High-profile Adelaide couple split after 20 years as wife ‘blindsided’

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High-profile Adelaide couple split after 20 years as wife ‘blindsided’
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Adelaide power couple Natasha Stott Despoja AO and Ian Smith have separated after 20 years of marriage in what had been a well-kept secret for months.

The pair reportedly ended their marriage over the summer in a decision that left Ms Stott Despoja blindsided according to friends, The Advertiser reported.The couple married in a romantic ceremony on Wategos Beach at Byron Bay in September 2003, a year after announcing their engagement.

Natasha Stott Despoja and Ian Smith share two children together. Picture: Jennie Groom/News Corp Australia He also later met the popstar and had a picture taken with her after his then-wife saw her and informed the singer the worm man was Mr Smith. Ian Smith met British popstar Rita Ora last year after he went viral for pulling off an extravagant worm dance in front of her while she performed at the Prince's Trust Global Gala dinner in New York last year. Picture: Instagram

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