Gary Lineker, a former England football player, was seen with visual artist Leila Bartell at London’s popular Dorian restaurant in Notting Hill. This was after eight years of being mostly single. Lineker has been known for living on his own since he and his ex-wife Danielle Bux broke up in 2016. He seems to be enjoying Bartell’s company, and she seems to be interested in him.
Lineker, who is now 63 years old, hasn’t been seen dating much since his second marriage ended. Leila Bartell, a painter and film director from London, has recently been linked to him, though. Bartell has an interesting past. She looks a lot like Lineker’s ex-wife Bux. She first wanted to be a lawyer, but in the end she found her way back to her true love: art.
Bartell says she has a “dual identity” because she grew up in both Europe and the Middle East. Even though she lives in London now, her 27,000 Instagram followers can see how much she loves to travel by seeing pictures from trips to Dubai, Barbados and Switzerland. The artist even spent a lot of time in California, where she was seen having dinner with Amber Heard after Heard’s public breakup with Johnny Depp in 2017.
Bartell’s unexpected artistic path led her to become a filmmaker, which she did “by accident.” She talked about how she got interested in movies in an interview with YG TV in 2018. She said that a friend’s story about modern slavery made her want to write a script. A friend who works as a producer insisted that Bartell direct the show herself, which she did and found to be very enjoyable. Since then, she has worked on both painting and movies at the same time.
She now enjoys being with Lineker, but Bartell’s job is still her top priority. People in London’s art scene are interested in her work, and Lineker helped her with her first solo show last October. Lineker is known for keeping his love life quiet. In 2021, he told The Times that he was happy being single and only went on casual dates once in a while. He said that he is still friendly with both of his ex-wives, Michelle Cockayne and Danielle Bux, that he had “two really good marriages.”
Bartell is attractive because she has a background in both art and law and is friends with famous people, like Amber Heard. We don’t know if her relationship with Lineker will get stronger, but for now, they seem to enjoy being with each other. They were recently seen together again at Dorian, this time with mutual friend Jemima Khan, which made rumors of a possible relationship grow.
Lineker and Bartell haven’t said anything about their relationship in public yet because they want to keep things quiet. People still see them because they hang out with famous people and have connections with them.
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