STARING at the spreadsheet on the laptop screen in front of her, Emmerald Barwise scanned the sea of numbers and dates in front of her. This meticulously compiled colour-coded data set had taken her hundreds of hours to build - and was - she believed - the key to achieving her lifelong dream. But this wasn’t a monthly budget or stock market plan - it was a critical tool Emmerald, 34, originally from Manchester but who now lives in Wrexham, spent years compiling in a bid to achieve her dream of bagging a famous man - and having his baby.
Columns detailing the schedules of celebs like Tyson Fury and Lewis Hamilton - and tour dates of rappers like 50 Cent and Tyga - filled the page. “I always knew I wanted to date a celebrity,” Emmerald tells the Sun. "When I was 20 in 2010 I decided to start tracking schedules and appearances of the celebrities I thought I might like to date.
Read More on Real Lives "I began to pay doormen for tips at the big clubs in Manchester like Circle, Paparazzi and The Press Club where I knew premier league footballers would hang out. “I’d ask event organisers for information and details of actors’ tour dates and movie releases. “I spent thousands of hours and thousands of pounds chasing celebrities.
"I didn't care if they were single or married stars. I was desperate for a celebrity status, a celebrity wedding or a celebrity lovechild.” Most read in Fabulous “The aim was simple: marry a celeb or a football player and claim the wife tit.
