Ben Foden admits he was wrong to cheat on Una Healy and remarry day of divorce

Ben Foden has ­admitted he played it badly – cheating on his pop star wife Una Healy then remarrying on the day their divorce came through.

But he says the pair have now buried the hatchet for the sake of their kids.

The ex-England rugby ace must have hurt Una’s ­feelings when he wed US socialite Jackie Belanoff Smith on a yacht last ­summer after dating for only two weeks.

Ben said: “My final decree didn’t even come through until the morning of us getting married.

"People will say I wasn’t very ­respectful in what I did, getting married to Jackie very quickly, but you can’t help the heart and we’ve got past it.”

Una, 38, and Ben, 35, who have a daughter Aoife, eight, and son Tadhg, five, split in 2018 after six years of marriage.

He now lives in America with Jackie and their four-month-old daughter Farrah.

Last week, ex-Saturdays singer Una said the divorce left her ­“devastated”, adding: “For the sake of the kids I had to stay strong.”

Ben admits he went wild on dating apps straight after they broke up.

Speaking on an Instagram live video, he said: “I did a lot of dating.

"I went a bit crazy for about six-seven months, on a few of the well known apps.

"I had a lot of fun.

“When I met Jackie, she was like no one I’ve ever met before in so many departments. She’s very independent, very free-spirited.”

It was at a wedding in Nantucket – one of the US’s poshest holiday destinations – that Ben says fate told him he should marry Jackie.

“She was at a point where she was like, ‘I want to meet someone and get married and have kids.’

"Even though in my head I was like, ‘Oh I don’t really want to do that’ I knew she’d make such a good mum.

"I knew she’d be really kind and respectful to my other kids from my other marriage.”

Ben admitted cheating on Una was what ultimately ended their marriage, adding: “I hold my hands up and say, it was wrong.

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