Lara Stone, the ex-wife of comedian David Walliams, has described the public interest in their five-year marriage as "bewildering and terrifying". The Dutch model, now 42, recounted to Dutch Vogue an incident in which she was followed by photographers while walking to the Tube from Walliams' house.
"I'd been at his house and was walking back to the Tube and this car was driving next to me and they were taking pictures the whole time," she told the publication. "It was just so bewildering and terrifying."
A Marriage That Began at a Chelsea Match
Stone met Walliams, who is 13 years her senior, at a Chelsea football match in 2009. According to The Mirror, she was "very nervous" about their first date. After a year of dating, the pair announced their engagement and married four months later at Claridge's Hotel in London in May 2010.
As per British Vogue, Stone wore a wedding gown designed by friend and former Givenchy designer Riccardo Tisci. She opted to toast the marriage with popcorn rather than a traditional Champagne flute. Celebrity guests included Tom Ford, James Corden and Matt Lucas, and the evening reception was held at Shoreditch House.
Family Life and the Split
In May 2013, the couple welcomed their only child, a son named Alfred. Both parents have since tried to keep him out of the limelight. In June 2024, Walliams said on Chris Evans' Virgin Radio Show that the day Alfred was born was the "happiest" of his life.
"I think back to the day he was born," Walliams said. "And I always say to him, 'The day you were born was the happiest day of my life, and every day after that has got happier and happier'. You have the odd bad day, don't you, but basically it's that, because you get closer and closer and he did the sweetest thing."
Two years after Alfred's birth, the couple split. At the time, a source told The Sun that Walliams "didn't want a divorce" and hoped to "work things out" with Stone. The source added: "But Lara was insistent and David accepted for the sake of Alfred. It was easier for David to divorce Lara and claim it was her unreasonable behaviour. She was willing to accept that as the reason."
Life After Walliams
Since the split in 2015, Stone has found love with property developer David Grievson, whom she met on Tinder. The pair married in a private ceremony in July 2021. Stone announced the news on Instagram, writing: "Got to marry my love this weekend!"
