EXCLUSIVE ‘She is heartbroken’: Devastated jilted wife of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s new lover was ‘completely blindsided’ after he confessed to an affair with TV star and ‘walked out’ of the family home
The devastated wife of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s new lover has been left ‘completely blindsided’ after he left her for the TV star, her friends have told MailOnline.
Amanda, 48, has struck up a romance with businessman Robert Davies, 71, the first since her shock split from co-star husband, Clive.
But friends of Mr Davies’ wife Yusami have told of her shock after the businessman walked out of the family home and ended their 12-year marriage after confessing to an having an affair with Owen.
They say she discovered the relationship last year when she found a love letter to her husband while she was cleaning his car.
A source close to Yusami said: ‘She is absolutely heartbroken by what’s happened. She can’t believe it. She gave up a career in banking after meeting Rob in Tokyo and he persuaded her to leave all of her family and friends in Japan to start a new life with him in the UK.
Heartbroken: The devastated wife of Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda Owen’s new lover has been left ‘blindsided’ after he left her for the TV star, her friends have told MailOnline
Relationship: Amanda, 48, has struck up a romance with businessman Robert Davies, 71, the first since her shock split from co-star husband, Clive (Amanda and Robert pictured leaving a hotel together in Cardiff)
Devastated: But friends of Mr Davies’ wife Yusami (pictured) have told of her shock after the businessman walked out of the family home and ended their 12-year marriage after confessing to an having an affair with Owen
‘Now he has left her on her own to start a new relationship with Amanda. She is so upset and lonely.’
Amanda and web designer Mr Davies, who has been married four times, were pictured together this weekend and are said to be ‘inseparable’, despite their 23-year age gap.
The star and former model announced her separation from Clive, 68, in July, with whom she has nine children, shortly after they said their marriage had hit a ‘rocky patch’.
Amanda and Mr Davies have known each other for at least five years since she and Clive recruited him to update her personal website in 2018. Their friendship is believed to have blossomed through working closely together.
The source close to Mrs Davies said: ‘Yasumi suspected for some time that Robert was up to something. She felt as if he wasn’t really present around her and that his head was somewhere else.
‘She was cleaning out the car and she found a handwritten note. There was no name but it was pretty clear who it was from.
‘Yasumi asked Rob for an explanation and he said he had fallen in love with Amanda and that they had been seeing each other for five years.
‘It was a bolt from the blue for Yasumi. She left Japan to move to the UK for Robert and he’s just walked out on her.’
Romance: Amanda and web designer Mr Davies, who has been married four times, were pictured together this weekend and are said to be ‘inseparable’, despite their 23-year age gap
Shock: Letter: They say she discovered the relationship last year when she found a love letter to her husband while she was cleaning his car
A source close to Yusami said: ‘She is absolutely heartbroken by what’s happened. She can’t believe it’
They added: ‘She gave up a career in banking after meeting Rob in Tokyo and he persuaded her to leave all of her family and friends in Japan to start a new life with him in the UK’
Lovebirds: Amanda and Robert’s friendship is believed to have blossomed through working closely together
The source added: ‘Yasumi thought she was in a happy marriage. She’s got lots of fond memories.
‘She met Rob in Japan and they married in Tokyo. She left everything behind to follow him to the UK.
‘She knew he had a friendship with Amanda but thought it was nothing more. They went on a clay pigeon shoot together in 2021 and he went with her on her theatre tours, but insisted there was nothing more to it.
‘It was only when she found the letter that she realised what had been going on.’
It is understood that Mr Davies, who has three children from three earlier marriages, ended the relationship with Amanda in March 2022 after being issued an ultimatum by his wife.
But he moved out two months later after rekindling the romance with the Our Yorkshire Farm star.
Neighbours at the Davies’ marital home in Malton, North Yorkshire, told how Mr Davies occasionally pops around to mow the lawn or carry out home renovations.
They said: ‘He’ll stop by every two weeks or so. If Yasumi is in he will say hello. He still cares for her – and she does in return – but he has clearly moved on. They are still married but are living separate lives.’
Outing: Amanda and Robert were seen loading up his car after leaving a hotel in Cardiff on Wednesday
Cosy: The TV star wrapped up in a black coat with a matching skirt and brown boots
Split: Amanda confirmed she had separated from her husband of 21 years Clive, 68, last summer, they share nine children together (pictured in 2020)
Yusami’s friend said: ‘Now he has left her on her own to start a new relationship with Amanda’
The source close to Mrs Davies said: ‘Yasumi suspected for some time that Robert was up to something’
They added: ‘She felt as if he wasn’t really present around her and that his head was somewhere else’
Mr Davies and Amanda were pictured together this weekend in Folkestone, Kent, where she was speaking at Leas Cliff Hall as part of her ‘Evening with’ tour.
The Owen family, nicknamed the ‘Kardashians of the countryside’, documented their life on the Channel 5 show, which ran from 2018 to 2022.
The friend said: ‘Everyone is so surprised by it. Yasumi has told us that she feels fine, and that’s she is strong. But you can tell she is still in shock.
‘She gave up her job at an investment bank to come to Yorkshire. It’s just her – she has no family here to turn to.
‘We feel so sorry for her. She thinks Amanda has been selfish and wrapped her fingers around her husband. She’s put herself first.
‘There’s nothing secret about the relationship.’
Mr Davies, runs It’seeze Web Design Scarborough, the company behind Amanda’s website.
The celebrity shepherdess revealed she had made the ‘difficult decision to separate’ from Clive in a joint statement last summer.
Life goes on: Yorkshire Shepherdess Amanda is ‘inseparable’ with a new man – businessman Robert (pictured right), ten months after she split from husband Clive
Career: Mr Davies, runs It’seeze Web Design Scarborough, the company behind Amanda’s website
Split: The celebrity shepherdess revealed she had made the ‘difficult decision to separate’ from Clive in a joint statement last summer
‘This hasn’t been easy, but we both believe it’s the right choice for the future of our family,’ it read.
And in a statement published in October 2021 the couple said that there were ‘stresses and strains’ on their marriage.
Mr Davies posted a picture of them on Facebook in December 2018 and wrote: ‘Have you been watching Channel 5’s series Our Yorkshire Farm about the Yorkshire Shepherdess? I really enjoyed working on her website earlier this year, and very happy that she loves it!’
Mr Davies also works part-time at Ryedale Special Families, a charity which supports people with disabled children, and appointed Amanda as patron in 2021.
Amanda, who now fronts Amanda Owen’s Farming Lives on More 4, was pictured with her ex husband in November at the graduation of their eldest daughter.
When approached by MailOnline, Mrs Davies said: ‘I was so surprised and sad to learn about Robert’s relationship with Amanda. He has always been really caring to me and he is a nice person. I had a really lovely life with him. But I really can’t say anymore.’
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