West Ham joint Chairman David Sullivan has got engaged to reality TV star Ampika Pickston according to the Sun newspaper.

The Hammers co-owner proposed to the former Real Housewives Of Cheshire star on her 40th back in July the tabloid claims.

They secretly got together in October during the pandemic after being friends for over a decade.

Ampika, on Channel 5’s Rich House Poor House today, is splitting her time between her £2.6million home near Hale and his Essex mansion.

A  Sun source said: “There’s a big age gap but they are smitten. They’ve kept quiet for the best part of a year out of respect for their children and ex-partners but know they can’t keep a lid on this forever. David handed over a beautiful, 11½ carat, emerald-cut engagement ring. She said yes straightaway.”

Her directorship of West Ham alongside those of others who were temporarily added were terminated in papers submitted to companies house last month.

Ampika runs a cosmetic training business and starred in five seasons of Real Housewives. She quit in 2017 after clashing with co-stars.

Last weekend, she posted pics online of her new fiancé and ring but the images are no longer online.