Former Big Brother star Charley Uchea gets engaged to mystery man just weeks after she was 'left for dead' in shock car crash

Daily Mail​

7 days ago

Former Big Brother star Charley Uchea has got engaged to a mystery man just weeks after she was 'left for dead' in a shock car crash.
The reality star, 40, who rose to fame on the eighth series of Big Brother in 2007, shared the happy news on Instagram on Monday.
The clip began with a blurry close-up of her huge diamond ring after being propose to by her partner, 43, who she has not named publicly.
Charley was also seen relaxing on a sofa wearing a grey silk nightgown as she held her hand up displaying the rock.
'A real man leads with love, protects with presence, and builds with purpose,' Charley captioned the video. She also wrote: 'Two things I know for sure — I'm not where I used to be, and God is still leading me somewhere greater ❤️.'
In another post from a few days before, Charley put on a very racy display with her fiance in pictures taken from the same day - with her ring again on show.
The engaged couple gazed into each others' eyes as Charley sat on his knee, with both wearing the matching silk dressing gowns.
'Nights like this with your favorite person,' she captioned the pictures.
The announcement came just weeks after Charley was rushed to hospital after allegedly being 'left for dead' in a shocking car crash.
She took to her Instagram Stories last month to detail the shocking incident, telling fans she had been hit by a truck.
She got into the crash after spending the evening out and claimed that she was 'left for dead' on the side of the road after being 'knocked out'.
Charley shared a video of herself in hospital wearing a neck brace.
She had painful-looking red injuries across her eyebrow and cheek and claimed she could barely use her arms following the crash.
She penned in a caption: 'Bless my nurse brushing my hair out, I can't really use my arms atm I'm so weak.'
Alongside another picture of a smashed-up car, she added: 'Look at the damage this truck did just by hitting me, then leaves me [for] dead on the side of the road.'
Charley also shared a photograph of herself out on the town before the crash and penned: 'Such a nice night before I ended up in the air lol and knocked out.'
Charley, who celebrated her 40th birthday just days before on June 30, reassured her 251,000 followers that she would be 'home soon'.
MailOnline contacted Charley for further comment at the time.
Charley is best known for her 2007 Big Brother stint in the same year that Brian Belo was crowned the winner.
She survived eviction until week eight, and was famously argumentative; rowing with Chanelle Hayes for ten minutes about how old Rihanna was.
Charley was also attacked with a racist slur by fellow housemate Emily Parr, who was aged 19 at the time.
Emily was ejected from the house in the early hours of the morning after she was heard using the N-word to Charley while they were chatting in the garden hours before.
Both Charley and Nicky Maxwell, who was also present, were stunned at her use of the word however Emily swiftly insisted it 'was a joke'. She was later called to the diary room and told of her ejection by Big Brother.
At the time of Emily's removal, Head of the Big Brother commissioning team at Channel 4, Angela Jain, said after the incident: 'In the wake of Celebrity Big Brother, we must consider the potential offence to viewers regardless of Emily's intentions and her housemates' response.
'The word is clearly racially offensive and there was no justification for its use.
'We have removed Emily from the house to once again make it clear to all housemates and the viewers at home that such behaviour won't be tolerated.'