Gogglebox’s Sandra Martin pens heartbreaking post as she reunites with long term lover Derek
The sofa based celeb has been inspired to make the most of life following the death of a close friend
GOGGLEBOX’s Sandra Martin has revealed the heartbreaking reason she’s reunited with long term lover Derek.
In an emotional written post, the 54-year-old confessed she's been inspired to make the most of life following a conversation with her three grandchildren following the death of a close friend.
Baring her heart to her 117,000 followers, Sandra wrote: “As I was doing my daily SELFIES, everyone said to me is dis de famous Derek? Dats why he usually sits in car…cos Derek is a shy guy. Anyway, I know I always leaving him… It’s me hormones..but now… I can’t be ask… we r nearly both 55 soon… life to short 2 mek up and break up.
“One of my mate TENOR FLY an ARTIST sadly past away yesterday and I was upset. I hear my grandchild… Grandma everyone keep on dying everyday??? I just said to dem, yes grandkids. Life is like dat am afraid..we born den we die. Well, eventually. Wen de GOD FATHER CALLS US (sic).”
When a fan then demanded Sandra gets Derek on the sofa with her during the next series of Gogglebox, she replied: “Remember SILENT JAY? Dats how Derek is..trust me no word of a lie..I do all the talking in our relationship. You get me?”
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Derek and Sandra’s on/off relationship has hit the headlines multiple times since she found fame on the BAFTA winning show in 2013.
After several years together, Sandra proposed to her man on New Years Eve in 2014, revealing: "Congratulations is in order, sandragogglebox is officially ingaged to derekgogglebox he did not say yes but kept on smiling wen I gave he a ringandting and said would you marry me,, the smile said it all,, dats good enough 4 me ... so now am cal MRS @sandragogglebox DAT SOUNDS BETTER, FEELING PROPER LADY NOW,,AND NOW I CAN JUST WEAR 1RING ON ME LEFT HAND AND 5 ON OTHER (sic)"
In September, Sandra then went on to fool her followers into thinking the pair were having a baby and she’d fallen pregnant – but later revealed it was just a joke.
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