He's notoriously private, but James Packer's ex-fiancee Tziporah Malkah (previously known as Kate Fischer) is revealing a side to the billionaire that has never been heard of before.
Speaking to fellow castmates about their five-year romance in the I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! forest, the former model, 43, admitted that it had "ruined" other relationships for her because, "Everyone is terrified of him."
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Tziporah: 'Everyone is terrified of James Packer'
He's notoriously private, but James Packer's ex-fiance Tziporah Malkah (previously known as Kate Fischer) is revealing a side to the billionaire that has never been heard of before. Vision: Network 10.
As they washed in a South African river, former My Kitchen Rules "villain" Ash Pollard pried into the reason they split, asking if it was "unfaithfulness or something else".
"It was a mixed bag," Malkah replied, but insisted she was very much in love with him.
Initially Malkah did not want to get involved with Packer, now 49, because she was put off by the tumultuous relationship of his parents, media tycoon Kerry and Roslyn Packer, and Kerry's extra-marital affairs.
"He wanted to get serious with me, this was when we had just been dating, and I said, 'No way, I don't want to get serious with you,' " Malkah said.
"He goes, 'Why not?' and I said, 'Because there is no point me getting serious with someone that I'm not going to think about getting married to and I don't want a marriage like your parents.' And he said, 'I don't want a marriage like my parents' either.'"
She continued: "It was all very romantic, he wooed me and actually wanted to have a real partnership with me.
![Tziporah Malkah (previously known as Kate Fischer) discussing her relationship with James Packer in the <em>I'm A ...](/web/20170209220551im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/8/1/s/j/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu7yfq.png/1486532174332.jpg)
"But then, wishful thinking, you've got to actually put some action into it, so if you've grown up with one thing but you want to do something completely different, things have to change and you have to change from within and he didn't change from within really."
Almost 20 years on from their 1998 split, she said it would "be sad" for her to still dwell on the relationship, but it has made moving on with someone else difficult.
![James Packer and Kate Fischer were together for five years.](/web/20170209220551im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/1/r/v/7/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu7yfq.png/1486532174332.jpg)
"Everyone is terrified of him and everyone compares themselves to him and a lot of men think that's what I want - money," Malkah said.
"They didn't realise I was in love with him and we actually had a real relationship. And actually, I've dated men that I've supported because they've been so broke.
![Malkah was turned off by James initially because of his parents Kerry and Ros Packer's tumultuous relationship.](/web/20170209220551im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/8/2/8/u/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu7yfq.png/1486532174332.jpg)
"If I love someone I love someone."
The casino mogul has also been unlucky in love. He married Jodhi Meares in 1999, but they split two years later.
![Malkah opened up to castmates about Packer as they washed in a South African river.](/web/20170209220551im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/u/8/1/t/2/image.related.articleLeadwide.620x349.gu7yfq.png/1486532174332.jpg)
In 2007, he married singer and model Erica Packer (nee Baxter) and they have three children - Indigo, 8, Jackson, 7, and Emmanuelle, 4. They announced their split a year after their third child was born.
Although it was never confirmed, he was linked with Miranda Kerr in 2014 and his Bondi brawl with the former CEO of Nine, David Gyngell, was rumoured to have been fuelled by Packer believing Gyngell was trying to get footage of the pair together. Kerr has denied this.
In June 2015, he stepped out on the arm of Mariah Carey for the first time. They announced their engagement in January 2016, but split 10 months later.
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