Christine McGuinness quits Celebs Go Dating just days into filming E4 series

Reality TV star has announced that she's quit just days into filming of the new series. She's issued a statement on her departure, including sharing that she made a realisation during production.

Christine, 37, had been last week, with her having been set to appear in the fourteenth series of the E4 show alongside the likes of . Filming was already underway for the dating show.

She revealed in a post on her Story tonight that she has decided to walk away from the show during production. Christine told her followers that she had "great intentions" but feels that the experience is "too soon" for her.

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Christine said in her statement: "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 but for now I'm returning home to my family."

Christine - who from her ex in 2022 - had previously shared her excitement over taking part in the show. She teased that she would be having a "summer of fun" in the line-up.

She said: "I'm really excited to be joining the agency, I'm going to have a summer of fun! Who knows what might happen? I've not really dated much before, so I feel like I'm doing a crash course! I'm looking forward to getting to know the other celebs and I'm especially looking forward to the coaching side of things with the agents. I think that's going to be good for me."

The line-up for the new series of Celebs Go Dating, which is said to feature a "brand-new agency," was unveiled last week. Christine and former member , who first did the show in 2019, were among the cast.

's Louis Russell, star and member were also named. It was announced that 's - known as 'the Beast' - will join the agency at a later date. More recently, it was reported that star Sam Prince had joined the line-up .

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