Married at First Sight UK star Ella Morgan has spoken about her experience on Celebs Go Dating, calling the stint “life-changing”.
The star appeared in the eighth season of the reality show, coupling up initially with Nathaniel Valentino before surprisingly leaving the experiment with JJ Slater.
Neither relationship worked out in the long run, so Ella has decided to participate in the 13th series of Celebs Go Dating, which sees several stars go on a variety of dates in the hope of finding love.
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Speaking with RadioTimes ahead of the latest episode tonight (August 20), Ella shared that her experience on the show was “life-changing”, explaining: “I think as a trans person it is really hard to date. I used to date prior to going on MAFS and since then I haven't really dated.
“I'm one of these people that always just thinks life's too short, and I think you should say yes to everything. So I was like, ‘Is this cliché what I'm doing? Like, another dating show?’. But actually, I don't see it as a dating show.
“I feel like [this because] it's been life changing for me and I think this series is a lot more about the celebrities and our journeys and who we are as people, rather than being just us going on date after date.”
Ella, who is joined in the cast by Stephen Webb and Jamelia, also spoke about her experience of reuniting with expert Paul C Brunson, whom she first encountered during her time on MAFS.
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“It was really nice,” she remarked. “This time around he got to just see Ella and see me, rather than when we did MAFS together he saw me in a relationship with Nathaniel and with JJ, so he didn't really get to know, I guess, me and my personality.
“I think he was quite protective of me, he actually said that and was like, 'I'm so protective of you out of everyone', because we have a relationship anyway. [He] does go hard on you [though] - [I] faced the wrath quite a few times.”
In addition to Ella, Stephen and Jamelia, the cast for the 13th series of Celebs Go Dating includes Love Island star Chris Taylor, former Coronation Street actor Helen Flanagan and Made in Chelsea lead Tristan Phipps.
Married at First Sight UK airs on E4 in the UK. Married at First Sight Australia airs on Nine Network in Australia and E4 in the UK. Celebs Go Dating airs on E4.
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