Shocking moment I knew I had to give up on George Best

Angie Best tells me merrily that she is ‘loving’ lockdown in her house near Henley in the Oxfordshire countryside. ‘If it wasn’t for the fact everyone is dying I’d be a very happy girl.’ Angie’s idyllic existence, dispensing advice on Instagram in her unofficial capacity as wellness guru and living with her partner of 22 years, former professional ice-hockey player Mark Miller, and their three rescue dogs, couldn’t be more different from her turbulent eight-year marriage to footballing legend George Best. Angie was a model, former Playboy bunny and fitness instructor; George was the Belfast-born former Manchester-United star and notorious party animal pictured with their son Calum ‘You couldn’t help loving George, everyone did, he was such a sweet, wonderful, loving man, but I had no clue at all what I was getting into with him,’ says Angie, now a glamorous 67. Angie Best tells me merrily that she is ‘loving’ lockdown in her house near Henley in the Oxfordshire countryside ‘As it was, he tried rehab twice — it was absolutely useless. Calum Best with his mother Angie Best on Celebrity Big Brother in January 2017 ‘I thought, “Oh my goodness, history is going to repeat itself.” Calum needed someone to be there for him and to talk to, to help him wake up out of the fog and depression he’d been in after George’s death when he lost all hope.