Iris Jones, 86 shocked This Morning viewers with details of her sex life with Egyptian toyboy, but now she says she is “agony aunt” to other women who have heart their broken by much younger men
A pensioner who boasted on TV about romps with her Egyptian toyboy says she has sworn off sex for good after their acrimonious split.
Iris Jones, 86, stunned This Morning viewers when she spilled the beans about her steamy antics with Mohamed Ibrahim, 40. She was open about their use of K-Y Jelly and said their nights of passion left her feeling “saddle-sore”.
She married Mohamed, 46 years her junior, in 2020 in Cairo after meeting him on social media the year before. Her new husband moved to the UK in 2021, but they split in 2023. And now she says: “The idea of sex now makes my stomach turn. I’m not interested in men at all, not in companionship with them and certainly not sex with them.
“My experience with Mohamed has put me off relationships for life. I wish I’d never met him.” Iris, a former legal secretary, wed Mohamed on her third visit to Cairo in a civil ceremony, with only his dad in attendance as a witness.
Iris, who has two sons, Stephen, 59, and Darren, 58, says before she got married Stephen begged her not to do anything rash. Even the wedding reception being a meal in McDonald’s did not put her off, she says, adding: “I didn’t care. I thought I was madly in love, so I would have married him anywhere.”
But her desire turned to disdain and she kicked Mohamed out following “non-stop arguing”. She says: “I finally realised I had enough. I was so tired from all the housework and cleaning up after him that the physical side dwindled to nothing.
“Mohamed was only with me for my money. I can see that now, and I look back and think, ‘How could I have been so stupid?’ The Mohamed I met in Egypt was Prince Charming, but living in my bungalow he was like the Prince of Darkness.”
Bank statements show Iris transferred Mohamed thousands over the course of a year, which she claims were loans he has not repaid – which Mohamed disputes.
The last time she had any contact with her husband, she says, was when she emailed him last year asking for his address so she could speak to the Home Office about his stay in the UK. She says: “All I got back was him telling me his solicitor’s details. I did see him in my local Tesco a few months after I chucked him out.
“When he saw me he tried to run away and hide. I have asked for the money back but I’ve now made peace with the fact I will never see it again. I don’t want to see him again either, but I don’t hate him. “He hasn’t ruined my life. I have two lovely sons, two lovely daughters-in-law – a great family life.
“But I feel so much regret for the pain I caused them. They begged me not to marry him. But I didn’t listen.” Despite the acrimony, divorce is not on the cards, Iris – who has been divorced before – reveals.
She insists: “I’m not paying out for a divorce. I’m not spending any more money on him. It would cost me more to divorce him than to stay married and I don’t want to lose any more money.”
Since her split, Iris says women who tell her they have been conned by romantic partners have contacted her asking for advice.
She says: “I feel like an agony aunt to them. It’s very sad that what’s happened to me is so common. Some age gap relationships can work. But I would urge women to be careful of relationships with much younger men. They can be genuine but mine wasn’t.”
These days Iris, who lives in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, has replaced her passion for sex with a new hobby. She reveals: “I like drawing caricatures. I find it really therapeutic. I do it every day and post my pictures on social media.
“I do draw Mohamed all the time – one drawing shows him as a wolf in sheep’s clothing.”
When the couple appeared on This Morning, Mohamed told hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby: “I love Iris to the point of madness.” He is still in the UK, and says: “I have been employed legally in England as a welder in construction and as a security guard.
“I have worked hard I have paid tax and have never claimed any benefits since being here in this country. I have been accused of taking [thousands], where is the evidence? I never asked [Iris] for money. I was no scammer. I paid her housekeeping every month.”