London, April 5 :Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell's ex fiancé Italian yacht tycoon Fabrizio Politi has spoken for the first time of his heartache at being dumped out of the blue.

Politi, 36, revealed how he instantly fell for commitment-phobe Geri- even though her fellow Spice Girl Victoria Beckham was more his `cup of tea'.

The self-made businessman-about to host his own version of The Apprentice in Italy called The Dreamer-even swapped his workaholic lifestyle for long lazy mornings in bed with Halliwell, also 36.

However, he was stunned when she dumped him just 12 weeks after accepting his glittering diamond engagement ring.

"I had been looking for a beautiful woman to settle down with and start a family, and I thought in Geri I had finally found that person," the News of the World quoted him as saying.

"But out of nowhere there was a very bad situation between us and suddenly Geri no longer wanted to get married," he added. (ANI)