Margot Webb told The Mail on Sunday she was fed up with Tony Blackburn’s ‘endless bragging’ about their short-lived relationship

In the mid-1970s, Tony Blackburn was at the peak of his fame — a Radio 1 superstar married to rising television actress Tessa Wyatt, living a seemingly idyllic life in leafy Berkshire.

Seventies DJ, Tony Blackburn previously boasted about of bedding 500 women

Just next door lived another glamorous showbiz couple: actress Margot Webb and her husband Roger, a highly respected musician and songwriter whose work would later soundtrack some of Britain’s best-loved television shows.

The two couples became inseparable neighbours. They played croquet on manicured lawns, hosted swimming pool parties, and shared long summer afternoons surrounded by pets — including three donkeys grazing in the garden.

Margot Webb and DJ Blackburn who had an affair in the 1970s. He claimed Mrs Webb’s husband was having an affair with his wife Tessa Wyatt, which she denied

But behind the relaxed Home Counties façade, a far more complicated story was unfolding.

A ‘Love Square’ — Or Something Else Entirely?

In recent weeks, Blackburn reignited headlines after boasting on a podcast that the four neighbours had become entangled in what he described as a “wife swap” — claiming he slept with Margot while her husband was simultaneously having an affair with Tessa.

An aerial view showing Tony Blackburn’s former home and the Webb’s property

He even likened it to a “Celebrity Wife Swap” decades before the show existed.

But now, Margot Webb, the only other surviving member of that alleged love square, has decided to tell her side of the story — and it sharply contradicts Blackburn’s version.

Speaking exclusively, Margot admits she did have an affair with the DJ. But she dismisses his dramatic retellings as exaggerated, self-serving — and deeply hurtful.

‘He Was the Worst Lover I Ever Had’

Blackburn and Tessa Wyatt in 1972. They were married for five years before divorcing in 1977

Margot, now 77, says she is exhausted by what she calls Blackburn’s “endless bragging” about a relationship that lasted less than a year.

“I haven’t had many lovers,” she says plainly. “But Tony was the worst one I ever had. Wham, bam, thank you, ma’am. He didn’t have a clue.”

A ‘pool party’ hosted by Margot Webb at her and her piano player husband’s home

She adds: “He keeps talking about something that happened 50 years ago. Why? Everyone already knows what he got up to.”

From Convent Girl to Cautionary Tale

At the time, Margot describes herself as shy and naïve — a former convent girl who felt flattered by the attention of a famous man.

Pictured right, Tony Blackburn, playing croquet at one of Ms Webb’s pool parties

“Sleeping with him was always the part of the date I looked forward to least,” she admits.

She insists there was no wife swapping, no orgies, no naked pool parties — despite Blackburn’s colourful claims.

“We had fun, yes. But people wore swimsuits. Children were around. There were donkeys in the garden, not debauchery.”

The Man Behind the Mirror

Blackburn and his ex-wife Tessa with their son Simon petting a goat

Margot paints a far less glamorous picture of Blackburn than the one he has spent decades projecting.

She describes him as vain, insecure and obsessive about his appearance — recalling how he would spend up to an hour in front of the mirror each morning applying mascara to disguise a bald patch.

“He wouldn’t go out in the rain,” she says. “He could be pleasant — but his insecurities made him exhausting.”

While Blackburn nicknamed her “Magnificent Margot,” she privately called him “Noddy,” joking that he resembled a puppet.

“I don’t hate Tony,” she says. “But I am really annoyed with him.”

What Hurts the Most

Blackburn with his son Simon and Margot and her daughter Julia, who later passed away in a car accident aged 34

What angers Margot most is Blackburn’s repeated implication that her husband Roger had an affair with Tessa — a claim both she and Tessa strongly deny.

Blackburn with his former wife Ms Wyatt after they announced their engagement

“Roger was gentle and shy,” she says. “He would hate to be remembered like that.”

Roger died of a brain tumour in 2002. Their daughter Julia was killed in a car accident in 2005, aged just 34.

“All I have left are memories,” Margot says quietly. “I don’t want them tarnished by nonsense designed to make someone else look exciting.”

The End of an Illusion

Margot, a former actress, who told The Mail on Sunday that she was fed up with Tony Blackburn’s ‘endless bragging’ about their short-lived relationship

Margot briefly left her marriage during the affair, believing Roger no longer wanted her — but they ultimately stayed together.

Roger Webb with his wife Margot Webb on holiday in Capri, Italy

Blackburn’s marriage, however, did not survive the decade. He and Tessa divorced in 1977. Tessa later found happiness elsewhere and has long dismissed his claims as untrue.

Now, as rumours swirl that Blackburn may be writing yet another memoir, Margot says she felt compelled to speak.

“I don’t want sympathy,” she insists. “I just want the record set straight.”