December 11, 200718 yr They called me 4x4 just because I'm a woman, says Ulrika by CLEMMIE MOODIE - More by this author » Last updated at 10:34am on 11th December 2007 Comments (9) When she announced she was expecting her fourth child by a fourth father, Ulrika Jonsson was unflatteringly labelled the '4X4'. Two months on, the TV presenter has hit back at her detractors, claiming she was picked on for being a woman. In a magazine interview, the 40-year-old former weather girl says: "There are plenty of men out there who have children, abandon them and have nothing to do with them. "I understand the criticism but I find it interesting that it is solely directed at me. "The lovely Rod Stewart has been married three times and has seven children and nobody bats an eyelid. Scroll down for more... Ulrika Jonsson pictured in Hello! with fiance Brian Monet "I am fully responsible for my children and they are my testament. I have created three brilliant, lovely, level-headed and loving children." Miss Jonsson has a 13-year- old son, Cameron, by ex-husband John Turnbull, a daughter, Bo, seven, by German hotelier Markus Kempen and three-year-old Martha from her two-year marriage to Lance Gerrard-Wright Now 18 weeks' pregnant by fiance Brian Monet, she insists she did not "give any thought" to her unconventional family life. She admits, however, to suffering from depression as a result of failed marriage to Mr Gerrard-Wright. Scroll down for more... Husband number two: Lance Gerrard-Wright "To say that I don't know relationships are tough and I don't stick it out simply isn't true," she told Hello! "I can't take full responsibility for the breakdown of my relationships. "I was in my early twenties when I met Cameron's father but our relationship lasted seven years. Scroll down for more... Ulrika with her first husband, cameraman John Turnbull "Bo's father left us, so there wasn't anything to save or work on, and I feel at peace that I did everything in my power to make my marriage to Lance succeed. "I certainly didn't walk away from that relationship lightly and I have spent the last two years in deep depression because of my choices." Miss Jonsson met U.S. advertising executive Mr Monet, 39, in her native Sweden two years ago. She has also had high-profile relationships with former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson, Gladiators star James 'Hunter' Crossley and the ex-footballer Stan Collymore.
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