Tommy Fränti and Virpi Valtavaara met each other at the beginning of the year.
Tommy Fränti says in Anna magazine that he believes that he will forever remember his first meeting with Virpi Valtavaara. Yle’s image service
Love struck unexpectedly, when it wasn’t even looked for. Yle’s news anchor saw it Tommy Fränti and Virpi Valtavaara describe the beginning of their relationship in Anna.
In 2019, Valtavaara’s faith in love was at stake when she divorced the father of her children from her long marriage. Fränti wasn’t looking for a partner either, because his wife and the mother of his two children Saara Kovero died at the age of 44 of cancer in March 2022.
– I thought that I might live the rest of my life alone, Fränti says in the magazine.
Suddenly, Fränti experienced love at first sight when he met Valtavaara at Nokia Arena’s invited guest event last February.
– I felt the burning of the brown eyes so strongly in my whole body that I had to look away. I carefully blinked at Tommy again as if acknowledging, Did I see correctly, A mighty time.
– I thought I had to meet Tommy in the daylight. I wanted to make sure if my feelings are as strong after the party buzz subsides, he adds.
Not everyone has been happy with the relationship between Tommy Fränt and Virpi Valtavaara. Yle’s image service
After reaching home, Frant sent a text message to Valtavaara. Three days later, the couple had coffee at the Jumbo shopping center, and the rest is history.
With his new relationship, Fränti has received angry comments on social media. Many have wondered if Fränti has had time to mourn his wife’s death when he quickly started a new relationship. In May, Fränti sent a sharp message to the critics in his Instagram post.
– You have no idea what another person’s life is like, Fränti wrote.
– I will continue to walk my own path. Fearing nothing and no one, he added at the end.
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