Yorkshire pastor Amanda Owen has been accused of “living a lie” by the jilted wife of her “businessman lover” Robert Davies.
The 48-year-old mother-of-nine and TV star is believed to have been having an affair for five years with the 71-year-old despite portraying on-screen the image of a devoted wife to her now-estranged husband Clive, 68 years old.
speaking to Sun A devastated Yasumi Davies, 56, revealed she found out about the affair when she found a love note in her husband’s car last March.
Amanda’s scribbled message read: ‘Robert, life is too short and happiness is too rare. I love you.’
The Tokyo investment banker said she confronted her husband after recognizing the handwriting on a signed copy of Amanda’s book.
Jilted: Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen has been accused of ‘living a lie’ by the jilted wife of her ‘businessman lover’ Robert Davies, Yasumi Davies (pictured earlier this week)
Living a lie? The 48-year-old TV star and mother of nine is believed to have been having an affair for five years with the 71-year-old man (pictured together earlier this week)
Living a lie? Yasumi claimed that the affair started even when Amanda was playing the role of a devoted wife on screen.
She told the publication: ‘[Robert] he said they had been having an affair for a few years. But instead of acknowledging the pain he was in, he was more concerned with protecting me. [Amanda’s] television career.
She went on to say: ‘[Amanda has] she portrayed herself as a wife and mother, devoted to family, hardworking, and an inspiration to others.
But everything is a lie. I never imagined that it was someone else behind the cameras and the truth has broken my heart and has ended my marriage. There’s another side to her.’
Although he reportedly ended the relationship over the phone months later, he reignited the romance.
Earlier this week, MailOnline reported that friends of Yusami had spoken of their shock after the businessman left the family home and ended his 12-year marriage after confessing to an affair.
A source close to Yusami said: “She is absolutely heartbroken by what happened.” She can’t believe it. She left her career in banking after meeting Rob in Tokyo and he convinced her to leave all of her family and friends in Japan to start a new life with him in the UK.
Now he has left her alone to start a new relationship with Amanda. She is so upset and alone.
Amanda and web designer Mr Davies, who has been married four times, were photographed together this weekend and are said to be ‘inseparable’, despite a 23-year age difference.
Happier times: The Tokyo investment banker said she confronted her husband after recognizing the handwriting on a signed copy of Amanda’s book
Heartbreak: Despite allegedly ending the relationship over the phone months later, he reignited the romance
Lashing out: She went on to say: ‘[Amanda has] she portrayed herself as a wife and mother, devoted to family, hardworking and an inspiration to others, but it’s all a lie’ (Amanda pictured with her husband Clive in 2020)
The star and former model announced her split from Clive, 68, in July, with whom she has nine children, shortly after they said their marriage had reached a “rocky spot”.
Amanda and Mr Davies have known each other for at least five years since she and Clive hired him to update their personal website in 2018. Their friendship is believed to have blossomed through working together.
The source close to Ms Davies said: ‘Yasumi suspected for some time that Robert was up to something. She felt as if he wasn’t really present around him and his head was elsewhere.
‘He was cleaning the car and found a handwritten note. There was no name, but it was pretty clear who she was.
‘Yasumi asked Rob for an explanation and he said that he had fallen in love with Amanda and they had been seeing each other for five years.
Sad: Earlier this week MailOnline reported that Yusami’s friends had spoken of their shock after the businessman left the family home and ended his 12-year marriage after confessing to an affair.
Upset: A source close to Yusami said, “She is absolutely heartbroken by what happened.” She can’t believe it’
Yusami’s friend said, ‘Now he has left her alone to start a new relationship with Amanda’
‘It was an unexpected lightning bolt for Yasumi. She left Japan to move to the UK for Robert and he just dumped her.
The source added: ‘Yasumi thought she was in a happy marriage. She has many good memories.
‘She met Rob in Japan and they got married in Tokyo. She left everything behind to follow him to the UK.
‘She knew she had a friendship with Amanda, but she thought it was nothing more. They did a skeet shoot together in 2021 and he accompanied her on her theatrical tours, but insisted there was nothing more.
“It was only when he found the letter that he realized what had been going on.”
Mr Davies, who has three children from three previous marriages, is understood to have ended the relationship with Amanda in March 2022 after his wife gave him an ultimatum.
But she moved out two months later after rekindling the romance with the Our Yorkshire Farm star.
Life goes on: Yorkshire shepherdess Amanda is ‘inseparable’ with a new man: businessman Robert (pictured right), ten months after splitting with husband Clive
Split: Amanda confirmed she had been separated from her husband of 21 years Clive, 68, last summer, they share nine children together (pictured in 2020)
Neighbors at the Davies’ marital home in Malton, North Yorkshire, reported that Mr Davies occasionally turns up to mow the lawn or carry out renovations to the house.
They said, ‘It will happen every two weeks or so. If Yasumi is inside, she will greet you. He still cares for her, and she does in return, but he’s clearly moved on. They are still married, but they live separate lives.
Mr Davies and Amanda were photographed together this weekend in Folkestone, Kent, where she was speaking at Leas Cliff Hall as part of her ‘Evening with’ tour.
The Owen family, nicknamed the ‘country Kardashians’, documented their life on the Channel 5 show, which ran from 2018 to 2022.
The friend said: ‘Everyone is so surprised by that. Yasumi has told us that she feels good and that she is strong. But it can be said that she is still in shock.
He left his job at an investment bank to come to Yorkshire. It’s just her, she has no family here to turn to.
‘We are very sorry for her. She thinks that Amanda has been selfish and wrapped her fingers around her husband. She has put herself first.
‘There is nothing secret about the relationship.’
Mr. Davies runs It’seeze Web Design Scarborough, the company behind Amanda’s website.
The famous pastor revealed that she had made the “difficult decision to part ways” with Clive in a joint statement last summer.
“This has not been easy, but we both believe it is the right choice for our family’s future,” it said.
And in a statement released in October 2021, the couple said there were “strains and strains” in their marriage.