The toyboy husband of a Weston-super-Mare pensioner has told trolls to "go to hell" amid rumours they have split. Iris Jones, 82, who regularly speaks openly about her relationship with Egyptian partner Mohamed Ibriham, 36, has hit back at naysayers after her husband was forced to return home.
Iris says after Mohamed returned to Egypt due to a family illness, trolls began saying that they had separated. But the pair have quashed the rumours, with the 82-year-old saying they should "get a life" and Mohamed telling them to "go to hell - f*** you."
The couple has faced a backlash from some who believe Mohamed married the gran in order to get a spousal visa to come and live in the UK. And after rumours started flying following their brief parting, Iris and Mohamed took to YouTube to tackle the issue head-on, as the Mirror reports.
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Mohamed said: "Some hitchhikers say we are separated or divorced, they say it on social media." Iris added: "They are very misguided, they don't know their a*** from their elbow."
She referred to herself as Mohamed's "beloved wife" before he called the trolls "silly b******" and told them to "go to hell - f*** you". Iris added: "Get a life."
The straight-talking pensioner shot to fame in January 2020 during an interview on ITV's This Morning, in which she told hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield intimate details about her active love life. This included how she'd used an entire tube of KY Jelly lubricant when the pair first got intimate.
She and Mohamed then married in Cairo in winter 2021. The couple had been separated for a year during the Covid pandemic, with Iris saying: "The heartache is unbelievable. I miss Mohamed so much, I just want him with me in the UK."
"If he didn’t get a visa it would feel like the end of the world. It’s like he’s dead but he’s not dead — just missing." Mohamed added: “I miss my Iris so much.”
They met on a Facebook group exploring atheism in summer 2019 and met in person for the first time that November when mum-of-two Iris flew out to Egypt. Mohamed worked as a welding inspector at the time, but gave up his job to spend time with Iris when she came to Cairo.
He was living in a three-room house with his parents, two sisters and brother. He now lives with his wife in her £220,000 bungalow.
Iris gets by on a £200-a-week pension and disability benefit. She previously said she hopes trained engineer Mohamed can get work at Hinkley Point power station.
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