Boris Becker’s ex-wife Lilly has won the German version of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! after stealing the hearts of the nation.
The former Wimbledon tennis star, 57, has endured a bitter divorce battle with Dutch model Lilly, 49, who confirmed she had signed up for the show in January.
The couple were married for nine years and welcomed son Amadeus, 14, together, before confirming their split in May 2018.
Becker had been declared bankrupt the year before, owing creditors £50million, over an unpaid loan of more than £3million on his estate on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
The six-time grand slam champion was jailed in April 2022 for hiding £2.5million of assets and loans to avoid paying his debts.
Lilly will now enjoy her €100,000 prize money after beating fellow finalists Alessia Herren, 23, and Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss, 62.
Winning the Queen of the Jungle title, the model broke down crying and said: ‘Amadeus, we did it! I won!’
Lilly and Becker’s son will be celebrating his 15th birthday on the day of his mother’s victory.
Lilly Becker (pictured) has won the German version of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
Lilly walks across the bridge after her victory on Germany’s I’m A Celeb
Lilly has endured a bitter divorce battle with former tennis star Boris Becker
Lilly and the former Wimbledon champion were married for nine years and welcomed son Amadeus, 14, together, before they confirmed their split in May 2018 (pictured in 2017)
Lilly and Becker were locked in a bitter divorce battle after their split (pictured at their wedding in 2009)
Becker ‘s ex-wife Lilly signed up to appear on the German version of I’m a Celebrity in January (pictured in 2019)
Lilly was happy and emotional as she won the title, having won the hearts of the nation
The former tennis star served eight months of a two-and-a-half-year sentence before being extradited to Germany in time for Christmas 2022.
He went on to tie the knot with Lilian de Carvalho Monteiro, 33, in Italy last year – marking his third time up the aisle.
He had previously been married to first wife, Barbara Feltus, from 1993 until 2001, after Becker admitted to having an affair while she was pregnant with their second child.
His two sons with Barbara, Noah, 30, and Elias, 25, were in attendance at his wedding to Liliam, however conspicuous by their absence were Amadeus and his daughter Anna Ermakova, 24.
Model Anna was born after Becker had a one-night stand with Russian waitress Angela in the broom cupboard of London’s Nobu while first wife Barbara was in labour with Elias.
Lilly later said Becker had purposely not invited Amadeus to his wedding, telling German magazine Bunte: ‘When I asked Amadeus about it, he was surprised. He didn’t know anything about it.
‘Of course he’s wondering why he wasn’t invited and that his father didn’t tell him anything about it.’
While she insisted that she wished her ex the best, she added that ‘behaving that way towards our son really is the last straw. Who doesn’t want him to come?’
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
