Georgina Baillie, the granddaughter of Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, has called off her wedding to singer Rusty Egan due to issues arising from their 28-year age gap
The granddaughter of Fawlty Towers legend Andrew Sachs has called off her marriage due to issues with the age gap. Georgina Baillie, 40, has cancelled plans to marry singer Rusty Egan, 68.
She had announced her engagement to the New Romantic singer just before Christmas. But it appears the 28-year age gap has proven to be too much for Georgina. She has revealed she returned the ring to her ex a “couple of months ago”.
Despite the amicable split, Georgina said they simply had different ideas for their future. “The age gap between us proved to be too much,” she said. Speaking to the Mail, she went on: “I still adore Rusty so much and I’m sad, but he’s looking to retire to the seaside, and I’m not finished on my path to building my empire.”
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And she thanked the musician for his help and support during their 18 month relationship. “Rusty helped me do things I never thought I could without using or drinking, like going to gigs,” she said.
The couple will remain close, according to Georgina. She insists they still plan to work together on Rusty’s live show, Sound And Vision.
Rusty added: “Georgina and I had 18 lovely months together. The ring is [on] my desk… life is good, but with Georgina it was wonderful.”
Years earlier, Georgina opened up about her fling with Russell Brand when she was 20 years old and he was 30. The affair went on the spark Sachsgate – in a series of prank calls broadcast on BBC radio in 2008, the comic and his co-host Jonathan Ross went on to leave vulgar messages on Andrew’s answerphone, bragging that Brand had bedded Georgina.
Of her relationship with Brand, Georgina said in 2023: “I was a young girl completely dazzled by celebrity and I would do anything – and I did.
“I thought I was just a 20-year-old girl at a party but looking back on it years later I was already in the throes of addiction myself. I was really lost back then.
“After Sachsgate, Russell made millions of pounds doing a stand-up routine about it and that was very hard and painful for me – I was the butt of the joke, I was young and didn’t know how to process it and I turned to drink and drugs.”
She added: “For about ten years after Sachsgate it was very hard because I didn’t know whether I was in the wrong, so when he apologised it was a huge weight lifted off me.”
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