TV TENNIS presenter Sue Barker has begged Sir Cliff Richard to cease “harping on” about their fling — 40 years after he dumped her.
Sue, 66, revealed she requested the pop veteran, 81, to cease mentioning it in interviews.
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She even made a proper request to his agent and supervisor.
Sue — who retired this yr after three a long time of fronting the BBC’s Wimbledon protection — insisted that Sir Cliff has portrayed their relationship as greater than it was.
In excerpts from her new autobiography, in yesterday’s Each day Mail, she stated: “He continued to color an image of me ready on the altar for him to say ‘sure’.
“But this relationship didn’t enter a universe the place I used to be contemplating marriage to him.
“If somebody had informed me that my relationship with Cliff would final a number of months however I’d nonetheless be listening to about it 40 years later, I wouldn’t have gone close to him.
“Frankly, it seems foolish now that he’s nonetheless speaking a couple of relationship that was by no means actually greater than a friendship.”
Former participant Sue has lifted the lid on her fling with tennis fan Sir Cliff in her autobiography, Calling The Pictures, which is due out later this yr.
She tells how he made contact together with her when she gained the Brighton Worldwide match in 1981.
They started relationship however Sue stated they have been “bizarrely” hounded by photographers — hinting Sir Cliff might have been behind it.
In 1982, he received certainly one of his friends to telephone her to say he needed to “cool it” — and their relationship was over.
They’ve remained friends, however Sue stated Sir Cliff’s references to the romance are “not respectful” to her or her husband of 34 years, police detective Lance Tankard.
