Jess Gale has described the cringe-worthy moment that her ex-boyfriend crashed her first date in months.
The Love Island beauty, who rose to fame when she joined the ITV2 dating show with her twin sister Eve earlier this year, had no idea what she was letting herself in for when she unknowingly signed up for new MTV show Celebrity Ex in the City.
The 21-year-old was set up on a blind date on the show, only for one of her exes to walk in and interrupt them half way through.
Jess, who is sworn to secrecy over the identity of her ex, was then forced to decide which of the two men sat in front of her to take on another date after hearing her ex explain why he wants her back.
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During an exclusive chat with The Mirror, Jess explained how painfully awkward the whole experience was.
She told us: “I didn’t know the name of the show, I didn’t know it was going to be Ex in the City!
“I had an inkling that exes may be involved and kept pressing my manager for more information. But I didn’t know who my ex was going to be and what exactly was going to happen.”
She added: “I was expecting something because you get this notification from the ‘Tablet of Terror’ and it says there’s going to be a surprise and it’s weird – you’re just sitting there waiting and wondering what’s going to happen.
“Your ex walks in but even then you’re think, ‘What’s going to happen?’
“It was just so strange and so awkward.”
Jess said the awkward tension in the room is something she’d normally do everything in her power to avoid.
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She spilled: “Normally if you were in this situation you’d just walk away with your friends or go hide in the toilet or something but you can’t do that.
“I literally didn’t know what to do.
“It was awkward at first, I think it is for everyone, but it turned out to be fun.”
Jess made it to the finals of Love Island with her then-beau Ched Uzor and they continued their romance on the outside world, but split when they said lockdown tore them apart.
And thanks to lockdown, she’s still yet to fully experience single life after the split.
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She told us: “I came out of the villa and had about a week where I was with Ched then we went straight into lockdown and I was with him for the majority of lockdown, then we stopped speaking.
“So I’ve kind of not really been single when it’s been normal life.
“It is different because I never meet people online and usually do it out and about and that’s been really restricted because of Covid so I haven’t really been dating or anything.
“[Doing this show] was literally my first date since Love Island.”
When it comes to dating, Jess says she’d rather date a non-celebrity than someone who’s in the public eye.
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“I think first of all if you go for someone in the limelight you’re never sure what their intentions are,” she said.
“I guess you can never be sure with anyone, but a lot of people are just looking to boost their careers.
“I just think maybe it would be more stressful that way.
“In any relationship, stuff always happens but it’s 100% worse if you’re in the limelight.
“I don’t think I’d go looking for someone in the limelight, I’d want something a bit more low key and if I did meet someone I wouldn’t want to put it in the public eye anyway.”
* Celebrity Ex in the City continues on MTV every Tuesday at 9pm
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/love-islands-jess-gale-spills-23183197