Dating someone like David Haye made me realise my worth

David Haye called his model girlfriend Sian Osborne an ‘ugly duckling’ (Picture: ITV/ITVX)

‘That haircut makes you look ugly’

Ten years ago, I was sitting by my then-boyfriend Justin* in a pub, who casually said this to me.

I stared at him in shock as he took another swig of his drink. 

‘You-’, I stammered trying to get my words out, ‘you think I’m ugly?’, I managed.

‘Well, that hair surely isn’t doing you any favours’, he claimed as he looked around the venue, seemingly embarrassed to be seen with me. I had just met up with him after cutting my hair into a French bob – a shorter h...