Watch moment Christine McGuinness breaks down in tears as she quits Celebs Go Dating saying she just wants to ‘go home'
ALL TOO MUCH Watch moment Christine McGuinness breaks down in tears as she quits Celebs Go Dating saying she just wants to 'go home'
CHRISTINE McGuinness was seen breaking down in tears tonight, as she quit Celebs Go Dating and said she just "wanted to go home".
The model - who was married to comedian Paddy McGuinness, 51, until their split in 2022 - made the shock decision to leave the show on the latest episode.
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Christine McGuiness quit Celebs Go Dating tonight
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Paddy McGuinness' ex-wife opened up to the Celebs Go Dating agents
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The star became tearful as she explained her reasons for quitting
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Christine began to cry and said she wanted to 'go home' and 'be with her kids'
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Tonight Celebs Go Dating viewers watched a tearful Christine, 37, announce she "wanted to go home"
Speaking to the show's agents, she said: "Well, I've been thinking quite a lot whilst we've been in Ibiza and I think I need to date in more of a natural environment.
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"I think I just would love to meet somebody and date more privately. It's where I'm kind of feeling myself going back, when I want to go freely forward.
"Right. And I've made the decision to leave the agency."
Continuing she said: "But as much as I am very, very comfortable talking about my sexuality and being me, and I know that I want to continue dating women, I've found that outside attention far too much.
"And I've found myself feeling like I'm hiding more. And I don't want that. That's not what I want."
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Christine then began to cry as she revealed she just wanted to "go home" and "be with her children".
The tearful star said: ""I've been missing the kids loads this week. I think all the love I need right now is waiting for me at home."
AGENTS SPEAK OUT
Meanwhile, one of the Celebs Got Dating agents recently shed more light on why Christine decided to walk away from the show.
In an exclusive interview with The Sun earlier this month, love guru Anna Williamson opened up Paddy's ex-wife's sudden exit.
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The star admitted Christine's decision to join the show after her public split was a "brave" move, and it equally took courage for her exit the process after discovering it "wasn't the right time" for her.
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Anna explained: "It wasn't the right time for Christine to continue her journey in the agency.
"I think this is the absolute beauty of what the Celebrity Dating agency does - yes it's a TV show, but it's also real."
Anna added: "She realised that perhaps this actually wasn't quite the right time for her to be doing that and took a great deal of confidence and bravery inside to recognise and actually now is not the right time."
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The Sun were first to reveal Christine had left the show while filming in May
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Christine split from comedian Paddy McGuinness in 2022
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The Sun were first to reveal in May that Christine decided to quit the show during filming.
In a statement, she said at the time: 'I joined Celebs Go Dating with great intentions but have realised that dating on a public platform and the attention that brings is just too soon for me.
'They've said the door is always open for me, which I'm so grateful for, but for now I'm returning home to my family.'
PADDY SPLIT
Christine and her ex, comedian Paddy announced they had separated in 2022 after 15 years together.
The couple first met through a mutual friend in 2007, when she was 19 and he was 33.
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Two years later, he popped the question and they married in 2011 at Merseyside's Thornton Manor Estate.
However, they have now been divorced three years, but continue to live together for the sake of their three kids.
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