The mum of darts star Luke Littler's girlfriend's has fiercely defended their relationship and their five year age-gap.
The 16-year-old PDC World Darts Championship finalist Luke is currently dating Eloise Milburn, who is 21, and has been in a relationship with her for six weeks.
However the couple's relationship has come under some scrutiny by fans due to the five year age gap between them. As fans watched Warrington-born Littler's rise over Christmas, Eloise's mum Amanda Milburn hit back at abuse regarding the pair's age gap romance. Amanda told the Daily Mail: “There’s been a lot of horrible stuff being posted online about my daughter and my husband Phil and I are very angry about it.
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"She’s not with him for any of these reasons. She doesn’t care about his money or his fame, she’s with him because she likes him. It’s as simple as that. It’s really hurtful when we read these comments, many of them from so-called darts fans.
"My daughter is none of these things that these vile people are making out. She’s a lovely young girl who is in a new relationship and people should allow them to get on with things.”
She said: “We are a darts family, we love playing this sport and are all very dedicated to it. It’s quite ironic that I met my husband through darts and Eloise might have met hers in the same way.
"It’s the still early days for them and she’ll kill me if I bring up talk of marriage.” And Amanda also revealed that she not yet met Luke and that her daughter has refused to get her tickets for Alexandra Palace, where Luke performs in the final tonight against Luke Humphries.
She added: 'Eloise has made it clear that she doesn't want us going because she thinks things are still at an early stage between her and Luke. They're in a growing relationship, not a very serious one although that might come later.
'I have asked her for tickets because me and Phil would love to see Luke in action, but Eloise just says: 'Mum, please, I don't want you meeting him just yet, it's too soon.' I've never been to the World Darts Championship, and you would have thought that I'd be able to get a ticket now that my daughter is dating Luke, but sadly that's not the case."
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