- Mohamed Ibriham, from Cairo, first met Iris Jones through Facebook in February 2019
The Egyptian toyboy who married an 83-year-old pensioner has broken his silence with a cryptic post following their split.
The pensioner left This Morning audiences stunned in early 2020 when she detailed their first night of passion after she travelled to Egypt to meet Mohamed.
The couple married in November 2020 and they spent almost two years apart before Mohamed was finally granted a visa which allowed him to move into Iris’s bungalow in Weston-super-Mare.
Last month, Iris revealed that the pair had split after arguing about ‘anything and everything’.
Earlier this month, Mohamed – who worked as a security guard in the couple’s local Tesco – appeared to address his recent break-up on Facebook.
The newly-single bachelor shared a photo of himself on his Facebook Stories along with the lyrics of Gloria Gaynor’s hit song I Will Survive.
The image shows Mohamed beaming for the camera while wearing a black coat and grey turtleneck jumper.
Meanwhile, the lyrics of the famous heartbreak anthem were written over the top of the photo.It read: ‘At first I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side. ‘But then I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong. And I grew strong. And I learned how to get along.’
After announcing their split, Iris – who has two grown-up sons – told DailyMail: ‘We used to have a great sex life but then it dwindled to nothing because I was always so tired from looking after him. I would do all his cooking, cleaning and tidying.
‘I’m better off without him, and I wish I had listened to my family and friends but what’s done is done now. I do regret meeting him and I now know that my best husband was my first husband Gwyn.’
Shortly after Mohamed moved out of her bungalow, Iris revealed that she had bought a new Bengal cat called Mr Tibbs – who she labelled the ‘new love of her life’.
Opening up about their split, Iris added: ‘I threw [Mohamed] out last month and I haven’t seen or heard from him since. He’s taken all his things with him and I’ve no idea where he is but he won’t be welcome back here I can tell you that.
‘My friend said it was meant to be, she’s very spiritual, I think it was his image that I fell in love with him, if he was bald and had a pot-bellied I doubt I would have become infatuated with him.
‘I certainly don’t feel love for him at the moment, what I do feel is stupid and I should have known better.’
Following their wedding in Egypt, Mohamed was given permission to stay in the UK but now the couple have split up the Home Office is expected to review the circumstances of his eligibility.
Under Home Office rules Mohamed was allowed to enter the UK for a period of two years as he was married to Iris but now they have split up it is unlikely he will be allowed to remain in the country.
