I Was Completely Love with Her ; but My Heart Was Broken

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The Geeky Boy and the Cheeky Girl - to many Lembit Opik's romance with Gabriela Irimia was something of a joke. In this touching two- part series, he tells for the first time of the deep feelings he had - and how his life was shattered when she left

THE YEAR 2008 was the worst year of my adult life. One former fiancee wrote a book about me. The other told me, through a newspaper headline, that she'd lost our baby. My best friend died without warning. And to round it off, I nearly died myself. But somewhere on a journey in which I lost my heart, I found my soul. It is this that has motivated me to write. Until now, I have seen no purpose in responding to the mountain of discussion on these matters.

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I Was Completely Love with Her ; but My Heart Was Broken

However, I have started on a new and remarkable journey in my life. I sense it may be instructive, even encouraging, to others to relate a year of crises and solitude, leading ultimately to a kind of epiphany that I'm still trying to interpret..

The year had started brilliantly. In January I was on top of the world. Work was good, I felt physically great and people were actually being nice to me.

Cheeky Gabriela was the love of my life. We'd met accidentally in 2006, during an infinitely long evening in a West London studio after a channel Five programme called The All Star Talent show.

The Cheeky Girls and I were among celebrities who revealed a secret talent to three judges. I played harmonica, whic...

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