Rugby star Gareth Thomas is in a new
relationship with a London-area recruiter.
According to The
Wharf, the recently-retired rugby captain has partnered with
Sean Smith, a 41-year-old self-made millionaire and former lawyer.
(Related: Gareth
Thomas retires from rugby.)
Smith runs the Canary Wharf-based legal
recruitment firm Sean Smith Associates, which Thomas and Smith
co-founded.
“Gareth wants a serious business
career,” Smith said. “He's in the office three-and-a-half days a
week, and he's starting off doing the photocopying and everything
else. But he's the most determined man I've ever met and I have no
doubt he'll make a success of it.”
Smith is also taking part in the next
series of The Secret Millionaire, the Channel 4 reality series
in which millionaires leave their luxurious lives behind to live for
a week in an impoverished community and ultimately give away tens of
thousands of pounds to needy causes and people.
“I'll learn a lot about myself
because you have to survive on [5 pounds] a day and I'm not sure how
I'll manage that,” Smith said.
Thomas publicly came out gay about two
years ago.
(UPDATE: Gareth
Thomas not romantically involved with London-area recruiter.)