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Ricki-Lee Coulter reveals she never wanted to get married to her first husband at age 21 but felt pressured for one sad reason READ MORE: Ricki-Lee Coulter shares hilarious moment many missed during Australian Idol finale By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 23:11 EDT, 20 May 2024 | Updated: 23:11 EDT, 20 May 2024 e-mail View comments Ricki-Lee Couler has lifted the lid on her disastrous first marriage to Jamie Babbington. The Australian Idol star, 38, tied the knot with the Gold Coast builder in 2007 when she was 21 years old, but now admits she never wanted to walk down the aisle. Ricki-Lee started dating Jamie when she was just 15 years old, and he was 23.

The marriage lasted just over a year, with the singer's publicist issuing a statement at the time confirming they had split due to 'distance and time apart'. Ricki-Lee discussed her failed first marriage on her Nova FM radio show on Monday, telling her co-hosts Tim Blackwell and Joel Creasey that she actually wanted to break up with Jamie before he proposed. Ricki-Lee Coulter, 38, (pictured) has revealed she never wanted to get married to her first husband Jamie Babbington (right) at age 21 but felt pressured after he proposed in front of his family on a holiday 'I got married really young, I got married when I was 21 and I was with this guy, but it just was not a great relationship,' she lamented.



'I was trying to figure out ways to break up with him and I just couldn't quite figure it out in my he.

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