Lizzie Cundy hits back at Ulrika Jonsson’s claims she ‘blamed’ her for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s affair

Lizzie Cundy has responded to Ulrika Jonsson’s claims that he ‘blamed’ her for Sven-Goran Eriksson’s affair while he was dating Nancy Dell’Olio.

The former WAG, 54, appeared in a documentary about soccer coach Sven’s affair with Ulrika, 55, which was exposed in 2002, while he was dating Italian lawyer Nancy Dell’Olio, 61.

Ulrika then responded to the Channel 5 show, called Scandal: When Sven Scored with Ulrika, and accused Lizzie of ‘blaming’ her for Sven having an affair, saying it was ‘pathetic sexism’.

But in response, Lizzie has insisted she didn’t blame Ulrika for the affair ‘not one bit’ in her comments, describing herself as a ‘girls girl’ and saying it was Sven, 74, who was wrong because he was the one. in a relationship.

The TV personality candidly admitted that she knows what it’s like to be cheated on. but said he wouldn’t want to ‘prod’ the women involved with each other and instead criticized Sven’s ‘bad behaviour’.

She told MailOnline: ‘I didn’t blame Ulrika at all for the affair one bit. Sven was the one in the relationship, not Ulrika. I have been in Ulrika’s shoes when someone has had an affair with me.

Lizzie went on to insist that she had been very ‘complementary’ to Ulrika in the documentary while responding to the TV presenter’s claims that he had ‘blamed’ her.

“I thought I was very supportive of Ulrika and I’m all for women, I’m a girl and I’ve also had men cheat on me and I know what it’s like on the other side,” she added.

She continued: “I was blaming the man and I was blaming Sven, I’m a very girly girl, anyone who knows me knows that, I’ve had problems when men haven’t treated me right.”

“I think it’s unfair for Ulrika to say that, because that wasn’t the case at all if she sees it.” What I talked about was Sven’s bad behavior and I was very supportive of her. But I could understand why he fell in love with her.

Lizzie and her ex-husband Jason Cundy separated after 16 years of marriage in 2010.

Their marriage came to an end amid claims that he had he cheated on her with opera singer Hannah Pedley. The couple are now married and share a child.

Lizzie’s latest comments came in response to Ulrika’s criticism of her comments on Channel 5’s Scandal: When Sven Scored with Ulrika.

writing in SunUlrika explained that she had been asked to participate in the documentary, but decided against it, concluding that she “didn’t need to revisit that time.”

He then became infuriated by Lizzie’s appearance in the documentary, accusing her of “pathetic sexism” by “blaming” her for Sven having an affair while dating Nancy.

Speaking about the documentary, he said: “We were fed a diet of gobs for hire like Lizzie Cundy talking about the romance of it all and telling the world about the nicknames she had for Sven.”

Which is a bit strange, because I’ve never spoken to the woman. I guess whatever keeps you up to date, Lizzie.

Lizzie made an appearance in the Channel 5 documentary on Tuesday night, where she weighed in on Sven’s four-month union with Ulrika, which was exposed in 2002, while he was dating Nancy.

Giving her opinion on the matter, Lizzie said: I know Nancy. She is fiery, she is Italian, she is passionate. I thought oh my god, she’s going to cut his ass off.’

And speaking about football, Lizzie added: ‘It was so boring. I’d rather watch the paint dry.

Former England manager Sven was in a relationship with Nancy from 1997 to 2007.

Writing in his 2013 memoir, Sven said: ‘I met Ulrika Jonsson on December 8, 2001, at a party organized by the Daily Express, or maybe it was the Daily Star.

‘The FA wanted me to travel to various newspapers to be courteous and meet the editors. I also visited News Of The World and met a woman with big red hair. I didn’t memorize her name.

‘At the party, Ulrika was sitting at a table next to me. She was a pretty blonde. It wasn’t until later that I realized that she was a famous television celebrity in England.

‘Nancy was there with me. I think she had gone to the bathroom when I decided to say hello to Ulrika. The newspapers later wrote that Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair’s right-hand man, had introduced us, but I don’t remember things like that.

He continued: ‘Ulrika was very nice to talk to. We exchanged phone numbers, but that was it. A few days later I called her and we met for lunch in a restaurant in London.

‘It was all very innocent. I wasn’t afraid of being seen with another woman. She was Swedish and we wanted to meet. Why couldn’t we have lunch together?

‘Ulrika probably knew that I was in a relationship with Nancy Dell’Olio. She didn’t know if she was married or in a relationship. She said that she was single. I did not care.

“It wasn’t until we met at some kind of function in Manchester that something romantic happened. I was there with some people from the FA. For some reason, Ulrika was also invited. We met at the hotel the night before and ended up spending the night together.

Ulrika said that she was writing a book about her life. “Don’t worry, Sven,” she said. “You will not be in it.”

After that, Ulrika and I would get together when we could. Not every day, but from time to time. It has to be more and more serious. Nancy didn’t suspect anything. She traveled a lot to Italy during that time.

‘Once Ulrika and I went to Portugal for a few days. Most of the time we met at her house, on the outskirts of London.

He continued: ‘At home, things got a little difficult. Nancy tried to keep up appearances. There was never any talk of her leaving me. Instead, she had gotten it into her head that nothing had happened between Ulrika and me.

To Nancy, Ulrika was little more than a prostitute who didn’t deserve to be on the same planet as Miss Dell’Olio.

He concluded: ‘There were those who believed that I should have apologized publicly to Nancy. But it was none of these people’s business. I felt like I had nothing to apologize for.

Ulrika later claimed that her romance with Sven was “as exciting as building an IKEA bookcase”.

Lizzie was married to former Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur footballer Jason Cundy, 53, with whom she has two children.

He met Nancy in 2018 when they both appeared on the ITV series Our Shirley Valentine Summer.

The show promised ‘passion and drama’ for eight single celebrities, all of a certain age, who live together for a month in a villa on the glittering island of Naxos.