- .Andy Powell's wife Natasha Gascoine is 14 weeks pregnant
- .She said she now needs to decide 'what to do' with the 32-year-old's baby
- .Claims he has a drinking and gambling problem
- .Former Wales international and British Lion had begged to get her back
- .But she refused and posted a series of texts between the two on Twitter
- .In one of the lurid texts he tells her: 'Just had a chance to bang a girl'
- .She responds by calling him a 'scumbag' and 'mummy's boy'
Natasha Gascoine, 25, has revealed she is 14 weeks pregnant with former Wales international and British Lion Andy Powell's baby
The estranged wife of rugby star Andy Powell has revealed she is pregnant as he took to Twitter to post a bizarre nude picture of himself.
Natasha Gascoine, 25, is married to the former Wales international and British Lion but she has branded him a liar, a cheat and a scumbag after their nine month marriage failed.
Now she has revealed she is 14 weeks pregnant after two miscarriages and needs to decide 'what to do' with the 32-year-old's baby.
She said: 'I feel I am trapped being pregnant and wondering what I should do with his baby and watching him waste his life.
'Andy said he would turn himself around but he was all talk. His drinking and gambling has got out of hand.
'Everything about him I don't recognise anymore - he isn't the man I married.'
Powell has not made an official statement, but today the player has hit back with a series of crude tweets including a nude image of himself waving.
It was revealed yesterday how Ms Gascoine posted on Twitter all of Powell's sexually explicit text messages to her after their marriage broke down.
She also put his rugby gear for sale on eBay.
She branded the 6ft 4in Powell a scumbag after they split in February amid suspicions that he cheated on her.
Office worker Ms Gascoine said she still loves Powell, but added: 'My hopes and dreams and future have been ruined.
'She said: 'I know everyone is seeing all this stuff on Twitter but I feel they don't know what has gone on.
Split: Powell is pictured in a bizarre photograph posted on Twitter last night, left, and with his wife Natasha, right, on their wedding day last year
Miss Gascoine posted his seedy text messages to her on Twitter and put her wedding dress and £10,000 ring on eBay
'They don't know about all the gambling. I don't know if we have a future.'
Today, Powell wrote on Twitter 'The sun is out #longhjohnisabout', in reference to a pet name that was revealed by his estranged wife when she made his texts to her public.
But later Ms Gascoine wrote: 'night #smalljohn #jogon'.
Ms Gascoine and Powell got married in May last year after a whirlwind romance - they met in March 2012 and were engaged by June.
She said: 'I had just been in a four year relationship before I met Andy.
Twitter war: Andy Powell appeared to taunt his wife this morning, above, but she responded with an apparent jibe about his manhood, below
'I told my sister Nadia I wanted to meet someone a bit spontaneous, crazy and wild.
'She tweeted Andy, even though she didn't know him, and told him she thought he should take me out on a date and he replied and asked for my number.
'Looking back I think that is really weird but I wanted someone in my life with a bit of wildness.
'Andy was amazing, like no other person I have met in my entire life. He was kind, fun, outgoing and he has this way of making you feel special.'
The office worker said she needs to decide 'what to do' with the 32-year-old's baby. 'I feel I am trapped being pregnant and wondering what I should do with his baby and watching him waste his life'
Ms Gascoine, whose home is still full of pictures of their idyllic wedding day, said the first year of their lives together had been blissful
Ms Gascoine, whose home is still full of pictures of their idyllic wedding day, said the first year of their lives together had been blissful.
They were married in the church next to Natasha's family home in Llantristant, Usk, in May last year and then flew out to Majorca with a hundred family friends for a blessing ceremony.
But Ms Gascoine said Powell had since revealed he had a gambling problem and a few days before their wedding he had no idea how he would pay for it.
She said she had since discovered he was rescued after winning £17,000 on a huge bet at the last minute.
Ms Gascoine said: 'Later I saw lots of betting slips around the house when I went back.
'It scared me because it wasn't leaving him with much left to live on.
'After that I went to see a solicitor because I wasn't happy with my marriage and I felt like I couldn't take anymore.
Scorned wife Natasha Gascoine posted this picture on Twitter, clearly directing her one-finger salute to husband Andy Powell
In happier times: Miss Gascoine re-posted this picture with Andy Powell with his message 'Loving life with the beautiful wife'
Miss Gascoine married Andy Powell on May 25, 2013, in Llantrisant, south Wales
'Andy said he would turn himself around and go to Gamblers Anonymous but he was all talk.
'My mum and dad have been married for 27 years and that is what I expected my life to be like - a lifelong commitment with the man I loved.
'It's hard for me to accept that the person I married is not the guy he is now.'
But even after all she has been through she still says she loves him and wants to force Powell to face his demons.
She said: 'At the end of the day the only person I have wanted is Andy - but he is just not the person I married and I just don't know who he is now.
'I am scared about being divorced at 25 but I want him to look after himself and sort himself out.'
The lurid text messages from Andy Powell his estranged wife posted on Twitter
Miss Gascoine posted this picture on Twitter accompanied with a tweet suggesting the 'real reason' he left Wigan Warriors
This week she began to auction off reminders of their life together and put Valentine's cards he wrote to her and his rugby memorabilia up for sale for charity.
She is also selling a ring for £10,000, and her wedding dress for £500, saying: 'The sentimental value of these pieces mean little now.'
Miss Gascoine added: 'I know he would love his name being mentioned because he loves the ego boost and feeling important.'
In one of the lurid texts he tells her 'I'm in Montpellier just had a chance to bang a girl' before going on to say he'd prefer to be with his wife.
She responds by calling him a 'scumbag' and 'mummy's boy'.
In another Powell - whose nickname is 'Brain Dead' - says: 'I want you bad !! Pick me up !!'
Andy Powell's wedding suit on eBay, described as: 'White jacket, white trousers and White shirt he wore on his wedding day, for sale'
Powell's Wigan top - one of the items his estranged wife has put on eBay
The Boodles engagement ring with box Natasha Gascoine received is being sold for £10,000
Speaking about their relationship on Twitter, Miss Gascoine said: 'I don't think @andypowell8 knows who he really is. He's built a character to fool everyone who knows him. I fell for it.'
Among the items on sale are one of the Wigan Warriors rugby league player's British and Irish Lions rugby union tops for £5.
His wedding suit is listed for £16, a British Lions top with his initials is £5, one of his Wigan tops for £10.49, a pair of his used rugby boots for £5 and Valentine's cards he has sent for 99p.
There are a total of 31 items listed on the same page, including a Maggie Sottero wedding dress for £500, wedding bands for £4,500, a Boodles engagement ring with box for £10,000, and a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes for £400,00.
Miss Gascoine said: 'To be quite frank it pains me to wear them, rather than love and enjoy them like I once did.
She is also selling Powell's clothes and love letters which she describes as 'unwanted cards from my husband'.
Powell was released by Wigan in January after playing just five games for the rugby league side after his switch from union.
In the description of the top she wrote: 'Obviously didn't get much wear out of it, so practically brand new.'
Powell is said to be close to returning to rugby union. A source close to him told The Sun: 'It's clearly been a difficult few months for Andy.'
Powell, from Brecon, played for the Cardiff Blues, Wasps and Sale Sharks during his rugby career, before crossing codes to play rugby league for the Wigan Warriors.
He won 23 caps for Wales, and toured South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 2009.
But he was also known for his off-field problems. In 2011 was suspended after getting embroiled in a bar brawl with football fans.
In 2010 he was banned from driving for 15 months and fined £1,000 for driving the stolen cart along the hard shoulder of the M4 to 'get some munchies' from a service station at 5.30 in the morning.
Natasha Gascoine said she was getting on the 'selfie bandwagon' when posting this on Twitter
Andy Powell runs with the ball during the 2011 IRB Rugby World Cup bronze final match between Wales and Australia in Auckland, New Zealand
Auctioning off his wedding suit, Miss Gascoine says: 'Andy Powell wedding suit for sale. I know he would love his name being mentioned because he loves the ego boost and feeling important.
'White jacket, white trousers and White shirt he wore on his wedding day, for sale. Designed by the very talented Tony Q'aja & team.
'I don't know the exact measurements of the suit but he is: 6"4 Normally 36 waist. 34 leg 17 1/2 inch collar. Normally wears XL or XXL on top .(Good job head measurements aren't needed to be taken into consideration, because it don't think anyone on this planet has a head as big as his).
'Unwanted item now because I don't want anything to do with our wedding around me any more. The sentimental value has gone and to be honest, since being married to him I have realised how fake he really is.
'And what a great let down he has been. Money made from selling his things will go to two charities close to my heart: Women's Aid & Samaritans. Any questions please ask. Many thanks Andy Powell's Soon to be Happy, Ex wife xxx.'
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