Former sports star Gavin Henson looks unrecognisable after he swapped the limelight for a more quiet lifestyle.
The 40-year-old is a rugby player who played for Llanelli, Swansea RFC, the Ospreys, Saracens, Toulon, Cardiff Blues, London Welsh, Bath, Bristol and the Dragons over the years.
He looks like a completely different person now that he is the pub landlord of The Fox in St Brides Major in Wales.
The rugby star has been running the community pub with his wife Katie since May 2019.
Gavin swapped the clean-shaven look for a salt-and-pepper bushy beard.
The sports personality cemented his fame as one of the Wales national team when they bagged Grand Slams in the Six Nations Championship in 2005 and 2008.
Complimenting his sporting career, the rugby player also starred on a number of reality television shows which gave him a presence on the showbiz circuit.
He appeared on Strictly Come Dancing, The Bachelor and 2019's Celebrity Hunted.
And now that he's running a pub, fans and patrons are still complimenting the star for always giving 100%.
Writing a review on Tripadvisor, one user wrote: "The owner - Gavin Henson was working the same day and didn't hesitate when I asked him for a photo. Genuinely lovely guy, he even thanked us for our visit!"
Another said: "Gavin Henson is one in a million he was 100-percent on a rugby pitch and he's 100-percent with his pub."
The former sports star wanted to make sure the pub was the perfect place to visit and spent a while refurbishing the place.
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He even personally gutted the building and completed the renovations over a couple of months.
Gavin previously told WalesOnline : "I'm just really passionate about the village...
"The pub has always been run down and never run right. It coincided well with me finishing playing rugby.
"It’s something for me to do and not have that thought of ‘Oh God, what am I going to do with my life now'."
Gavin previously dated Charlotte Church in 2005 and got they engaged five years later. They have two children together - named Ruby, 14, and Dexter, 13.
The two split six weeks after getting engaged.
In 2019, he tied the knot with long-term partner Katie Wilson Mould in Gloucestershire. They welcomed a son in December 2020.
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