{"id":4960,"date":"2025-05-07T12:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T12:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2025-05-07T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T18:42:57","slug":"celebs-go-dating-bosses-make-final-decision-on-christine-mcguinness-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/07\/celebs-go-dating-bosses-make-final-decision-on-christine-mcguinness-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebs Go Dating bosses make final decision on Christine McGuinness \u2018replacement\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christine McGuinness has quit Celebs Go Dating – and Channel 4 bosses have reportedly addressed her ‘replacement’ (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Christine McGuinness<\/a> quits Celebs Go Dating<\/a>, Channel 4 has reportedly settled on how to address her absence from the new series.<\/p>\n

The former beauty queen, 37, who split from Paddy McGuinness<\/a> in 2022 after 11 years of marriage<\/a>, was set to film a new series of the E4 show after saying she was open to meeting both men and women on the programme, it’s been said.<\/p>\n

She was due to be joining former Atomic Kitten singer Kerry Katona, Jon Lee of S Club 7<\/a> fame, and Too Hot to Handle\u2019s Louis Russell.<\/p>\n

However, in a statement on Instagram in April she confirmed she had exited the show: ‘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.<\/p>\n

‘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.’<\/p>\n

Although there was speculation that Celebrity Big Brother’s Chris Hughes <\/a>could replace her, it now appears no one will be taking her place.<\/p>\n

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Christine split from Paddy after 11 years of marriage in 2022 (Picture: WireImage)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

An insider told The Sun <\/a>that a third person will not be joining newcomers The Chase’s Mark Labbett and Made In Chelsea’s Sam Prince.<\/p>\n

The source explained: ‘Channel 4 bosses were considering replacing Christine McGuinness<\/a> but have ultimately decided not to.<\/p>\n

‘Obviously, they toyed with putting Chris Hughes in the mix but then he changed his mind, and they felt like that would have made the line-up too male-heavy anyway.’<\/p>\n

They added that production didn’t want to ‘scramble’ to find someone of Christine’s ‘calibre’ since that took months to pull off and wanted to avoid too many ‘latecomers’ as it ‘didn’t make sense’.<\/p>\n

Christine’s exit comes after a source told The Sun<\/a> that she was ready to move on after finalising her divorce last year.<\/p>\n

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She was open to meeting both men and women on the show (Picture: Channel 4\/Nic Serpell-Rand)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘When she signed up to Celebs Go Dating, the production team were told she was open to dating women as well as men,\u2019 the source said. <\/p>\n

\u2018She has filmed scenes for the show already where she spoke with both women and men at a mixer -where the celebs mingle with the public who sign up for dates.<\/p>\n

\u2018Christine met a woman there, and she is flying to Ibiza with her next week for more filming.<\/p>\n

\u2018Taking part in a TV show about finding love is all new for Christine, but she\u2019s just having fun and is enjoying herself.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Christine said ‘the door is open’ to returning to Celebs Go Dating one day (Picture: Getty Images Europe\/Jordan Peck)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ahead of her appearance on the new upcoming series, Christine also spoke to The Sun and said she was \u2018going to have a summer of fun\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u2018I’ve not 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 the coaching side of things.\u2019<\/p>\n

Christine has said in the past that she was \u2018petrified\u2019 of dating again,<\/a> given that her relationship with Paddy was all she had known for a long time.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Vicky Pattison\u2019s podcast The Secret To\u2026 <\/a>in December 2022, Christine added that she and Paddy \u2018talk an awful lot\u2019, so she\u2019s in the loop with his love life.<\/p>\n

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Christine has previously spoken about being ‘open’ about her love life with Paddy (Picture: Instagram \/ Christine McGuiness)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She shared: \u2018We\u2019re very open. He has said to me when he\u2019s been going on a date.<\/p>\n

\u2018We still live in the same house. But I think both of us right now, we\u2019re very much in the same place, where we\u2019re just, like, just don\u2019t really know what to do or where to go.\u2019<\/p>\n

The mum-of-three continued: \u2018We\u2019ve been in this [relationship] for 16 years. I\u2019ve been with him since I was 19, so my dating history before him was an absolute mess, then I\u2019ve had this lovely long marriage.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018I kind of don\u2019t really know where to go, where to start, and he\u2019s the same, he\u2019s very much the same,\u2019 she confessed about moving on with someone new.<\/p>\n

Metro has reached out to Channel 4 for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n

This article was first published on April 26.<\/em><\/p>\n

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