Lily Becker
Drugs and alcohol! Honest words about her separation from Boris Becker
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After a turbulent love and a painful separation, Lilly Becker tried to forget her ex Boris Becker with alcohol and drugs. Now she is unpacking about the love affair with the tennis legend.
In 2008 Boris Becker, 55, left his partner Lilly Becker, 47, for Alessandra Meyer-Wölden, 40, seven years younger, with whom he even got engaged shortly afterwards. A heavy blow for the native Dutchwoman. In “Boris Becker: The Rise & Fall”, a documentary by the British streaming service ITVX, which will also be available on Paramount+ in Germany can be seen.
Lilly Becker: “I’ve never felt so ugly”
“I just thought, what’s going on with this guy? He’s cute, friendly, funny, but he’s also arrogant, he’s a liar,” quotes “Bild” the 47-year-old. “I was so in love with him. With his charisma, his passion, his humor. The things the public loves him for.”
She still remembers the moment she found out about her ex’s engagement to the model. “I woke up, my phone rang,” said Lilly, who learned the shocking news from the media. “I suddenly checked: This woman is younger, beautiful. That was devastating,” she admits honestly. She was drawn to Ibiza.
I’ve never felt so ugly, old and unwanted. The pain should go away.
Love comeback with Boris Becker
On the Balearic island she wanted to drown her heartbreak in alcohol and drugs. “I tried every mushroom, every alcohol, every drug in Ibiza. I couldn’t get drunk enough to forget this man,” reveals the 47-year-old in the documentary. But she shouldn’t be able to.
Boris Becker’s engagement to Alessandra Meyer-Wölden broke, and she also speaks about her ex in the documentary. Lilly gave Boris a second chance. In February 2010, the love comeback was crowned by the birth of their son Amadeus, 13. Eight years later followed the final love.
Today Lilly Becker is taken again. “I have a very happy relationship at eye level with my partner Thorsten,” she emphasizes to “Bild”.
Sources used: itv.com, bild.de
This article originally appeared on GALA.