- Emma Rhys-Jones is the wife of Gareth Bale, a Welsh Winger who as of 2022 was signed by Los Angeles Football Club
- She was a hairdresser who loved the quiet life off social media but has been in the middle of the news for a while due to her family’s antecedents and her husband’s fame
- Emma Rhys-Jones is the mother of 4 kids; 2 girls and 2 boys she joined other footballer wives and girlfriends in Qatar to support their husbands at the 2022 World Cup.
Emma Rhys-Jones, the wife of Gareth Bale, Wales Nationa Team’s winger, has taken a route different from other WAGS. She has been keeping a low profile ever since her relationship with the one-time world’s most-expensive footballer made media waves.
33-year-old Emma worked a blue-collar job despite being the then girlfriend of Bale. She is now the mother of the Los Angeles FC player’s 4 children who are 12, 9, 7, and 3 years old.
Emma Rhys-Jones Lived a Few Miles Away from Gareth Bale while Growing Up
Emma Rhys-Jones was born on July 29, 1991, in Cardiff, Wales. Where she was brought up is known as Llanishen, located in the north of Cardiff. It is also known to be just miles away from the family house of her husband.
Rhys-Jones’ parents are known as Mr. Martin Rhys-Jones and Suzanne McMurray. Her father used to run a telemarketing company with a team of other people. In 2005, he moved to Barcelona where he started up a business.
The 33-year-old attended Whitchurch High School in Cardiff. She also has four siblings – an older sister named Charlotte, a younger sister named Katie, and twin brothers named Robert and John Rhys-Jones.
Of her sisters, Emma is known to be the one who stays out of the spotlight the most. In a report, it was revealed that her sisters were known to be party riders. Reportedly, they were well known in town because of their sister’s relationship with the Welsh football player.
Martin and Suzanne, Emma’s parents, separated in 2005. There is no update on a divorce but Martin moved on with his life when he began to date Alina Baranova, a Russian florist.
Emma’s Family Has Been in Some Controversies
Martins Rhys-Jones was on the wrong side of the law when it was revealed that his telemarketing business was a scam. He and his team used the business to defraud and scam people by making them buy shares that weren’t worth much, at outrageous prices.
As a result of the scam, Emma’s father was sentenced to 6 years imprisonment. He however got out earlier. Upon his release, he wrote a book on his past fraudulent activities using another name. Emma was reportedly against this decision.
In her mother’s family, there were a lot of cases of drug dealing, theft, arson, and pornography. Gareth Bale’s wife’s extended family was all in the news at one time or another for something dangerous and life-threatening.
At one time it was her grandparent’s house being stoned by rascals, then their cars were set ablaze. The reason for these attacks was said to be a suitcase of drugs, cash, and wristwatches that went missing from their house.
Emma’s cousin who was known to be a porn actor and has posed unclad a couple of times was also in the bad books of some drug dealers. She was accused of taking the missing suitcase.
Gareth’s wife also had reasons to query her aunties who were not left out of one drama or another. Even her younger sister, Katie, got into the news after her husband committed suicide because social services were on his case.
Her Relationship with the Football Player Began in High School
She said yes!! This is a birthday weekend I won't forget for a long time 🎉💍 pic.twitter.com/FQWSiLbLGU
— Gareth Bale (@GarethBale11) July 17, 2016
Emma Rhys-Jones and her husband’s relationship started in the early 2000s. They attended the same high school and lived not far from each other in Cardiff. While in high school, Gareth’s soccer career had started and Emma was known to be with him at the time.
Just like she presently is in limelight, Bale’s wife who was his girlfriend then has always shied away. She does support her husband’s career and has been at a couple of his games, cheering him on.
On July 17, 2016, the football star proposed to his long-term girlfriend. The wedding ceremony was slated to hold in the summer of 2018 because at the time Martin Rhys-Jones would have concluded his prison time.
The wedding was to be held in the Vincigliata castle in Tuscany, Italy. There was also a time the couple considered having their wedding in Mexico because of the family drama. The Bales received threats to their lives because of the missing suitcase.
Emma wanted her father to be at her wedding ceremony and so she postponed her wedding till his release date. However, as already stated, he was released earlier and the couple soon continued the plan for the ceremony.
Unfortunately, the marriage was postponed two more times. The second time was due to an injury that the Welsh winger suffered and the third was because of the death of Katie’s husband.
She Uninvited Her Father and Other Family Members from Her Wedding
Owing to Emma’s family controversies, she didn’t invite a lot of them to her wedding. She blacklisted even her grandparents who raised her. The most astonishing absentee from the wedding was however her father.
Emma uninvited her dad to her wedding despite initially postponing the ceremony because he was incarcerated. She didn’t let him come because she didn’t want him coming with a stranger.
After Martins Rhys-Jones’ release from prison, he moved in with his new girlfriend, the florist. Alina is half Martin’s age and also a stranger to Emma and her family. Due to this new relationship between the ex-convict and the florist, Emma had a fallout with her dad.
She took Martins off her invited guest list and instead had her brother, Robert, walk her down the aisle.
The wedding was eventually held on June 20, 2019, in a very private ceremony that had only about 60 attendees. Asides from most of Emma’s family members being absent, the then-Real Madrid player also left out a lot of his friends and colleagues.
The wedding took place at La Fortaleza in Majorca. It is an Island that has a lot of villas and has been featured in many top movies and TV shows. It was also here that the football player proposed to Emma. The entire wedding ceremony was a 3-days event and the island reportedly costs about 130,000 pounds a week.
The venue has hosted the weddings of popular athletes like Tennis star, Rafael Nadal as well as footballer, Theo Walcott. The location is owned by Ivar Tollefsen, a Norwegian billionaire.
Emma Rhys-Jones and Gareth Bale have 4 Kids Together
Gareth Bale and Emma Rhys-Jones are proud parents of 4 children. The first three were born before they got married in 2019 and the fourth one came about 2 years after their wedding.
Emma Rhys-Jones and Gareth Bale had their first child, a daughter named Alba Violet on October 21, 2012. Four years later, the couple welcomed their second daughter named Nava Valentina on March 22, 2016.
On May 8, 2018, Bale and Emma gave birth to their third child and first son, Axel Charles Bale. Their fourth child, a son named Xander Frank Bale was born on July 7, 2021.
These kids have at one point or another made appearance at the stadium while their father played. In 2016, the Welsh football player even celebrated a 1:0 defeat of Northern Ireland with his daughter Alba.
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Gareth Bale’s Goal Celebratory Style was Inspired by His Wife
Gareth Bales’s famous heart-shaped sign which he does after scoring goals has been attributed to his wife. He does the sign in reverence to Emma, his wife whom he has been with for many years now.
Although the celebratory sign has many meanings, it is known to be dedicated to his Welsh wife.
Emma Rhys-Jones Accompanied Her Husband to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
Emma used to be a hairdresser but is now one of the most celebrated and researched WAGs. She joins a host of other footballer wives and girlfriends who accompany their partners to Qatar for the 2022 world cup beginning on November 20, 2022.
Gareth Bale, the successful Welsh football player made the squad for his national team. As such, he joined the 26-man-squad who will be playing for his home country in Qatar. By his side is his long-term partner and mother of his 4 kids, Emma Rhys-Jones.
This isn’t the only time the Cardiff-born hairdresser would be publicly showing support for her husband. When Gareth signed his 85 million pounds contract in 2013, Emma was there behind him. The deal signing was a seal to Bale’s move from Tottenham Hotspur to Real Madrid. It also secured his place as the most expensive footballer in the world, at the time.
Emma Rhys-Jones and her footballer husband have been married for years now and they look to be moving strong. She is one of the few wives and girlfriends of athletes that have been with their husbands for such a duration. Emman has shown her support for her husband in many ways and going to Qatar to cheer him up is one such way.
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