Wife of Commons speaker John Bercow hit back after being labelled “narcissistic” and heartless for having an affair with her husband’s cousin

Devastated: Tearful Sally Bercow

Speaker's wife Sally Bercow has ignited a war of words with the wife of her ex-lover saying “it takes two to tango”.
Mrs Bercow hit back after being labelled “narcissistic” and heartless for having an affair with her husband’s cousin, Alan Bercow.
In a day of bizarre emotional rants outside her London home, Sally, 45, said Erica was “bitter” and a “fool” for taking her husband back after news of their secret trysts emerged.
Hobbling on crutches as she continues to recover from a broken leg she suffered in a skiing accident, Sally said she had been left “f****** heartbroken” by the end of her affair with lawyer Alan.
But in a sharp response outside her family’s £2m home in Chiswick, and west London, Erica Bercow aimed a dig at her love rival, saying she refused to become a “media whore” and comment on the affair.

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'I won't be a media whore': Erica Bercow gave a statement to the press outside her home

Referring to Sally’s comment that her heart had been broken, she sniped: “I think you have to have a heart to have it broken.”
She added: “Alan is home. He’s home and I’m sorry but I just find this all very distasteful and I really don’t want to make any more comments to feed this woman’s ego and narcissism.”




She added it was “too early to say” if she would be able to forgive her husband.
The lawyer refused to say how she found out about the affair or how long it had gone on for but insisted she wanted to get her marriage back on track.
Sally, who has been married to Speaker John for 13 years, is alleged to have began the affair with Alan Bercow when her husband was on the campaign trail before the general election.
Openly sobbing, she seemingly admitted the affair but later attacked Mr Bercow and his wife, saying: “I’m really sorry for the pain I’ve caused her (Erica) but it does take two to tango you know.
“I don’t know why she should be turning her fire just on me.

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“I think she’s entirely justified to feel bitter. But it does take two to tango. Her husband Alan is just as guilty as me.
“Alan Bercow is the luckiest man in Britain really because he’s proved consistently he can do whatever he wants and she just sucks it up. She’s a saint.
“I know she’s an innocent party and I don’t wish her any ill will but I wish she would stop fuelling it. If she’s decided to take Alan back more fool her, but good luck to her.”
The Bercows’ marriage has been hit by a string of controversies in recent years.
Sally was pictured snogging burly DJ Clinton Baugh at a London club and also had to defend the nature of her relationship with Big Fat Gypsy Weddings star Paddy Doherty after the two met on Celebrity Big Brother.
Dressed in a white top, light grey jacket and skinny jeans, she burst out crying as she declared she would “love” her husband” forever”.
Sally, who has three children with her husband, said: “I’m living here, the children are here with me some of the week and with John some of the week and that’s it really.

“I don’t know how it’s all going to pan out in the future, I don’t know.”
Friends of Sally has said she has been left reeling from the affair being revealed, causing further embarrassment to her politician husband, who was appointed Speaker of the House in 2009.

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It has been claimed that Erica revealed news of the relationship in order to “scare” her husband and get him to come back to her.
Alan Bercow is now back together with his wife and refused to comment.
On allegations she leaked the story of the affair, she said: “That’s absolutely false.
“I’m not going to make any comments about the affair. I did not leak the story, that’s not my style.
“I’m a lawyer, I deal with US tax, I’m not interested in being a media whore.
“I’ve a good job, I have a son, I have a husband and I’ve always been brought up to do the right thing.”
She added that it was “too early to say” if she would be able to forgive her husband.
She continued: “Lots of people have affairs. I know lots of friends who have had affairs.
“Their marriages continue on, people actually work hard at fixing whatever fractures were in their marriage and they move on and, you know, when you’ve got children it’s your duty as a parent to put them first and to not, you know, sell your soul to the media and that’s I’m afraid probably the most I’m going to say.”
She added: “There’s innocent parties isn’t there and again I’ve a child and Alan’s got two other children.
“He’s not going to make any comments at all.”
She said she had “no idea” if the speaker had spoken to his cousin over the affair.