A gran married to a Gambian toyboy has blasted claims their romance is fake.

Former social worker Michelle, 58, also brands women who get conned into handing over their life savings as “stupid”.

The African region is dubbed “The Granbia” by critics as hundreds of older Western women fly there to bed younger men.

Many of them lose all their retirement money.

Michelle said “I blame the women because if you meet a guy who lives on the beach, who’s got nothing, he’s got no home, he lives in a tin shack or whatever, and then you’re sending him £1,000 here and there, you’ve got to be stupid.

“They say they get duped by the sex. If you want to have sex, you can be with a prostitute and pay for it.

Michelle, who married handyman Ebu in 2018 after a year together, says not all men there are after wealthy women to fund their lives. She added: “Not everybody who goes to the Gambia is having sex on the beach.

“I know a lot of people like me who have been with their husbands for years.”

Michelle, who stars in C4 documentary Sex On The Beach, fell for Ebu after meeting him on holiday.

Within a year of speaking over Whatsapp the pair tied the knot, with none of her three children attending the wedding.

But while Michelle says their relationship is the real deal, C4 investigators raise serious questions that she might be set to become another shocking statistic.

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Michelle does not really know how old her husband is and a luxury home he claims to have built for them is exposed as a rental property.

Investigator Seyi Rhodes said: “I can see that they’re quite close, but he tells me he’s 46 and Michelle was adamant he’s 50.

“When I add all the other inconsistencies, like the size and luxuriousness of the house, the speed with which it was built and the fact she says she didn’t pay anything towards it, I don’t think I’ve got the full picture. Michelle insists she’s in control, and I hope that she is.”

Sex On The Beach is on C4 tonight at 10pm

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