Nicky Brownless talks about her new life after her public divorce from AFL husband Billy after their marriage ended in betrayal when she started dating his best friend Garry Lyon
Nicky Brownless opened up about her life with AFL star Garry Lyon and her children on Sunday after her public split from ex-husband Billy in 2015.
The blonde beauty, 54, revealed that she is still very close to her ex Billy, 56, and has a strong co-parenting relationship with the former Geelong Cats star.
“Billy and I have always had a great friendship, which I’m grateful for, and always have been. We are a happy, blended family,” she said The Sydney Morning Herald.
“We have a family chat group on our phones and are among all the kids. With the four of us there is always someone who needs something.’
Nicky insisted that no one was to blame for her very public breakup with her ex-husband Billy in 2015, in which she left him for his best friend and Footy Show co-host Garry Lyon, who she is still with.
Nicky Brownless opened up on Sunday with her AFL star Garry Lyon and her children after her public split from ex-husband Billy in 2015. Pictured with Garry in 2021
‘I met Billy when I was 17. We were young and grew apart over time.’
Nicky said she turned to wellness retreats with her daughters to find inner peace after the media controversy her breakup caused.
“Meditation taught me and my girls that our nervous system can relax and you can go within and find the answers,” she said.
Garry controversially dated Nicky, the ex-wife of his good friend and former AFL Footy Show co-host Billy, in 2016.
After the first wave of negative headlines, the pair kept a relatively low profile and are rarely photographed together.
Garry blindsided Billy by starting a relationship with his wife of 18 years just 12 months after they broke up.
The blonde beauty revealed that she is still very close to her ex Billy Brownless (right) and has a strong co-parenting relationship with the former Geelong Cats star
A month after the scandal made headlines, the Geelong legend revealed how the affair had affected his family, saying that ‘a good friend wouldn’t do that’.
Billy also sensationally confessed that Garry and Nicky’s secret relationship could have been going on for years.
‘I could not believe it. I found out three or four months ago. I asked Garry and Nicky earlier what was going on and they said they were just good friends. That hurts the most,” he said on The AFL Footy Show at the time.
Nicky shares four children with Billy, daughters Lucy and Ruby and sons Oscar and Max.
It was one of the most dramatic splits in AFL history, involving Geelong veteran Billy Brownless (left) and his ex-wife Nicky (second left), who had an affair with his boyfriend Garry (second right). ). Right: Garry’s ex-wife Melissa Lyon. Pictured on October 20, 2012