Adam Peaty’s sister, who was the only family member allowed to attend his wedding, has broken her silence on her mother’s feud with the Ramsays.
Bethany Peaty, 32, was accused of ‘betraying’ her family when she pledged her allegiance to her brother, having attended sister-in-law Holly Ramsay’s hen do and their wedding at Bath Abbey in December.
Now, Beth has shared her heartbreak over the ongoing rift, revealing she’s been divided between loyalties towards her mother and Olympian brother.
While the tension shows no signs of easing between the sparring members, Beth told the Daily Mail that she has now made peace with her mother Caroline, 60, for the sake of her children.
Beth, a carer, who has an eight-year-old son and daughter, aged five, told the Daily Mail it has been a ‘very difficult time,’ adding, ‘I’m caught right in the middle of the row.
‘But I’ve made up with mum really for the children. They adore her and she is a great grandma and a good mum.’
Adam Peaty’s sister Bethany, who was the only family member allowed to attend his wedding, has broken her silence on her family’s feud with the Ramsays (Bethany, centre, is pictured at the wedding with Megan and Tilly Ramsay)
Beth was accused of ‘betraying’ her family when she pledged her allegiance to Adam after he fell out with their mother, Caroline (Holly Ramsay pictured with Caroline and Adam)
Beth, who is engaged to partner Daniel Rogerson, 37, said it was ‘very sad’ that Adam had banned their mother from the wedding, saying: ‘It was a shame and very sad she couldn’t go.’
She hinted she had tried to act as a go between the warring pair, but said she couldn’t help, noting ‘we as Peatys are very strong minded people.’
Beth admitted that her head turned by all the glitz of glamour of a celebrity world, yet a family source claimed that she has since distanced herself from the Ramsays clan.
In response, Beth shared: ‘It’s a wonderful world, a very different one to the one we know.’
Of her new relatives – chef Gordon Ramsay, wife Tana and influencer daughter Holly – she said: ’They are a good family and made me feel very welcome.’
She added that she had ’no idea’ when she would become a bride and marry her fiancée, saying: ‘I don’t know when we are getting married – it won’t be on the Ramsay scale!’
Beth’s comments come as a family source claimed that she had been ‘a bit of a snake’.
They told the Daily Mail: ‘Beth had a glimpse into a different life and sold her soul by backing Adam to be part of it.
‘She’s come running back to mum and they have reconciled.’
The mother-of-two had attended the Ramsays wedding ceremony as maid of honour, with Beth and Holly’s two sisters, policewoman Megan and aspiring chef Tilly, all wowing in floor-length red satin dresses.
While it may come as a shock that Adam and his sister have now apparently moved in different directions, given they seemed to have a close relationship, the source suggested they are not as friendly as seems and ‘they were never close growing up’.
The insider added: ‘Also Beth holds a lot of resentment for Caroline being missing from her childhood when she was taking Adam on his swimming trips.’
Yet Beth put her differences with Caroline aside and the pair were able to reconcile in time for Mother’s Day.
There has been no contact from Adam, who has not reached out to Caroline for four months.
Former nursery manager Caroline, 60, had been left heartbroken by the rift with both Adam and Beth, admitting it had been ‘very challenging emotionally’.
Yet she is now relieved that she and her daughter have reconciled after a difficult period during which she had remained a doting grandma to Beth’s children.
The insider continued: ‘It is a source of comfort to her. Beth has come back onside because she knows where her loyalties lie.
‘She has seen sense and has reconciled with her mum now the wedding is over and Adam is busy with his new life.’
Bethany was said to have had ‘her head turned by all the glitz of glamour of a celebrity world’ after attending Holly’s hen do – which Caroline was not invited to (pictured at Holly’s hen do)
Bethany is one of Adam’s three siblings, with the swimmer also having two brothers, James and Richard, who were both barred from the wedding (Pictured: the Peaty family in 2015, clockwise, Mark, James, Richard, Adam, Bethany and Caroline)
They added that the reconciliation in January ‘has a lot to do with the criminal matter’ involving Adam and Beth’s older brother James.
Builder James Peaty, 34 – known as Jamie – remains on conditional bail under police investigation and facing possible charges of verbal abuse and harassment towards Adam.
He was arrested in November last year over allegations he sent threats to the Olympian during his stag week in Budapest, Hungary.
Gordon Ramsay and Beth’s partner, whom Adam had treated and paid all expenses for, were among the revellers.
It led to Adam getting a large police escort at Manchester Airport on his return home.
The siblings’ dad Mark said at the time: ’They’re brothers. They’ve always been close but like any normal family brothers fight, argue, fall out, make up and start all over again.
‘But it’s got out of hand. There’s been very little empathy to Jamie’s genuine mental health difficulties.’
A family source said that Jamie from Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, had helped Adam renovate his home in Kegworth, Leicestershire, during a time the brothers had been on good terms.
The insider said: ’The family fallout is mainly due to the fact Adam sees their mum to be enabling Jamie’s actions rather than pushing him to deal with his demons.
‘Caroline has been torn between her two sons and their older half brother and it has been heartbreaking for her.’
The source told how Beth had started siding with Adam against their mum in the run-up to the wedding.
She had also tried to act as a go-between when the rift developed.
She had been a guest at Holly’s swanky hen do at Soho Farmhouse but Caroline was not invited.
When Beth texted Holly about the attendees, asking if her mum was invited, the bride-to-be said no as it was only a small gathering with her sister, mum and close friends.
The source said that the event – with Victoria Beckham a guest – triggered Beth’s ’taste for the celebrity life.’
They added: ‘She was raving about the night and she seemed to fit in. She certainly has the right look and blended in well.
’She said Victoria appeared a bit tipsy and started singing and others joined in too. She said it was hilarious!’
Beth’s decision to attend the A-list wedding with her partner also heaped more anguish on her parents.
While Adam banned his mum, Beth is said to have asked her brother if their dad was allowed to go.
The groom said Mark could attend but has to ‘sit at the back of the church’. He refused to go without his wife.
As the family rift deepened, Adam continued to snub his mum at Christmas, and also his dad, gran and two brothers.
He played the doting sibling by showering Beth’s two children with luxury gifts whilst refusing to send any cards or presents to his other nephews and nieces or parents.
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