'Felt like smashing crockery on his head, but will forgive him': Keith's Vaz's wife

London: Speaking on the actions of her husband, the wife of Indian-origin British Labour MP Keith Vaz, Maria Fernandes, said that she felt like smashing crockery on his head when she learnt about his infidelity.

Keith Vaz was embroiled in a sex scandal after a newspaper claimed he had paid for male prostitutes. He allegedly paid for sex with two male prostitutes and offered to pay for a class A or banned drug, according to the newspaper report, which is accompanied by a video.

Following the accusations, he had stepped down from his post as chair of the influential House of Commons Home Affairs Committee, which he has headed for the past 10 years.

Commenting on Vaz's sex scandal, Maria said that earlier she felt like punishing her husband but will eventually forgive him.

She further said that he should get a second chance and has warned him that he has to change or she will 'sling him out'.

"It was like an out-of-body experience, it was not real. There was a lot of things over the years, but this had not been one," Maria was quoted as saying by The Telegraph.

“It was a terrible shock and I am still processing it ... Keith is not a bad person, he's just done a terrible thing. It's absolutely terrible because it's affected all of us, because it's affected the kids. But he's a good person, a good father, he's been a good husband and nine-tenths of the time he's got things right. This time he's fallen... badly,” she added.

Vaz and Maria have been married for 23 years and have two children.