Parrot Lifts The Lid On Woman's Affair

A talkative parrot named Ziggy is being blamed for the break-up of a couple's relationship after repeatedly squawking the name of the woman's secret lover.

The parrot, who is an eight-year-old African grey, said "Hiya, Gary" when the woman's mobile phone rang, and made kissing sounds whenever the name was mentioned on radio or television but its owner, Chris Taylor, laughed it off at first.

Chris had bought the bird as a chick and named it after singer David Bowie's alter ego, Ziggy Stardust. He said the couple were snuggled up on the sofa watching TV when the Ziggy blew the lid: "We were watching telly when Ziggy blurted out, 'I love you, Gary' in Suzy's voice. I started laughing but when I looked at Suzy, I could tell something was up. Her face was like beetroot and she started to cry", the 30-year-old said.

Ziggy's words eventually prompted a confession from the 25-year-old woman, Suzy Collins, who said that she was having a four-month fling with a former colleague. "She told me that she'd been seeing someone she'd met at work called Gary and that she wanted to finish with me", Taylor said. "She said she was going to tell me anyway but she didn't know how and couldn't find the right time. I've not idea who this Gary is. I was devastated. Suzy left that night and I've not seen her since... I hope I never see her again."

Meanwhile, Collins told newspapers about the story that she was not proud of her actions but admitted she never liked the parrot in the first place.

And what happened to Ziggy? Taylor has now given the parrot away. "I couldn't get him to stop saying that bloody name... what else could I do?", he said.

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