Archive June 21, 2025

After a woman claims she was still with him while the show was being filmed, Cherry Katona’s blossoming romance with her match on Celebs Go Dating has been questioned.

Kerry Katona’s new relationship with Celebs Go Dating contestant Paolo Margaglione has been rocked by allegations from a woman who claims he was still romantically involved with her during the filming of the show – which he denies.

A 25-year-old Yorkshire warehouse manager claims she was dating Paolo when he met him in the E4 dating program.

Jessica told MailOnline, “I don’t think he has a single emotion for Kerry.” He’ll be happy that he’s now being released because he only cares about fame.

Paolo, however, refuted the claims, saying, “Jess, I was never in a relationship.” Only five times have we spoken since our initial meeting. I told her straight away that I had been offered to participate in a dating show, and that I would do so if it were to succeed.

As I had been offered to appear on the show, I made it clear to Jess that we had to stop talking and seeing each other. Jess is a great girl, and I have nothing negative to say about her.

Just months after splitting from her ex-boyfriend Ryan Mahoney, Kerry, 44, revealed her romance with 33-year-old Paolo, a personal trainer. Jessica claims Paolo misled her throughout their relationship, even while he was on the reality show.

Paolo told her he was in Ibiza for a stag weekend, according to claims made by Jessica, and then flew his kids there with him. He reportedly was filming the relationship show with Kerry.

He told me he had been there for three weeks, Jessica explained. He pressed me to leave and meet him. But all of it was a lie: Kerry and he were filming the show.

Jessica alleges Paolo sent her photos as proof that he had business contacts in London. However, during those visits, she discovered that he had been filming Celebs Go Dating.

He constantly told lies to me while we were together. She asserted that it was horrifying. Every single thing was a performance. I believe I was completely guided throughout.

The relationship allegedly began when Paolo messaged Jessica on Instagram. They began seeing each other regularly, with Jessica staying at his home and believing their bond was serious. Jess claims Paolo even said he’d marry her.

Jessica claims that Paolo finally confessed, but she never learned the truth. Do you expect me to sit at home and watch this while you’re watching it and still be with you? I asked him. He responded, “I hope you will do that, but it’s entirely your decision.” I spent the entire day crying at work. Everything was a lie.

She claims that Paolo also said to her directly, “It’s only for the fame, and it’s nothing to do with love.” Everyone is competing for fame, and I’m just doing it, I promise, and I’m doing it for a living.

Paolo, a father of two, allegedly told Jessica that he had broken up with the mother of his two children over a year ago and was only trying to co-parent. Paolo claimed in a letter to the Mail that he had only met with Jess five times and that he had never been in a relationship with her.

He claimed he had been given the opportunity to appear on the dating program and that he had spoken with her honestly. He added that he made it clear to Jess that they both needed to end their interactions.

Kerry, who has appeared on Celebs Go Dating before, is returning to the show for a second time. The series also features Olivia Hawkins (Love Island) and Mark Labbett (The Chase).

Following her six-year engagement to Ryan Mahoney’s end in November, Katona’s new relationship comes into focus. The mother-of-five has three children, including George Kay and Brian McFadden of Westlife, who passed away in 2019.

The Mirror has approached Kerry’s representatives for comment on this story.

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ExCLUSIVE: Jenny Powell claims that her 24th-generation daughter Connie, 24, has been asked to visit Love Island three times but has declined because she is too “old soul.”

Jenny Powell might be one of Britain’s most glamorous TV stars – but don’t expect her eldest daughter to be strutting round the Love Island villa in a tiny bikini any time soon.

In fact, Connie, Jenny’s 24-year-old first-born, has now politely declined an invite to join the smash-hit dating show not once, not twice – but THREE times, her mum reveals in an exclusive chat. “They’ve asked her three times now!” laughs Jenny, who at 57 (and looking about 37!) is still a firm TV favourite, regularly popping up on everything from Loose Women to presenting at this summer’s Rewind Festival.

Jenny, who has a 16-year-old daughter Pollyanna and her boyfriend Martin Lowe, 51, live in South Manchester, and expresses her secret relief that Connie isn’t interested in becoming a reality star.

She said, “I was on Loose Women and I suddenly received a call.” She was at the time of lockdown, she said. She said, “I’m studying art history at UCL, and I’m not interested in doing that!” She turned it down three times, in my opinion, which is quite cool! It really appeals to me. They are completely unimpressed if we ever meet them. They don’t care, either.

While Jenny and her youngest, Pollyanna, both claim that Connie and other 20-somethings are cut from a completely different cloth, as are many others.

“Connie posts on Instagram about once a year. Do you know what I mean? She’s not that person. And therefore I don’t think she would even realise the pressure and the attention she’d get. I think I’d worry for her.”

Connie’s grounded attitude, according to Jenny, was a result of a strong upbringing and the knock-on effects of a difficult few years during the pandemic.

“I just think we don’t realize in this day and age that despite all these young people, they all have this facade, are all so self-assured, and look a certain way, and all that.” However, in reality, I believe there is a significant fragility in the last couple of generations, particularly those who have experienced terrible suffering from COVID.

She actually earned a degree on her own, sitting in a room, for her. Those incredible undergraduate studies at UCL, which rival Oxford in terms of majors, were incredible. Three A stars surround her. Connie was a Mayfair resident at Maddox Galleries.

She now feels like she has accomplished enough there. She then moves to Knight Frank and lives with a friend in Manchester. She has a lovely boyfriend. She is very old. Old soul . Both of them are. Because these are difficult times, I believe it will help them get through them.

While Connie is not the only daughter of a famous British celebrity to be associated with the show, Princess Andre, 18, was also rumoured to be entering the villa but dad, Peter, quickly turned down those rumours.

In his exclusive weekly column about the rumours that eldest daughter Princess, who just turned 18, could be signing up to Love Island – he admits that he doesn’t know where the rumours came from, and says at 17 she can’t legally apply yet anyway.

He says: “There’s been a lot of talk about Princess going on Love Island, and I don’t know where it came from. She’s not 18 yet, so it’s not even an option.” He adds that, though he would support her if she wanted to sign up to the ITV2 show, it’s not something he’d ever choose for her.

“Whether she chooses to do it in the future is up to her, but of course it’s every dad’s nightmare. Then again, I look at people like Molly-Mae Hague and Tommy Fury, and others, and see how happy they were in their relationships that came from the show. It’s about what makes Princess happy at the end of the day. I wouldn’t stop her, but if she asks my opinion, I’ll be honest.”

In a recent episode of her podcast, Katie Price revealed that she has tried to encourage her daughter Princess Andre to sign up for competition show Love Island. However, the model and entrepreneur has tellingly responded that she doesn’t want to be known as a ‘Love Islander’.

On an episode of their podcast Sorry We’re Cyrus, Grammy Award winner Miley Cyrus spoke with her sister Brandi Cyrus and mother Tish Cyrus about her partner Maxx Morando.

Singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus teased that she’s a “cougar” whilst discussing her relationship with Maxx Morando. She spoke about being older than her partner on a podcast recently and also paid tribute to the fellow musician.

Miley, now 32, has been romantically linked to Maxx, now 26, since 2021. The Grammy Award winner previously revealed that she first went on a blind date with the drummer, who’s in the music industry himself as a member of the rock band Liily.

She spoke about Maxx whilst on the latest episode of the Sorry We’re Cyrus podcast, which is hosted by her mother Tish Cyrus, 58, and older sister Brandi Cyrus, 38. Miley teased on the podcast that the three of them are all “cougars”.

Miley claimed that although she is five years older than Max, they only briefly fall apart. Their age gap is larger than that between Tish and Brandi’s respective relationships, according to the podcast.

Brandi is dating Matt South, 36, at the moment. Whilst parent Tish – who was married to Billy Ray Cyrus, 63, for more than a decade – is now married to Prison Break star Dominic Purcell, 55, after having tied the knot back in 2023.

After Brandi asked her sibling and mother on the podcast, “What does it say that technically we are all cougars?” Then, Riley responded, “So many things” by easing: “So many things”!

She continued, claiming that her relationship has the biggest age difference. “Am I the landslide,” was the question asked by Miley during the episode. Is “mine” the most important? Before her daughter mentioned Maxx, Tish agreed with the suggestion.

Miley said: “He’ll be 27 when I turn 33, which I’m so excited for him to turn 27 because that was, again, such a great year for me.” The former Hannah Montana star said that it’s the age she was when she began to “turn her life around”.

She continued, “I’m just hoping that everything will be great as long as he follows in my footstep.” That is when I began transforming my life.

The singer later said: “Sometimes we’re only four [years apart] for like three days because we’re only a couple of days apart.” Miley then revealed to her relatives that Maxx is a Scorpio, before teasing that her partner “can sting”.

She said that because of his ability to sting, his star sign is so cool. You initially believe they are tiny angels until something turns around and causes a sting. […] Very cool, like calm.

However, Miley informed Tish and Brandi that she couldn’t date someone with a different personality. She continued during the discussion, “But I couldn’t be with someone who doesn’t sting.” They already would have been toast.

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