Gladiators star Jet admits to attacking wife after being ‘pushed over the edge’ during 18-month marriage
Gladiators star Jet admits to attacking wife after being ‘pushed over the edge’ during 18-month marriage
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Diane Youdale, who starred as Jet on the Nineties ‘Gladiators’ series, split from wife in July last year. Original Gladiators star Diane Youdale has claimed she attacked her ex-wife Zoe Gilbert after she was “pushed over the edge” during their 18-month marriage. Youdale, 54, rose to fame as the Gladiators star Jet during the programme’s first four seasons aired from 1992 to 1995. She married Gilbert in July 2023, just four months into dating, after they met in a Tesco supermarket car park. They split a year after their marriage in July 2024.
![[Youdale and Gilbert appeared on ‘Lorraine’ in 2023 to share news of their marriage]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/02/06/8/56/Zoe-Youdale-ITV-Lorraine.png)
Speaking about the incident, the former Gladiators star said: “I pressed on her chest three times firmly and I said, ‘Stop this now.’ I can't remember what happened then. The next thing I knew I was being led out by the police.”. Youdale claimed that the nature of their “toxic” relationship made her feel so low that she developed an alcohol problem and contemplated ending her life. “I felt suicidal,” she said, before adding that she felt pushed to the limit.
![[Gilbert and Youdale pictured in August 2023]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/02/06/8/23/shutterstock_editorial_14063770bf.jpeg)
“I would only lay hands on someone in rage if they were attacking a minor or an animal or in self-defence and I was never in self-defence around her. This was the final moment between us.”. Youdale claimed that the pair would argue almost nightly – while consuming alcohol – often when Gilbert would apparently raise concerns about Youdale’s past relationships. The former couple appeared on ITV’s Lorraine together in July 2023 shortly after their marriage, in which they recounted the beginnings of their relationship.
Gilbert recalled plucking up the courage to approach Youdale after instantly recognising her at the supermarket. Gilbert said: “Well, in short I had seen her in the carpark and thought she was the most beautiful woman I’d seen, then we exchanged names.” Turning to Youdale, she said: “And I told you were the most beautiful woman I had seen and I said ‘Can I ask you on a date?’”. Youdale was forced to quit Gladiators after four years in 1996 due to a neck injury. She then trained as a fitness instructor and psychotherapist, and did regular presenting stints as a studio guest on Big Brother's Bit On The Side.
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