Natasha Lever is a British television personality, former reality TV star and the ex-wife of Rhodri Giggs, brother of Manchester United legend Ryan Giggs.
She became one of Britain’s most talked about figures in 2011 when it was revealed she had conducted an eight-year affair with her husband’s own brother Ryan Giggs, a scandal that tore the Giggs family apart and made international headlines.
Despite the devastating public exposure of her private life, Natasha has rebuilt herself over the years, eventually remarrying in 2024 and moving forward from one of British football’s most notorious scandals.
Natasha Lever Biography
Natasha Lever was born on October 11 1982 in Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, making her 43 years old as of 2026.
She grew up in Bolton and has spent the majority of her life in England, though she has kept details about her upbringing, parents and siblings completely private.
No information about her family background has ever been made public and Natasha has never addressed questions about her childhood in any of her media appearances.
What is known is that she pursued a career in real estate before her public profile exploded following the Ryan Giggs affair scandal in 2011. She subsequently appeared on Celebrity Big Brother in 2012, becoming one of the most recognisable faces in British tabloid media that year.
Despite the intense scrutiny of her personal life during that period, she has gradually rebuilt her public image and moved forward with her life in the years since.
Natasha Relationships
Natasha Lever’s personal life has been one of British football’s most documented and controversial relationship histories. Her first notable relationship was with Tobagonian footballer Dwight Yorke, with whom she was romantically linked between 1998 and 2002.
She subsequently had relationships with English footballers Danny Simpson and Phil Bardsley before eventually meeting Rhodri Giggs. Natasha first met former manchester united player, Ryan Giggs in a Manchester nightclub in March 2003, beginning what would become an eight-year affair. Just two months after meeting Ryan, she began dating his brother Rhodri.
The affair with Ryan continued secretly throughout her relationship with Rhodri, even resuming after their 2010 Las Vegas wedding. Shockingly, Natasha fell pregnant by Ryan and had a termination just two weeks before her wedding to Rhodri.
When the affair was finally exposed in 2011 it became one of Britain’s biggest sporting scandals, destroying the Giggs family relationship and making international headlines.
Rhodri and Natasha divorced in 2013, sharing custody of their two sons Louis and Liam Giggs. She later entered a relationship with Mark Smith, with whom she had a son born on April 28 2014.
Natasha subsequently remarried in 2024, finding love again more than a decade after one of British football’s most notorious scandals. Meanwhile Rhodri Giggs announced his engagement to Victoria Phillips in October 2025, with both parties having moved forward with their lives.
Rhodri Giggs Wife & Ryan Giggs Ex
Natasha Lever first began dating Rhodri Giggs in May 2003, just two months after her initial encounter with his brother Ryan at a Manchester nightclub.
Their relationship developed publicly over the following years and they married in a Las Vegas ceremony in 2010, with Natasha keeping her ongoing eight-year affair with Ryan Giggs completely hidden throughout.
What nobody knew at the time was that Natasha had fallen pregnant by Ryan Giggs just weeks before the wedding and had a termination just two weeks before walking down the aisle with his brother.
The affair with Ryan continued even after the Las Vegas wedding, conducted in hotel rooms and vacant properties Natasha had access to through her work as an estate agent.
The scandal broke publicly in 2011 when the affair was exposed in the British press, triggering one of the biggest sporting controversies in British football history.
Rhodri discovered the truth when Natasha’s mother arrived at their home with a newspaper article and a letter confirming the affair. In the aftermath Rhodri admitted that if he had seen Ryan in the street at that moment he would have run him over, and it took him four to five years to fully recover from the betrayal.
Natasha and Rhodri attempted to repair their marriage in the immediate aftermath of the scandal, briefly living together again and considering reconciliation.
However they ultimately could not move past the betrayal and finalised their divorce in 2013, sharing custody of their two sons Louis and Liam Giggs.
Rhodri has since claimed that Natasha was involved with multiple other high profile footballers during their relationship, allegations that added further controversy to an already explosive story.
Children
Natasha Lever is the mother of three sons from different relationships. Her eldest son Liam Giggs was born during her relationship with Rhodri Giggs.
Her second son Louis Giggs was also born with Rhodri during their marriage. Both Liam and Louis carry the Giggs surname and Rhodri remains their father, sharing custody with Natasha following their 2013 divorce.
Her third son was born on April 28 2014 with partner Mark Smith, conceived after her divorce from Rhodri.
As of 2026 all three of her sons are in their teenage years and early twenties, growing up largely away from the public eye despite the extraordinary media scrutiny that surrounded their mother during the height of the Ryan Giggs scandal.
Natasha has never spoken publicly about how she has raised her sons through the turbulence of her personal life, though she has made clear in interviews that moving forward and rebuilding her life for her children has been her primary focus since the scandal broke in 2011.
