Everyone said their chemistry was undeniable, and when Michelle Bridges stepped out in public for the first time with new lover Steve “Commando” Willis, they looked like the perfect couple. After weeks of denials, she soon officially confirmed the pair were in a relationship.
But 11 weeks later, Steve is back in the arms of his partner Froso after dumping Michelle and begging his humiliated ex to take him back.
A close friend of Steve and Froso reveals to Woman’s Day that it was Michelle’s relentless ambition and red-carpet lifestyle that drove a wedge between her and clean-living Commando, and sent him racing back to his family.
“He realised he still loves Froso,” the friend says. “That life of red-carpet events and celebrity parties he was leading with Michelle is not really his thing. He never used to drink. He’s a family man. He missed the kids and Froso – and wants nothing more than to go back to the way they were…”
Read more about Commando and Michelle in this week’s issue of Woman’s Day, on sale Monday, August 5 2013.
