Tulisa’s best friend hints at I’m A Celeb romance with Alan Halsall after singer revealed she has been celibate for three years
Tulisa’s best friend hinted at I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! romance with Alan Halsall after the singer revealed she has been celibate for three years.
Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of Lorraine, Michelle McKenna, discussed her pal’s recent comments after she lifted the lid on her love life with her campmates.
The NDubz star, 36, admitted that the thought of being with someone makes her feel ‘physically sick’ and revealed she is demisexual.
Michelle said: ‘I think she would like to meet someone it has been a while but it’s about finding the right one. She is just going with the flow.’
Lorraine asked if viewers could see romance blossom between Tulisa and her Coronation Street actor Alan, 42, after the two have grown close.
Tulisa ‘s best friend hinted at I’m A Celeb rity… Get Me Out Of Here! romance with Alan Halsall after the singer revealed she has been celibate for three years
Appearing on Wednesday’s episode of Lorraine, Michelle McKenna, discussed her pal’s recent comments after she lifted the lid on her love life with her campmates
‘You never know. We will have to watch it won’t we,’ Michelle teased.
Revealing why she thinks Tulisa decided to enter the jungle, she added: ‘Years ago she would have been terrified of the public reaction to her.
‘She’s like a big sister type and I think that will keep her going. To be a mothering like figure to her campmates.
‘Not a lot of people get to see that side of her, that softer side. I’m so happy that people will get to see that mothering side.’
During Tuesday’s episode of I’m A Celebrity Tulisa revealed she’s been celibate for over three years as she came out as demisexual.
In the peak of her fame, the singer endured a very high-profile court case after her ex boyfriend Justin Edwards who she had broken up with in 2009 – released a sex tape of her in 2012.
She previously told how she felt ‘judged, disgusting and ashamed’ because of the ordeal and said it has taken her ‘many years’ to come to terms with and get over.
Tulisa shared with her campmates that she has no interest in dating anyone, admitting ‘I’m proper guarded’.
The NDubz star, 36, admitted that the thought of being with someone makes her feel ‘physically sick’ and revealed she is demisexual
Michelle said: ‘I think she would like to meet someone it has been a while but it’s about finding the right one. She is just going with the flow’
Lorraine asked if viewers could see romance blossom between Tulisa and her Coronation Street actor Alan, 42, with Michelle teasing: ‘You never know!’
As the talk in camp turned to relationships, Dean McCullough said: ‘I actually do enjoy being single, I enjoy being on my own.’
As Alan Halsall admitted he’d ‘never been on dating apps before’, Dean turned to Tulisa and joked: ‘We’ve done them all, haven’t we babes.’
Tulisa said: ‘No I’ve only done Raya [celebrity dating app]. I’m not really a dater, even though I’ve been on there, I’ve never gone on an actual date with anyone on there… I’m proper guarded.’
She added: ‘I feel like I’m demisexual, I need to have a really close emotional bond with someone.’
Demisexuality is a sexual orientation where a person only experiences sexual attraction after forming a strong emotional connection with someone.
Dean said: ‘You need meaning babe.’
‘I need actual depth. I’m a slow, slow burner, I’ve been celibate for over three years’, Tulisa revealed.
‘I’m not an overly sexualised person. For me, it’s all about the connection and the emotions that I feel with someone and then wanting to express them in that way.’
Explaining the thought of sleeping with someone or going out and meeting someone ‘genuinely makes me feel physically sick’, she joked: ‘This is my temple, you cannot enter!’
Alan quipped: ‘It sounds like a Bushtucker Trial where you’ve gotta find a key to Tulisa’s temple!’
In the peak of her fame, Tulisa endured a very high-profile court case after her ex boyfriend Justin Edwards who she had broken up with in 2009 – released a sex tape of her in 2012
She previously told how she felt ‘judged, disgusting and ashamed’ because of the ordeal and said it has taken her ‘many years’ to come to terms with and get over
As the talk in camp turned to relationships, Dean McCullough said: ‘I actually do enjoy being single, I enjoy being on my own’
Alan Halsall admitted he’d ‘never been on dating apps before’, Dean turned to Tulisa and joked: ‘ We’ve done them all, haven’t we babes’
She said: ‘I feel like I’m demisexual, I need to have a really close emotional bond with someone. I need actual depth. I’m a slow, slow burner, I’ve been celibate for over three years’
Speaking to Olivia Attwood on her So Wrong It’s Right podcast, Tulisa discussed how much of a toll the leaked sex tape has had on her life.
She said: ‘It felt like virtual rape, that’s the only way I can describe the emotion. It was just horrific. I felt so just judged and I felt disgusting, I felt ashamed.
‘It just felt horrible, there’s no word to describe. It’s taken me many, many years to come to terms with it. Now, for me, all pain is growth.
‘So, every single part of my experiences I was meant to feel and I wouldn’t be the person I am today without them.
‘So there is no regret on anything, that is my path. I was meant to live it and I have.’
She added: ‘It’s affected my relationships to this day and intimacy and all those kinds of things – it’s life changing in a big, big way.’
Revenge porn was not illegal at the time, meaning she only managed to get a court apology from him. Justin released it between her first and second series as a panel judge on the X Factor.
