.The childhood sweethearts had married in a beautiful white wedding in 2001, but five years later Gareth told Jemma the truth about his sexuality - a secret he'd been struggling with for nearly 20 years.And, when Jemma decided to leave him, Gareth nearly took his own life as he calmly dressed in the tailored grey suit issued by the Welsh Rugby Union and went down to the private swimming pool in their marital home to drown himself.
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"I pulled her clothes off the hangers and shelves, and buried myself in them. Find Jemma Thomas's phone number, address, and email on Spokeo, the leading online directory for contact information. "Jemma has since gone on to remarry, while Gareth wed his partner Stephen - who does not share his medical status - in November 2016.Gareth with his ex-wife Jemma, pictured in 2004 before he came out to herThe childhood sweethearts had the 'perfect' marriage - except for Gareth's huge secretGareth dropped the bombshell on his wife after they tragically lost their third pregnancyGareth has bravely opened up about his HIV diagnosis PeekYou's people search has 31 people named Jemma Thomas and you can find info, photos, links, family members and more All Rights Reserved.
It was as if we were still together but leading parallel lives,’ says Jemma, who took the decision shortly afterwards to join her mother Judi, 62, in Spain. That would come later," she told the "He was just like all the other lads and dated a friend of mine before we got together at a friend's 18th birthday party. "I knew I still loved Gareth, but that our marriage could never survive this, no matter how much we both wanted it to," she went on. Gareth was absolutely heartbroken, but all he cared about was making sure I was all right. "We were both keen to try again as quickly as possible. Looking for Jemma Thomas ? I needed her presence, so I invented it. I climbed into her wardrobe, and sprayed her favourite perfume, Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle, around the interior," Gareth wrote in his 2014 memoir Proud, which documented his journey to acceptance of being gay. I knew I couldn't stay with Gareth knowing that I had 90 per cent of him, but not all. View Jemma Thomas’ profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. "A third miscarriage followed in early 2006, when Gareth hit the headlines over accusations he had led a player revolt against Wales national coach Mike Ruddock.A rugby injury reared its head again and Gareth suffered a mini-stroke with a ruptured artery.After that, Jemma said, Gareth would start spending hours alone walking along their local beach and telling his wife he was in different places while on tour.Jemma started having her suspicions that Gareth might be gay but put it down to locker room banter - until one day her husband called and said they needed to talk. When it's your first, you just accept it as one of those things, so in many ways the second miscarriage at nine weeks was devastating. "At their fairytale wedding, Gareth told his bride she was beautiful and that he loved her in front of their beaming friends and family.But the rugby ace was still battling his demons, unable to find the words that would make their world come crashing down.The newlyweds were desperate to start their own family, but tragedy struck a year into their marriage when Jemma experienced her first miscarriage 10 weeks into her pregnancy. It was an awful time for both of us. Party animal. Alive but lost to me," she said.Rather than anger towards her husband, Jemma felt nothing but "enormous sympathy" for his decision to come out. Hello I'm Jemma I am a designer and illustrator with a love for hand drawn design and typography. I am gay. I was in her space, her sphere. "Gareth met Jemma when they were both teenagers growing up in neighbouring Welsh villages and he was her postman before going professional.They dated on and off for years, with Gareth struggling to commit as he wrestled with his secret identity.He popped the question in Christmas 2020 and Jemma was elated, with "not a second's hesitation" about marrying him. 17 records for Jemma Thomas. See what Jemma Thomas (Jemmalthomas) has discovered on Pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas. The retired Welsh rugby star, who today has taken the brave step of telling the world of his HIV+ status, previously spoke of his abject misery at putting Jemma Thomas through so much heartache. He couldn't have been more loving and supportive," she recalled. There are 40+ professionals named "Jemma Thomas", who use LinkedIn to exchange information, ideas, and opportunities. "That night he admitted it, saying: 'You have to know the truth. Reading "Before our marriage I had no idea, no suspicion at all, not then anyway. Jemma has 16 jobs listed on their profile.