At 45, Kelly Brook is trading the glamour of the spotlight for the grit of the Australian jungle, joining the cast of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! to tackle stomach-churning Bushtucker trials and rough it under the stars—all in pursuit of the coveted Queen of the Jungle crown. But this actress, presenter, and model is no novice when it comes to high-stakes drama. In a jaw-dropping confession on a recent episode of Loose Women, Kelly opened up about the heart-wrenching moment she pulled the plug on her wedding—literally moments before tying the knot.
The panel was debating the age-old dilemma: Is it ever okay to jilt your partner at the altar? That’s when Kelly dropped her bombshell. She didn’t exactly leave him standing there alone, but she called off the nuptials while already dressed in her wedding gown, with a private jet idling on the tarmac, ready to whisk them off to Las Vegas for a whirlwind elopement. “The jet was waiting, we were going to Vegas that day, and I was just crying,” she recounted to her stunned co-stars. “It was like a movie—it was all very dramatic. I was in a dress; it was just horrific. The most horrific thing.”
Despite the emotional turmoil, the couple stayed together for a while longer. Kelly explained that her partner eventually understood her cold feet, but looking back now at 45, she pinpoints the red flags: a significant age gap—she was just 25, while he was 42—and a sense of being “really manipulated” and “coerced” into a commitment she wasn’t ready for. “They should have known better,” she reflected candidly. As a self-confessed people-pleaser, Kelly admitted she went along with the plans until the eleventh hour, only to realize, “Hang on a minute, I’m not ready for this now. So it wasn’t like I jilted them, but it was just that the whole situation was wrong.”
Whispers in Hollywood point to her ex as none other than Titanic star Billy Zane, now 59. The pair reportedly sparked their romance on the set of the 2004 thriller Survival Island, but their relationship was a rollercoaster. They split in 2008 after four years, with rumors of a brief reconciliation in April before a final breakup in August. Before Zane, Kelly had been engaged to action hero Jason Statham, calling it quits in 2003 after a passionate romance.
Ironically, the same year Kelly dodged that Vegas altar, she was skyrocketing in her career, being crowned FHM’s Sexiest Woman in the World at the tender age of 25. While her professional life was thriving, her personal world was crumbling under the weight of mismatched expectations and emotional pressure.
Fast-forward to today, and Kelly’s story has a fairy-tale ending. She’s blissfully married to French-Italian model Jeremy Parisi, 40, whom she met in 2014. The couple exchanged vows in a romantic ceremony in 2022, proving that sometimes, walking away from the wrong path leads straight to the right one. As she steps into the jungle, fans can’t wait to see this resilient star conquer new challenges—proving she’s as tough in real life as she is on screen.