Tommy Fleetwood’s wife lifted lid on facing gossip and ‘rejecting lots of offers’
Tommy Fleetwood’s wife Clare has confessed that the couple had to “navigate” through rumours at the start of their relationship. The 56-year-old is the golfer’s partner and agent and has had to juggle managing his career and their domestic life.
Clare revealed that the initial years of their relationship were marked by scepticism from their close circle. Performance People host Georgie Ainslie broached the subject of the 23-year age difference between them, asking: “People make something out of nothing, I mean is it a thing for you?”
Clare responded: “It kind of is and isn’t. I mean it was way more at the beginning. It was kind of not actually for us but it was just again thinking what other people are thinking about all the time and within the industry. It was kind of big news in our circle so I was a little bit paranoid about all that really. But not for any reason of our relationship and I had full faith once we fell in love.
“You know, that was it, baby and dog, we were in. And then it was just navigating through the gossip basically. But that was quick because people saw us and knew it meant something, and the people who were the doubters have redeemed themselves, let’s say, and admitted they doubted wrongly so.”
Clare also delved into the unique dynamic she shares with Tommy given their professional ties and revealed how this affects her approach to decision-making.
The 56-year-old explained: “I know everything on every side – so there’s sponsorship side, the logistics side, the PR side, the accounts side, everything. Maybe sometimes too much you know, because then that’s all I think about sometimes but that’s just the different dynamic.
“I look at one question – it might have 15 answers for me. Do you know what I mean? It’s a little bit more complicated for me because I see things you know like – are we going to live? I don’t see it as a lifestyle choice necessarily, I’ll look at it as a business choice as well.”
