Anna Richardson has announced she has a new boyfriend, over a year after her split from Sue Perkins.
The Naked Attraction presenter, 52, split from the former Bake Off presenter, 53, in June 2021 after eight years together, with a source saying they were both “devastated” at the time.
But 16 months after the split, Anna has found love again and in a new interview has revealed that she was “just really, really lucky” to find someone so compatible with her friends.
Moving on: Anna Richardson has announced she has a new boyfriend, over a year after her split from Sue Perkins (pictured on Naked Attraction)
Anna opened up about her relationship news while discussing her “love language” in a chat with The Mirror.
She explained: “This morning – I’m meeting, I have a boyfriend – and already my boyfriend said to me, ‘I haven’t spent enough time with you’, so his love language is time – he needs my time to feel loved .
“Although I actually quite like getting texts that say [something like] “I think of you and I love you”. So people need to be aware of how their partner speaks their love language.”
Sharing how they met, she continued, “I was introduced to apps [while dating], but actually I met someone through friends of friends. Yeah, well again, I was just really, really lucky that someone in my friend circle was compatible.
Over: The Naked Attraction presenter, 52, split from the former Bake Off presenter, 53, in June 2021 after eight years together, with a source saying at the time they were both “devastated” (pictured in 2014 ).
Anna previously dated partner Charles Martin for 18 years before beginning a relationship with Sue in 2013 after they met at a Halloween party.
At the time of her split from Sue, a source told The Sun: “It’s really sad. Both Anna and Sue are devastated.
“We all hope they can put things right and work out their differences, but it all seems over for now.”
Meanwhile, in May, the TV star admitted in a revealing interview that “you never get used to heartbreak” after they split.
Happy again: 16 months after the split, Anna has found love again and in a new interview has revealed that she was “just really, really happy” to find someone so compatible with her friends
Relationship: I’m dating, I have a boyfriend — and already my boyfriend said to me, “I haven’t spent enough time with you,” so his love language is “time” (2018 picture)
Speaking to OK Magazine about love and her fear of getting older, the presenter admitted she was “terrified” of what could happen in the future.
Speaking of the breakup, the publication’s host said, ‘I don’t know if you get more resilient as you age, but heartbreak is still the mystery to be solved and how to get over it and get stronger’.
The couple, who dated for eight years, reportedly split after Sue refused to start a family, with Anna previously revealing she had been thinking about adopting a child and felt time was running out .
Anna, who began dating Sue after splitting from her partner Charles, 18, continued: “It’s a really fundamental and visceral realization [if you haven’t had children] like, “Oh my god, I can’t do this anymore.” Even if I wanted to.’
She added that she feels “slow, unstoppable anxiety” as she thinks about the next 30 years of her life, saying, “It seems like a small decline. And it’s very, very difficult.’
Romance: The couple started dating in 2013 after meeting at a Halloween party and in 2015 Sue gushed “there was something magical in the air” when they met (pictured in 2013)
Web exclusively revealed in June that no one else was involved in Sue and Anna’s split decision, which made the couple “with heavy hearts”.
A source said: “The split is as amicable as these things can ever be. After such a long time it was not an easy decision and the two made it with a heavy heart.
“But Sue and Anna are determined to remain friends and keep in touch. No one else is involved and now the two of them get down to business.”
It has been reported that Anna has moved from their £2million home in North London to live in Staffordshire to be close to her mum, who is caring for her father who has dementia.
Tough: Meanwhile, in May, the TV star admitted in a revealing interview that you never get used to heartbreak after their split