RHOC star Ampika Pickston, 40, is ‘engaged to West Ham boss David Sullivan, 72’

Real Housewives of Cheshire star Ampika Pickston, 40, is ‘engaged to West Ham boss David Sullivan, 72, following his split from partner of 25 years’


Former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Ampika Pickston is reportedly engaged to West Ham boss David Sullivan.

The billionaire, 72, is said to have popped the question on the reality star’s 40th birthday in July this year, according to The Sun, after a decade of friendship. 

A source told the publication: ‘There’s a big age gap but they are smitten. They’ve kept quiet out of respect for their children and ex-partners but know they can’t keep a lid on this forever.

Congratulations: Former Real Housewives of Cheshire star Ampika Pickston is reportedly engaged to West Ham boss David Sullivan

‘David handed over a beautiful, 11½ carat, emerald-cut engagement ring. She said yes straightaway.’

The TV personality is said to have showed off her dazzling ring and her fiancé online, but the images since been removed. 

Ampika, who runs her own beauty salon and cosmetics training business, is thought to be splitting her time between her own home near Hale and David’s Essex mansion.

Romance: The billionaire, 72, is said to have popped the question on the reality star's birthday in July this year, according to The Sun, after a decade of friendship

Romance: The billionaire, 72, is said to have popped the question on the reality star’s birthday in July this year, according to The Sun, after a decade of friendship

MailOnline have contacted representatives of Ampika for comment. 

David previously dated ex-girlfriend Emma Benton-Hughes, a former porn star, for 25 years and recently made her his co-chairman at West Ham. 

The 55-year-old, who also goes by the name Eve Vorley, was a Page 3 girl and involved in a number of adult films in the late 90s and early 2000s. 

She starred in films such as ‘Lesbian Nurses’, ‘Electric Blue: Nude Wives – Private Parts’ and ‘Naked Neighbours’, and directed films including ‘Horny Housewives on the Job’ and ‘Sex Mad Secretaries’. 

Split: David previously dated ex-girlfriend Emma Benton-Hughes, a former porn star, for 25 years and recently made her his co-chairman at West Ham (David and Emma pictured in 2019)

Split: David previously dated ex-girlfriend Emma Benton-Hughes, a former porn star, for 25 years and recently made her his co-chairman at West Ham (David and Emma pictured in 2019)

Sullivan, alongside David Gold and Karren Brady, oversaw a takeover of West Ham back in 2010. 

Ampika, who starred in five series of Real Housewives before quitting in 2017, was previously engaged to a mystery man in 2018 following a whirlwind romance. 

The beauty entrepreneur met the businessman, whom she did not want to name, through an online dating website and he popped the question after just a ‘short time’ together. 

Happy: 'There¿s a big age gap but they are smitten. They¿ve kept quiet out of respect for their children and ex-partners but know they can¿t keep a lid on this forever'

Happy: ‘There’s a big age gap but they are smitten. They’ve kept quiet out of respect for their children and ex-partners but know they can’t keep a lid on this forever’

The glamorous mother-of-one described her fiancé at the time as a ‘breath of fresh air’ who ‘gets on fantastically well’ with her now 14-year-old son, Jake.  

She told FEMAIL of her then romance: ‘He’s got his own thing going on, he sold his business 10 years ago. He’s a breath of fresh air; he gets on fantastically with my son; he is really easy going. 

‘Personality-wise, I think we’re perfect together. He makes me laugh and I think we want the same things.’ 

Ampika was previously married to billionaire businessman Mark Pickston, with whom she shares her son. 

Here we go again: Ampika, who starred in five series of Real Housewives before quitting in 2017, was previously engaged to a mystery man in 2018 following a whirlwind romance

Here we go again: Ampika, who starred in five series of Real Housewives before quitting in 2017, was previously engaged to a mystery man in 2018 following a whirlwind romance

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