‘I got caught doing silly things’: Amir Khan praises wife for forgiving him after stories of his affairs made headlines

By News Desk

Ex professional boxer Amir Khan has spoken highly of his wife Faryal Makhdoom for forgiving him after several women came forward to claim that he was having affairs with them.

The controversy broke out after an influencer and bridal model came forward with allegations of Khan getting in touch with her whilst he was still married. He admitted to being involved with her in July 2023, after which the couple lived separately for the summer.

The father of three young children recently spoke about Makhdoom on the ‘They Don’t Teach This At School with Myleene Klass’ podcast and admitted that she will not forgive him if he does such “silly things” again.

He said: “Ah she’s brilliant, yeah, she’s good… Well, she is the big boss.

“I always get told off because I do silly things and I got caught doing silly things and obviously I’m human at the end of it.

“She’s very forgiving, but I think you know if you keep on pushing someone it’s going to get too much, she’s gonna say you know what, get away from me.

“I can see that she loves me to bits and she’s really caring and stuff, because honestly speaking there’s a lot of stuff that she does behind the scenes that people don’t see.

“Like for example, you know, she set my training camp up, she set the contracts, the lawyers she deals with, the accountants she deals with, she deals with all the bills that we have in the UK and all that.

“We have this payment to make, this payment to make.

“She does everything. I don’t have no house headache, she takes care of all that, like all the admin work, because I can’t do that.

“But it’s good that she’s taken the pressure away from me on that sense…

“And you know, sometimes you need someone like a good backbone, and there’s someone there for you.”

“Someone to take that pressure away from you.”

According to reports, Khan had contacted bridal model Sumaira three days after his eviction from ‘I’m A Celebrity… South Africa’ was aired. He then allegedly begged her to send him racy images of herself and made several sordid comments about her appearance.

Sumaira claimed that she was under the impression that things weren’t going well between the couple as Khan told her “he and Faryal were not properly together and that it was a bit of a business arrangement”.

Khan put up a defense but eventually admitted that he had indeed contacted her out of sheer “boredom” and “regretted” doing so. Despite that, he denied to having cheated on his wife as it was “just a few texts”.

After he was asked if he would consider therapy to sort his issues out, he told The Sun: “That question hasn’t been brought up before. But maybe I do need help to stop me from messaging other women. I am willing to go to ­therapy to stop me sending texts to women who aren’t my wife.”

Khan also admitted that Makhdoom was “disgusted” with his actions and asked him: “If you have a diamond at home, why do you want to mess around with rocks and stones?”

The sportsman also reflected on the fact that his children will read about what happened in the future and that will “upset them”.

After the story of his affair made headlines, Makhdoom insisted that she “refuses to play out my marriage publicly”. She described Sumaira’s decision to make the story public as part of a “hate campaign” and said that she is not responsible for her “current mental state”.

Two other women, one of whom is former BBC presenter Suzi Mann, also came forward with their allegations against Khan after the Sumaira episode unfolded.