Estelle Cruyff recalls finding Ruud Gullit with another woman

Estelle Cruyff, the former wife of AC Milan legend Ruud Gullit, has described the moment she says their marriage was destroyed, telling Dutch television: “I caught Ruud with another woman in my living room.”

Cruyff recalled the incident during a television appearance in the Netherlands, where she spoke about the circumstances that brought an end to her marriage to Gullit.

Her account centres on the moment she discovered Gullit with another woman inside their home. She identified the living room as the place where she found him, describing the experience as the point at which their relationship was broken.

The recollection places the discovery at the heart of the collapse of their marriage. Cruyff’s comments focus on what she saw in the house and the impact that moment had on their relationship.

Gullit is widely associated with AC Milan, while Cruyff is the former wife of the Dutch football legend. Her remarks were made while reflecting on the end of their marriage rather than discussing a football matter.

The report also says that Cruyff later fell in love with Badr Hari, the Moroccan-born kickboxing world champion. Hari is 21 years younger than Cruyff.

That later relationship is included as part of the account of Cruyff’s life after her marriage to Gullit was over. The report does not provide further details about when the encounter involving Gullit took place or when Cruyff’s relationship with Hari began.

The most striking element of Cruyff’s television recollection is the setting she described. Rather than discovering Gullit elsewhere, she said she found him with another woman in her own living room. Her direct account gives a clear image of the moment she believes ended the marriage.

Cruyff’s comments therefore connect two significant parts of her personal history: the discovery involving Gullit and the relationship she later had with Hari. The first concerns the breakdown of her marriage; the second followed afterwards and involved a world champion kickboxer from Morocco who was 21 years younger.

Her words have drawn attention because they offer a personal account of the circumstances surrounding Gullit’s marriage to Cruyff. The former AC Milan player is not quoted in the report, and no further response from him is included.

The Dutch television appearance provides the basis for Cruyff’s recollection. Her description is direct: she says she entered or was in her living room and found Gullit with another woman, an event she remembers as the moment their marriage was destroyed. She later found love with Hari, completing the limited details given in the account.