Adam Peaty has stated he will ‘forgive but not forget’ his family amid their ongoing feud in an interview with The Guardian.
The rift stems from events around his December 2025 wedding to Holly Ramsay, when the swimmer and his now-wife Holly Ramsay snubbed wider members of the Peaty family by not inviting them to their engagement party and wedding.
The ‘home-front’ rift has since escalated and earlier this week, his family – including parents Caroline and Mark – begged for a reconciliation after watching the star score a double bronze at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
Speaking to The Guardian, Adam, who embraced Christianity in 2023, stated that his religion means there is prospect of forgiveness, but insisted he will only reconcile with his family if he ‘feels they have improved as people’.
When asked if he would heal the rift, he said: ‘For me, as a Christian, there has to be forgiveness. It doesn’t mean you have to forget, but forgiveness takes time…
‘I’m not saying that it won’t get better, but it has to come from a place where I feel like they’ve improved as people, in a sense, and opened that communication up… I haven’t told one thing to the media. I haven’t done one story.’
Regarding the row, he said: ‘I wouldn’t say on me because I’ve got a thick skin. But I care about my wife, I care about my son [George, five, from his relationship with ex-girlfriend Eirianedd Munro].’
Earlier this week, Adam’s family pleaded with the swimmer to heal the rift with his estranged mother Caroline saying: ‘Please don’t hurt her any more.’
Meanwhile, Adam’s failure to score gold at the Commonwealth Games saw him break down in tears in post interviews – in which he partly blamed his family for his poor performance, saying the fallout ‘had taken its toll’ during training.
