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Melanie Sykes, 51, Reunites With Toyboy Lover, 24, And Says He ‘Has Her Heart’
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Melanie Skyes met with Venice Gondolier Riccardo Simionato in 2020 while on vacation. During this time, the 51-Year-Old had shared that she was too excited to care about being pictured kissing in the street. Fast forward to 2021, the pair’s fling has proved to have gone a length despite living 960 miles apart.
Melanie and Riccardo, 27 years her junior, had first enjoyed a six-day romance in Venice in October.
Along with an idyllic photo shared on Instagram, the Presenter yet again reaffirmed her love, revealing that the 24-Year-Old has her heart after reuniting in Venice. “Ciao, for now, beautiful Venice. You & your people have my heart @ricky_simionato @francescodamosto @vale_d.m.l” Melanie captioned the post.
As it appears, the pair’s fling has proved to have gone a length despite living 960 miles apart.
It had hashtags that include: “#venice #veniceforever #venicetillidie shot by amazing friend @melaniejburnett #grandcanal #stmarksquare.” Responding, Riccardo took to the post and commented: “Thank you very much for the good times spent together,’ alongside a heart emoji.
The Presenter has again reaffirmed her love, revealing that the 24-Year-Old has her heart.
Melanie, who wore a gorgeous backless patterned dress and her hair tied up in the picture, responded with 14 smiling faces and heart emojis. Riccardo, in an interview with Daily Mail, had earlier discussed his romance with Melanie. He spoke deeply of their 27-Year-Old age gap and even insisted that nationality doesn’t matter.
In November 2020, Melanie was in Venice. Her friends had told New! Magazine at the time that Mel is hopeful it’s her happy ending.
“Beauty is relative. Maybe what in your eyes is beautiful isn’t to me. Every person is different; nationality doesn’t matter. True, no?” Riccardo stated. In November 2020, Melanie was in Venice with her Toyboy lover, and her friends had told New! Magazine at the time that Mel is hopeful that is her happy ending, especially as she’s in love with Ricky.
“She hasn’t found lasting love before, and she wants that. She’s been wanting to find the perfect man, and she thinks it could be him.” One of her friends had shared. Nonetheless, Mel had been married to Daniel Caltagirone from 2001-2009. The couple share two children; Valentino, 16, and Roman, 18. In 2013, she walked the aisle with Jack Cockings, but it ended in 2016.
Mel has been unlucky in love with two failed marriages.
