Romanian mannequin has new fiancé after inheriting UK vicar’s £150k property
A Romanian toyboy, 30, who married a British vicar 54 years older than him is engaged to a brand new fiancé and dwelling a lifetime of luxurious after inheriting his pensioner ex-husband’s £150,000 property when he died three years after their marriage ceremony.
Male mannequin Florin Marin was left a £2,000 month-to-month pension and £150,000 when former priest Philip Clements died aged 81 in 2020 – plus £100,000 in property.
He then met Spaniard Jeronimo Jesus de Vega and was with him for nearly two years – earlier than transferring on to German-Italian resort boss Giovanni Messina, 53.
Now he has confirmed to Mail Online the brand new couple have gotten engaged.
Speaking solely from Baden-Baden in Germany the place he lives along with his new companion, Mr Marin stated:’ Yes, I’m engaged, however I’m undecided I’ll get married – I promised Philip I wouldn’t marry once more.
Romanian male mannequin Florin Marin was married for 3 years to Philip Clements earlier than the retired Anglican vicar died on the age of 81 in May 2020
Mr Marin has now revealed to Mail Online how he has bought engaged to German-Italian resort boss Giovanni Messina, 53, pictured proper
‘I bought engaged as a result of I wish to have a hoop on my finger and I like presents however Philip was such a stunning man, I take into consideration him on a regular basis and he’s by no means removed from my ideas.
‘I don’t have an image of Philip right here within the new home however in Romania I’ve plenty of photos of him.
‘I informed Giovanni all about him and Jeronimo once we met and he stated he didn’t care, he stated the previous is the previous and the longer term is ours.
‘I opened the pc and confirmed him all concerning the previous and he stated he didn’t care, what mattered now was us and our new life collectively.
‘But I get previous now, I might be 31 in the summertime so I’m a junior sugar daddy, I’m beginning to get gray hair now.’
Mr Clements, from Eastry in Kent, moved to Romania to be with Florin in 2017 however died in hospital three years later.
Their age hole meant the connection raised eyebrows and the 2 even appeared on Jeremy Kyle’s former ITV present.
They break up briefly whereas Florin noticed his new Spanish companion earlier than getting again collectively.
Mr Clements stated on the time: ‘I really like him to bits – if we have been completely separated, I’d be probably the most sad particular person on the earth.’
He had served as a priest for 50 years with the Anglican church however he retired earlier than marrying Mr Marin.
Philip Clements, from Eastry in Kent, served as an Anglican priest however had retired by the point he married Florin Marin in 2017
Mr Clements and Mr Marin married in April 2018 at a ceremony in Kent
The couple had first met in 2015 on homosexual courting app Grindr
Their 54-year age distinction raised eyebrows and angered Mr Clements’ household, whereas the couple appeared in 2018 on Jeremy Kyle’s ITV present to debate their relationship
The relationship angered Philip’s two brothers Brian and Tony, who have been each banned from their sibling’s funeral after calling Florin a ‘gold-digger’.
Mr Clements had bought a £215,000 dwelling in Sandwich, Kent, to purchase a flat in Romanian capital Bucharest and transferred possession into his new husband’s title.
Mr Clements had solely lately moved to Romania earlier than falling in poor health in May 2020 and was taken to a hospital in Bucharest after operating out of remedy in the course of the coronavirus lockdown.
Despite testing damaging for Covid-19, he handed away in a single day on May 31 in a room unable to obtain guests because of lockdown restrictions.
Mr Marin stated on the time he was upset about Mr Clements’s dying however that two days of mourning ‘is sufficient’ and that his late husband wouldn’t need him to be unhappy.
He additionally stated Mr Clements had refused to go to hospital for a number of days – creating a fever and changing into disoriented – earlier than Mr Marin insisted on taking him there.
Mr Marin stated he was then separated from his husband as he was positioned on a quarantined coroanvirus ward amid fears he had the illness, earlier than being transferred to a cardiac ward the place he slipped right into a coma then died.
Mr Marin met his new companion 18 months in the past and initially commuted between dwelling in Romania and Baden-Baden however has now moved to Germany completely.
His social media profile is stuffed with glamorous holidays the 2 have taken collectively in the previous few months, together with Christmas within the swish Swiss ski resort of Gstaad.
Mr Marin stated this week: ‘The previous few months I’ve been so busy we had Christmas in Switzerland after which final summer time we went to Lake Como and Venice, and we have been in Majorca twice.
Newly-engaged couple Mr Massina and Mr Marin now stay collectively within the older man’s native Baden-Baden in Germany
Mr Marin, 30, shares many pictures on his social media pages Facebook and Instagram displaying off the ‘extravagant holidays’ he enjoys
Mr Marin informed how he was now working on the resort his companion runs, ‘to earn some cash to pay for my luxuries and holidays’
He additionally hit again at critics whereas saying he has ‘a gorgeous life and a gorgeous boyfriend’
‘I do have expansive extravagant holidays, maybe too many.
‘I met my new partner on the Planet Romeo, it’s a homosexual app – he appears a bit like Jeronimo, and we’ve got been collectively for 18 months.
‘They have similar looks and are a very similar age but are very different.
‘Giovanni is a lovely man and I am very much in love.
‘We met when I was a bit low and suffering from anxiety – I can’t keep a widow all my life, you realize, and we spoke for 2 months earlier than we met up in particular person.’
Mr Marin stated he was working on the resort his companion runs in Baden-Baden, including: ‘I’m interviewing folks and hiring workers – and I’m working within the kitchen.
‘I’ve had such a horrible again the previous few days from being within the kitchen cooking breakfast.
‘Giovanni says I have to earn some cash to pay for my luxuries and holidays and I don’t have a lot to do in the course of the days, so I’m glad to assist him.’
Speaking of Jeronimo, he added: ‘He simply bought very jealous in direction of the top, and we simply didn’t click on anymore – he turned each strict with life.
‘He bought sick after which he had a coronary heart assault, after which I attempted to patch issues up however then I bought nervousness, and he pushed me an excessive amount of and I stated I couldn’t stick with him and it ended.
‘He tried to message me, however I needed to block him as a result of he was p***ing me off.’
Mr Clements had bought his dwelling in Kent earlier than transferring to a brand new £100,000 flat in Romanian capital Bucharest which he transferred into his husband Mr Marin’s title
Their marriage ceremony in April 2017 was opposed by two of Mr Clements’s brothers who accused Mr Marin of being a ‘gold-digger’ earlier than later being barred from attending the ex-vicar’s funeral
Mr Clements died alone in hospital in Bucharest in May 2020, with no guests allowed because of coronavirus quarantine guidelines – though he did take a look at constructive for the illness
Mr Marin stated he would ‘at all times be very grateful’ to his late husband
Mr Marin and Mr Massina have lately loved holidays in Lake Como, Venice and Majorca final summer time earlier than spending Christmas in Switzerland
He added: ‘I don’t communicate with Philip’s two blood brothers, they p***ed me off.
‘Philip was my husband and I used to be entitled to what I bought.
‘Philip’s half-brother Charles could be very totally different – we’re involved and we ship one another Christmas playing cards.’
Mr Marin additionally lashed out at his critics, saying: ‘Jesus Christ was killed by individuals who didn’t like them and in the identical means I’ve nothing to say to those folks.
‘People will at all times discuss and have their opinions which is ok, however they don’t make me really feel unhealthy or responsible.
‘They can say no matter they need. I’ve a gorgeous life and a gorgeous boyfriend and so these folks don’t disturb me – they will say no matter they need.’
Speaking of Mr Clements, he added: ‘I’ll at all times be very grateful to him – he taught me manners as a result of he was a stunning gentleman.
‘We have been so glad collectively and I’m unhappy he’s not with me anymore.
‘He secured my life, he did all the things to verify I used to be glad and I take into consideration him on a regular basis.
‘It might be 4 years in May that he has gone.
‘Whenever I transfer, I put photos of him on the partitions, however I haven’t bought spherical to placing them up in Baden-Baden but.’
