{"id":394720,"date":"2011-04-24T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T17:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/24\/declan-donnelly-wasnt-ready-to-commit-georgie-thompsons-heartbreak-over-love-split\/"},"modified":"2011-04-24T17:30:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T17:30:20","slug":"declan-donnelly-wasnt-ready-to-commit-georgie-thompsons-heartbreak-over-love-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/24\/declan-donnelly-wasnt-ready-to-commit-georgie-thompsons-heartbreak-over-love-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Donnelly &#8216;wasn&#8217;t ready to commit&#8217;&#8230; Georgie Thompson&#8217;s heartbreak over love split"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"111.793093357\">\n<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 6:30 PM on 24th April 2011<\/p>\n<p>Following the news of Georgie Thompson and Declan Donnelly ending their two-year relationship, the Sky Sports presenter has revealed her heartbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Georgie posted on her Twitter page yesterday: \u2018Breaking silence momentarily simply to say thank you for all your kind messages this morning. It means a great deal at a difficult time.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>And friends of the 33-year-old have revealed that Dec, 35, called time on the relationship after a heart-to-heart at his London home, telling her he couldn&#8217;t &#8216;commit&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"7\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/b9ff5563912_468x614.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"614\" alt=\"Couldn't commit? Friends of Georgie's told the tabloid that Dec 'wasn't ready to commit'\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Couldn&#8217;t commit? Friends of Georgie&#8217;s told the tabloid that Dec &#8216;wasn&#8217;t ready to commit&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>A pal of the blonde star told the Sunday Mirror: \u2018Georgie really didn\u2019t see this coming and thought things were going well with Dec.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018She is really hurting because she thought he was \u2018The One\u2019 and didn\u2019t want to break up.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Her Britain\u2019s Got Talent former boyfriend is said to have sprung the news on her once she\u2019d returned from Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>Georgie had been conducting an interview with athlete Usain Bolt, but was surprised with the breakup on her return to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The heartbroken star was reportedly hoping for marriage to be the result of their relationship, but Dec apparently \u2018wasn\u2019t ready to commit\u2019, according to the tabloid.<\/p>\n<p>The couple were originally set up by their mutual friend, TV host Kirsty Gallacher, and were smitten after just a few dates.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/c59cb764631_468x422.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"422\" alt=\"Finding solace in work: Georgie has continued to work as a Sky Spots presenter amidst the split to keep her mind off the breakup\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Finding solace in work: Georgie has continued to work as a Sky Spots presenter amidst the split to keep her mind off the breakup<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But last week, a spokesman for Donnelly told the Mail: \u2018Dec and Georgie\u2019srelationship has sadly come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Nobody else was involved and they remain good friends.<\/p>\n<p>Just last August, Miss Thompson had revealed that Donnelly was her perfect match \u2013 and said that her parents loved him.<\/p>\n<p>She said at the time: &#8216;Family is a big thing for both of us, too. We come from completely different backgrounds, but there are certain things in life that I think draw you together and attract you to another person.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have a lot of common threads and a lot of our ideas about life and how you live it are the same, so I think those things pull us together.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Georgie is apparently being comforted by her family and friends at Sky, such as co-host Millie Code and football pundit Jamie Redknapp.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/25b43f7d790_468x759.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"759\" alt=\"Happier times: The couple, who dated for two years, at the British Academy TV Awards at the Natural History Museum last year\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happier times: The couple, who dated for two years, at the British Academy TV Awards at the Natural History Museum last year<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/b9ff5563912_468x614.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read this article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1380112\/Declan-Donnelly-wasnt-ready-commit--Georgie-Thompsons-heartbreak-love-split.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Declan Donnelly 'wasn't ready to commit'... Georgie Thompson's heartbreak over love split\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Declan Donnelly &#8216;wasn&#8217;t ready to commit&#8217;&#8230; Georgie Thompson&#8217;s heartbreak over love split<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:30 PM on 24th April 2011 Following the news of Georgie Thompson and Declan Donnelly ending their two-year relationship, the Sky Sports presenter has revealed her heartbreak. Georgie posted on her Twitter page yesterday: \u2018Breaking silence momentarily simply to say thank you for all your kind messages this morning. It means a great deal at a difficult time.\u2019 And friends of the 33-year-old have revealed that Dec, 35, called time on the relationship after a heart-to-heart at his London home, telling her he couldn&#8217;t &#8216;commit&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-394720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Declan Donnelly &#039;wasn&#039;t ready to commit&#039;... 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