Patsy Kensit was set up on a blind date with her real estate mogul fiancée, Patric Cassidy.
The 55-year-old actress – who has James, 29, with Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, and Lennon, 23, with former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher – got engaged again in February and admits she was surprised by her millionaire. lover, 58, because she was not looking for a new relationship.
She told the Mirror: “These things happen when you least expect it. I’ve got a blind date planned, so there you go.”
The soap star admits that her relationship is more of a companionship.
She continued, “I think we have to understand that you will never be able to change anyone. I use the word companionship.
Love story: Patsy Kensit, 55, was set up on a blind date with her real estate mogul fiancé, Patric Cassidy, 58 (pictured last month)
“I’m not ruling out the intimacy side, but relationships are different at this age, and that’s good and okay. You have to be hopeful and thankful.”
It took her beloved cat Bowie a while to accept the new man in her life, especially since the kitty is used to spooning her.
She said, “I don’t think Bowie liked it at first. My cat spoons me. He’s a Ragdoll cat and there’s something funny about him.”
And while gushing about her sons, she mentioned how both of her boys are involved in the entertainment business.
Her son James is the artistic director of the band The Arctic Monkeys, and her youngest son Lennon is a guitarist and model ‘to make some money’.
She added, “I’ve been protecting them all my life.”
Patsy was heartbroken when her babies became teenagers, but says she and her boys are very close and they both get along and have a typical brotherly bond, “turning each other on” all the time.
She said that when James moved to Italy, she immediately got her cat and followed James to Italy.
Union: Patric popped the question just months ago after the pair enjoyed a whirlwind romance together
James told his mother to “leave me alone,” with the soap actress admitting, “It broke my heart when they both became teenagers.”
However, James calls her every day, wherever he is in the world, and she insists that her sons are close.
Patsy has been married four times before.
She was married to Dan Donovan from 1998 to 1991 before marrying Jim in 1992.
After splitting from Jim in 1995, she married Liam in 1997, but that marriage ended in 2000.
And her fourth marriage, to DJ Jeremy Healy, only lasted a year.
Patsy had previously vowed never to marry again after her fourth marriage.
She admitted that this year was “really, really awful” as she lost her confidence and went from eight stone to eleven.
Proud: Patsy gushed about her sons, including her eldest James, 29, who is the artistic director of the band Arctic Monkeys
Maternal love: Patsy said she was proud of her youngest son Lennon, 23, who is a guitarist and model ‘to make some money’
The star insists she is “looking ahead now, with a million percent conviction that I will definitely not get married again.”
Patsy said she “basically married all of her boyfriends,” and described herself as a “hopeless romantic” who wanted all of her relationships to work out.
She insists she’s unlikely to marry again because she “ruined the sanctity of it.”
But Patsy insists she believes in love and won’t let her past feelings change.
It comes after Patsy’s fiance allegedly snatched her engagement ring from her during a furious argument at a charity ball.
Patric also allegedly threw a bag at her while the pair were at the event.
Actress Patsy and Patric got engaged in February this year, but things are said to have turned sour for the couple, according to The sun.
The altercation is believed to have taken place at the Nuthurst Grange Country House Hotel in Solihull, West Midlands, on Friday last week, when Patric reportedly “blew up in a rage” in front of guests.
Snuggles: Patsy joked that her cat Bowie was having a hard time getting used to the new man in her life because her pet likes to ‘spoon’ her
An onlooker told the publication, “He snatched her engagement ring from her finger, as well as her watch and handbag.
‘Patric threw her handbag back against her chest.
He then stormed off. She looked visibly upset and distressed.
“Patsy didn’t seem to know what she’d done wrong.”
Patsy’s rep declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline. MailOnline contacted Patric.
Meanwhile, Patric has been branded a ‘love rat’ by an ex-girlfriend who claims she was with the businessman until he proposed to the former Emmerdale star.
Julia Simons, 39, told The sun that she was in a relationship with the tycoon before being cut off around the time of the announced proposal, and hopes his new flame will “see him for what he really is.”
The news came just weeks after the shocking engagement news, which reportedly followed a whirlwind five-week romance.
Patsy’s “whirling” engagement to Patric, who she had been introduced to through mutual friends, was announced in early September, when a friend told The Sun they were “in love”.
“Both Patsy and Patrick are madly in love, and it just feels really good. He popped the question at Scott’s in London.
And after she celebrated, they took over the bar at the nearby Connaught hotel and bought the whole room Cristal champagne.
“They’ve officially only been together for a few weeks, but Patsy goes with her heart,” the boyfriend explained.