They stayed together until her death, but there was a hiccup in 2016. At this event, Bonnie Tyler and her husband, Robert Sullivan, arrived at the “Adopt-A-Minefield” Benefit Gala in support of landmines victims on May 28, 2005, in Neuss, Germany. | Source: Getty Images
Behind the decades of public devotion sat a scandal that broke wide open in 2016, when Tyler’s marriage of then-43 years was rocked by claims that Sullivan, a multi-millionaire property developer, had carried on a passionate affair with one of the singer’s most devoted fans, according to
An affair scandal broke out. At this event, Bonnie Tyler and her husband, Robert, arrived at the presentation of the “Goldene Henne” at Friedrichstadtpalast on September 21, 2005, in Berlin, Germany. | Source: Getty Images
Meghann Pernot, a French admin worker who ran Tyler’s official fan page, alleged that she and Sullivan, then 67 to her 25, carried on an affair for 18 months that included weekly hotel meetings over a six-month stretch.
A huge fan claimed to have had an affair with her husband. At this event, she performed on stage at the Rewind South 80s Music Festival at Temple Island Meadows on August 17, 2014, in Henley-on-Thames, United Kingdom. | Source: Getty Images
Pernot said she first met Tyler and Sullivan backstage at a concert in Brunnen, Switzerland, in March 2010, instantly connecting with the singer and eventually running the fan website the couple had come to rely on.
They met this fan backstage at one of her concerts in 2010. At this event, they attended the grand opening of KARE Kraftwerk on October 9, 2014, in Munich, Germany. | Source: Getty Images
The singer and the fan connected immediately and started working together. At this event, Bonnie Tyler appeared during the TV show “Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel” at Velodrom on October 1, 2016, in Berlin, Germany. | Source: Getty Images
Despite being 42 years his junior, Pernot said she found herself drawn to Sullivan, and claimed he made his first move in 2014 backstage at one of Tyler’s French shows, kissing her and handing her his number.
Robert Sullivan was 42 years older than this fan. At this event, Bonnie Tyler performed at L’Olympia on May 20, 2019, in Paris, France. | Source: Getty Images
“I was confused as I didn’t understand what was going on,” Pernot said. “At first, I thought they were a free couple. Sometimes it happens in showbiz. I told him don’t kiss another woman who’s not your wife. Then everything started from there.”
The fan was confused about the whole situation, thinking Bonnie Tyler and Robert Sullivan had an open-minded relationship. This is a photo of the singer on Christmas in 2019. | Source: Facebook/Bonnie Tyler
The affair and the weekly hotel sessions began in Portugal that summer, Pernot claimed, with Sullivan insisting on discretion at every turn.
