Mo Farah’s wife on discovering tragic past amid their engagement ‘lots of missing pieces’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
However, Farah says that when he arrived in the UK he faced a very different reality: “I had all the contact details for my relative and once we got to her house, the lady took it off me and right in front of me ripped them up and put it in the bin, and at that moment I knew I was in trouble,” he said.
Farah said his children have motivated him to be truthful about his past, saying: “Family means everything to me and, you know, as a parent, you always teach your kids to be honest, but I feel like I’ve always had that private thing where I could never be me and tell what’s really happened.
“I’ve been keeping it for so long, it’s been difficult because you don’t want to face it and often my kids ask questions, ‘Dad, how come this?’ And you’ve always got an answer for everything, but you haven’t got an answer for that.
Farah’s wife, Tania, said in the year leading up to their 2010 wedding she realised something was amiss and eventually “wore him down with the questioning” and he told the truth.
