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Digital Spy, UK - 59 minutes ago ... mum," he told Reveal magazine. "Sophie is a devout Jehovah's Witness and Aisleyne wasn't into it. "When Aisleyne said she wanted ... EXCLUSIVE THE LONG HOT SUMMER OF BRUV Mirror.co.uk all 4 related » |
8 August 2006 EXCLUSIVE: 11 YRS TO FIND MY AISLEYNE By Robert Stansfield THE dad of Big Brother's Aisleyne has spoken for the first time of his joy at being reunited with her after 11 years apart. Steve Wallace lost touch with his daughter when she was taken by her mum Sophie Horgan. And he revealed how he saved the glamour model when her mother later kicked her out of their home. Steve, 44, said: "It has broken my heart to see how devastated Aisleyne has been at being rejected by her mum. Sophie is a devout Jehovah's Witness and Aisleyne wasn't into it. When Aisleyne said she wanted to find me after not seeing me since she was five, Sophie told her to get out of the flat they shared." Promotions girl Aisleyne, 27, has not spoken to her mum since leaving their home in Regent's Park, London, in 1995. Steve, a car dealer from Southampton, said: "Aisleyne was only 16 years old. She was forced to live rough and sleep on friends' floors. It breaks my heart that I couldn't be there for her." Steve was so desperate to find his daughter, he paid a private detective to help track her down. He finally found her living in a women's hostel in Kilburn, North London, in 1996. He told Reveal Magazine: "We just hugged and cried. Meeting up again was the happiest day of my life." Aisleyne then moved in with Steve at his then North London home. The Mirror exclusively revealed in June how Aisleyne was kicked out by her 46-year-old mum when she started to rebel. Steve split up with Sophie when Aisleyne was a toddler. They had contact for a couple of years before she disappeared. Fun-loving Aisleyne was a latecomer to the house. Her fianc?, Jason Davis, 27, is in jail for trying to blast down the front door of their council tower block. Steve added: "Aisleyne now lives in King's Cross, close to her mum, which adds to her pain." [email protected] send comments