I’m A Celeb followers actually weren’t glad to see Alex Scott develop into the first celeb to go dwelling this week on ITV, however she will likely be returning dwelling to the loving arms of her companion Jess Glynne.

Throughout her time within the jungle, the sports activities pundit, 41, revealed that earlier than assembly the 36-year-old musician she ‘by no means knew happiness’.

Chatting to comic Ruby Wax on the ITV present, the previous footballer remembered Jess’ gutsy entrance into her life at a Marylebone celeb hangout spot.

‘She approached me in Chiltern Firehouse,’ Alex mentioned, ‘I used to be in there with my buddies and he or she simply walked as much as me… [It was] actually ballsy and I used to be like, I like your ballsiness, after which the spark was simply instantaneous after which yeah… We fell head over heels in love.’

When quizzed about whether or not wedding ceremony bells are on the horizon, Alex mentioned: ‘I’ll get married to her, simply ready for her to ask, Rubes!’

Jess – who’s behind that viral Jet2 track, Maintain My Hand – was fast to reply, taking to her Instagram Tales to put in writing: ‘I higher go get a hoop.’ Issues are going effectively, then…

The singer has since defined why she wasn’t on the finish of the I’m A Celeb rope bridge to satisfy her girlfriend Down Below, revealing that she hadn’t been in a position to fly over as her mom had suffered a ‘main’ stroke.

Signing off with a purple coronary heart emoji, she added: ‘Alex would at all times need me to be the place I’m wanted most. I can’t wait to have her again by my facet.’

When did Jess Glynne and Alex Scott begin courting?

Whereas Alex and Jess had appeared out and about collectively on quite a lot of events in 2023 – from a press evening in Might, to Wimbledon in July – nobody knew their relationship was romantic till October that 12 months.

A supply claiming to be a detailed buddy instructed The Solar on the time: ‘Alex and Jess have been a gradual burn and so they didn’t need to rush issues or go public too quickly.

‘However they’re formally an merchandise now and appear actually glad. They’re each robust, unbiased girls with a shared ardour and respect of their respective careers, supporting each other from the sidelines.’

They added that each girls had met one another’s buddies and everybody was ‘super-happy for them’, though it’s nonetheless early days.

Days after information broke, Alex appeared to soft-launch Jess on social media, wishing her a contented birthday with a cute kissing emoji.

This timeline checks out with Jess’ interview with Metro in June that 12 months, following her years-long hiatus from music, during which she mentioned: ‘Life is a loopy factor and we study and we develop and we develop into extra snug in our pores and skin and extra positive of who we’re and I really feel like I’m in a very good place.’ 

What have they mentioned about their relationship?

Former Lioness Alex mentioned Fairly Be hitmaker Jess was the one who pushed her to participate in I’m A Celeb.

‘It’s a take a look at for each of us. I do know she is at dwelling, and he or she goes to be my greatest cheerleader, supporting me, and he or she actually wished me to do that as a result of she knew that I wished to check myself, and it’ll be a problem for us each being separated. However I suppose that’s what makes the center develop fonder, proper?’ she mentioned earlier than going into the jungle.

Alex additionally admitted they have been deliberately personal about their relationship within the early days.

‘We have been very guarded and personal firstly as a result of we wished to only get to know one another and let what it was blossom and us determine it out ourselves earlier than it was on the market for the world,’ she mentioned.

Alex then mentioned of their relationship: ‘We’re simply two individuals which can be genuinely so in love and simply look after one another and need one another each to only thrive and do one of the best in life. However we simply need to do it collectively.’

The adoration goes each methods, as Jess mentioned on the Scott Mills Breakfast Present in August: ‘She is a particular one, it’s the identical for each of us. It’s so loopy while you meet that individual and all the things simply feels nice.’

Jess mentioned the pair make a ‘good group’, and added: ‘I’m simply so in awe of all the things she’s achieved, it’s unbelievable.’

The singer additionally beforehand showered Alex with affection on social media, posting an image of them collectively and quoting the lyrics to her hit track with Clear Bandit: ‘When I’m with you there’s no place I’d fairly be.’

Who has Alex Scott dated earlier than?

In 2022, in her memoir How (Not) To Be Sturdy, Alex revealed she dated fellow Lioness Kelly Smith for eight years from 2005.

‘I went backwards and forwards on whether or not I’d truly be writing the chapter,’ she mentioned at her guide launch occasion.

‘However then it was a kind of moments, I’m penning this guide and I need to inform all the things. I assumed I’d be dishonest you all if I didn’t put that in there. And for me, it’s like that old flame story, I fell madly and deeply in love.’

Having beforehand instructed The Occasions she was ‘too bruised’ from her cut up with Kelly to get into one other relationship, Alex gave the impression to be largely single till Jess got here alongside.

That’s apart from one date she tried with Coronation Road actor Sam Robertson in 2020, which she revealed was interrupted by a member of the general public asking her for a photograph.

Who has Jess Glynne dated earlier than?

It’s unclear who Jess has dated previously, although she instructed ES Journal that the second she obtained her report deal in 2013 she was ‘broken-hearted’.

‘She simply f***ed me over. It was the primary lady I’d ever fallen in love with. I’ve by no means mentioned that to anybody,’ she mentioned, including: ‘It was a relationship that was so new to me. Somebody I met working.’ 

Within the 2015 interview, she continued: ‘I don’t know what I would like now – to be with a man, with a lady, be with anybody. I’m so content material with simply doing this and seeing the place all of it takes me.’

Jess Glynne and Alex Scott’s courting timeline

Might 2023 Alex and jess pose at occasion collectively

Alex and Jess have been placing up a romance unbeknownst to their followers. They posed collectively at a press occasion and nobody clocked their shut bond.

July 2023Alex and Jess watch wimbledon collectively

They loved watching the tennis collectively at Wimbledon in July, however nobody realised they have been in a romantic relationship.

October 2023Alex and jess’ secret romance revealed

The pair have been pictured trying pleasant in North London, with studies claiming they’d been courting ‘for months’ and have been by this level formally an merchandise. Alex then tender launched Jess on social media with a candy publish.

March 2024Alex and jess share first purple carpet kiss

The well-known duo smooched on the Brit Awards purple carpet, closely hinting that issues have been going swimmingly…

A model of this text was initially revealed on November 19.

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