Whether it’s feeling a bit left out when someone else gets praised at work, or noticing your partner receiving attention on a night out, jealousy is an emotion that none of us enjoy feeling.
During a 2013 episode of ITV’s This Morning, Debbi Wood and her husband Steve discussed their unique relationship dynamics with hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby.
Debbi, who has been married twice before and has been labeled the ‘world’s most jealous woman,’ confessed that she purchased a lie detector test after a comment from Steve.
But what led to such extreme measures of jealousy and mistrust in the first place?
It was during this uncertain time that Steve saw someone else.
After they committed to each other, Debbi felt “resentful towards [Steve] for the slight deception,” which fueled her intense jealousy, eventually leading her to require lie detector tests upon Steve’s return home, in addition to monitoring his bank and phone records.
In a follow-up interview with This Morning the next year, Steve shared that they now use the tests far less frequently, saying it happens “as many times in a month as [they] would in a week” or “even less than that,” practically “once in a blue moon.”
Debbi also limits what Steve can watch on television, sharing with the Mail that an advert featuring a women’s razor once triggered her anxiety, leading her to prohibit him from watching any shows with women in them.
Debbi’s intense jealousy has a deeper explanation.
“When we’re not arguing about this, our relationship is absolutely amazing. I make her laugh in ways she’s never laughed before. She makes me laugh in ways I’ve never laughed before.”
