Vinnie Jones makes first appearance with new love five years after wife’s death
Vinnie Jones makes first appearance with new love five years after wife’s death
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Vinnie Jones made his first public outing with his girlfriend Emma Ford earlier this week. The former footballer was seen on the red carpet on Wednesday with his new TV producer beau at the West End debut of Only Fools and Horses: The Musical at the Eventim Apollo.
![[Vinnie looks loved up with new beau Emma Ford at the after party earlier this week]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GETTY_Only-Fools-and-Horses-The-Musical-Gala-Performance-After-Party_ENT_GYI2189998166jpg-JS958392-2.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
The 59-year-old Hollywood hardman, known for appearances in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and The Gentleman, was seen smiling ear-to-ear as he was pictured with Emma. The TV producer and actress first met Vinnie after he employed her to be his PA in 2022.
![[Vinnie Jones with his late wife Tanya]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/0000360910-010jpg-JS891655767.jpg?strip=all&w=741)
The pair have since appeared together on his TV show 'In The Country', detailing his life after taking on 2,000 acres of West Sussex countryside and a host of over-ambitious farmyard-build projects. Vinnie is set to star in 28 shows of Only Fools and Horses: The Musical at London's Hammersmith Eventim Apollo.
![[Vinnie is seen smiling with actor Sir David Jason who played Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter in the hit BBC comedy, Only Fools And Horses]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/SHOWBIZ-Fools-07534174jpg-JS958464052.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
At their first public outing earlier this week the pair were all smiles as they got set for his debut gala performance as gangster Danny Driscoll in the West End show. Vinnie was married to his late wife Tanya Terry from 1994 until her death, first meeting at 12 years old as next-door neighbours.
![[Vinnie smiles at the gala performance after party for Only Fools and Horses: The Musical]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GETTY_Only-Fools-and-Horses-The-Musical-Gala-Performance-After-Party_ENT_GYI2189998200jpg-JS958393.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
After a heart transplant aged 21 and twice beating cervical cancer, Tanya was tragically diagnosed with skin cancer in 2013. She passed away six years later after the deadly disease had spread to her brain. Vinnie and their daughter Kaley were with her at her bedside during her death on 6 July 2019.
![[Vinnie backstage following the gala performance]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/GETTY_Only-Fools-and-Horses-The-Musical-Gala-Performance-Curtain-Call_ENT_GYI2190002275jpg-JS95843.jpg?strip=all&w=620)
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