‘Shocked’ Chloe Madeley groped by drunk rugby legend at nightclub just yards from estranged husband James Haskell
TV’S Chloe Madeley was groped by a rugby legend — while another star of the sport propositioned her on the same night.
The two players made their drunken advances while her now-estranged husband James Haskell was DJ’ing a few feet away.
Haskell, 39, an ex-England flanker who played in the 2011 and 2015 World Cups, reveals TV presenter Chloe’s London nightclub ordeal in his new book The Good, The Bad & The Rugby.
He writes: “I recently had a call from a supposedly squeaky-clean rugby great who was getting up to all sorts of mischief in a notoriously hedonistic European capital.
“But I wasn’t at all surprised, because the same guy had propositioned Chloe a few years earlier while I was DJ’ing a few feet away, and his teammate, another supposedly squeaky-clean rugby great, was groping her a**e.”
A source involved in the book said: “Chloe was the only girl present when it happened. She was shocked but didn’t make a big thing of it. There had been a fair amount of drinking. Her and James left straight after.”
Haskell does not name the two stars in the book, co- written with ex-England teammate Mike Tindall and rugby presenter Alex Payne and released last week.
Fitness trainer Chloe, 37, started dating Haskell in 2015 and they married in 2018.
Daughter Bohdi was born in August 2022 but the couple split in October 2023 and are now waiting to divorce.
Last year Haskell got into trouble when he was seen dining with DJ Chloe McLennan in Ibiza while wife Chloe — daughter of TV pair Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan — was back in the UK.
Haskell, who starred in I’m a Celebrity in 2019, says in the book that he does not try to hide when he has done something wrong.
He says: “Nobody’s perfect, but if you’re clever, you can make it seem that way. My personal choice is to be upfront and honest, warts and all. That way, if you get caught out it’s not a surprise.
“I try to always be the same with everyone. I’m sure I don’t get as much work as I could by being like that, but I would rather not be everyone’s cup of tea than pretend my s**t doesn’t stink when it very clearly does.”
Chloe has said: “I’m never going to go into great detail about why we broke up because it’s not fair on anyone and I wouldn’t want him to either, but what I will say is it was f***ing awful.”
In the book Haskell appears to take a dig at the rugby legends’ squeaky-clean image, as he adds: “Promoting yourself through the media is like dancing with the devil, but it’s a necessary risk.
“You have to play the game to a certain extent, even if it feels like the last thing in the world you want to be doing.
“Of course, putting yourself about in the media doesn’t just allow you to portray your real self, it also means you can make yourself look a better person than you are.”