Inside Wayne Bridge v John Terry ‘affair’ row from handshake saga to wife’s Dubai escape & players in ‘Team Bridge’ tops
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IT IS one of the most gripping sporting scandals in memory. John Terry’s alleged affair with the ex-girlfriend of his former pal and team-mate Wayne Bridge, Vanessa Perroncel. Fifteen years on, all three involved remain unavoidably linked by the events that unfolded.
![[John Terry and Wayne Bridge celebrating after a Chelsea soccer match.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/stamford-bridge-london-england-22-4545758.jpg?strip=all&w=842)
For Terry, his reputation would never be the same. For Bridge, it arguably remains what he is most famous for. So much so the feud has just been thrown back into the forefront of the public’s consciousness. YouTuber KSI trash-talked Bridge with taunts about Terry to set up a Misfits Boxing fight that the former defender has since withdrawn from because the "deeply personal comments crossed a line".
![[Wayne Bridge and Vanessa Perroncel at a charity event.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/wayne-bridge-girlfriend-vanessa-perroncel-630841658_2de587.jpg?strip=all&w=638)
But aside from the allegations of the actual affair - always denied by both Terry and Perroncel - the entire saga led to a whole load of mad moments. From helicopter flyovers to T-shirts of support, from YouGov polls to a sociologist’s paper - here is the bizarre story of what went on.
![[Wayne Bridge of Manchester City avoids shaking hands with John Terry of Chelsea.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2010-refusal-shake-hands-stems-4231874.jpg?strip=all&w=693)
Bridge started dating Perroncel in 2005, the year after meeting the French model and actress when she was working in a Soho nightclub. The couple had a son together, Jaydon, in 2006 and were good friends with Chelsea team-mate Terry, who married childhood sweetheart Toni in June 2007.
![[John Terry and Toni Terry at the PFA Awards.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/NINTCHDBPICT000841039870.jpg?strip=all&w=662)
SunSport exclusives. Already have these accounts? Don't worry, we've got loads more terrific deals below!. Check out the latest free bets to use on football, horse racing, and lots more. But Bridge and Perroncel split up in the summer of 2009 following his transfer from Chelsea to Manchester City in the January.
![[Toni Terry on a beach in Dubai.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/sun-sport-online-grabs-toni-363579900.jpg?strip=all&w=750)
