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Reality TV stars who are desperate for fame end up in the same circles as their A List partners, but who will survive?
Celebrity couples with A Listers and reality TV stars in common
- Renee Zellweger and Ant Anstead: Bridget Jones star Renee Zelwegger met her real-life British toyboy on the set of Celebrity IOU: Joyride, a reality show on which celebs give back to the people who have made a difference in their lives by gifting them a fancy car. While Oscar winner Renee, 56, wanted to thank two brothers who helped out a sick friend, she ended up better off too, after finding love with host Ant Anstead, 46. Although they keep their relationship private, the pair are still very much together, with Renee moving near to San Diego to be with Ant, and his little boy Hudson.
- Timothee Chalamet and Kylie Jenner: The reality TV/A-List line is blurred with this couple, with Kylie first finding fame on Keeping Up With the Kardashians. But the 28-year-old went on to become a billionaire, one of the world’s most famous names and most followed Instagram accounts (with 392 million). Timothee, 30, is a respected actor in his own right, and although they kept their relationship on the down low, speculation was rife. Any mystery was put to bed on Sunday night, however, when he declared his love for the beauty empire owner in his Critic’s Choice Awards speech.
- JoJo Siwa and Chris Hughes: Both halves of this couple came from reality TV in the start, with JoJo finding fame as a nine-year-old on Abby’s Ultimate Dance Competition in 2013. She went on to hit the big time on Dance Moms in 2015, before building her own empire, creating music and becoming a YouTube sensation as a teen, complete with her signature vibrant bows. Her world collided with Love Island hunk Chris Hughes when they both appeared on Celebrity Big Brother last year, with the couple falling for each other in real time as they built a “platonic soulmate” bond. But that was firmly left in the past, when 22-year-old JoJo split with her partner at the CBB wrap party, with her now thinking about marriage and kids with boyfriend Chris, 33.
- Louis Tomlinson and Zara McDermott: After a bitter split with fellow reality TV boyfriend, Made in Chelsea’s Sam Thompson, it was onwards and upwards for Love Island bombshell Zara McDermott as she moved on with One Direction’s Louis Tomlinson. Again, he has his reality TV roots, after winning X Factor with the boyband in 2010, but they went on to become the highest-earning musicians in their heyday, meaning he has transcended reality TV to become a certified A Lister. He lived in a Hollywood Hills mansion with his son, Freddie, but sold up in 2020, now reportedly living with Zara in his six-bedroomed London property.
- Kate and Rio Ferdinand: Kate Ferdinand may be married to one of the UK’s best known footballers, but she started out in showbiz on TOWIE, with ex-boyfriend Dan Edgar. With Rio said to be worth between £57 and £66 million, it’s safe to say she came up smelling of roses, after being repeatedly publicly humiliated by her cheating ex on the reality show. The pair found love and the rest is history, after they married in Turkey in 2018 and welcomed their two children, son Cree, born Dec 2020, and daughter Shae, born 2023. Kate is also stepmum to his three older children, who he shared with late wife Rebecca Ellison, who sadly died in 2015, aged just 34.
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