Marnie Simpson plays matchmaker for newly single Scarlett Moffatt and I'm A Celebrity co-star Joel Dommett
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Marnie Simpson has suggested newly single Scarlett Moffatt would be the perfect match for her I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! co-star Joel Dommett.
Geordie Shore’s Marnie used her Star magazine column to share her surprise at the news I’m A Celebrity winner Scarlett recently split from boyfriend Luke Crodden… and then play matchmaker.
After writing she was “shocked” about the break up, Marnie added: “She’s a lovely girl and I hope she’s OK as break ups are hard. She’s so funny that I think she would be well-suited to a comedian like Joel Dommett, who was in the jungle with her.
“I’d love a night out with her - she seems like a right laugh.”
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Scarlett and Luke split in February after a year of dating; it came less than two months after Scarlett was crowned Queen of the Jungle on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2016.
"Scarlett is sad about her break up with Luke but she really hopes they can remain friends," an insider told The Sun .
"It's a positive thing that Scarlett's schedule is so busy at the moment as it will take her mind off the split."
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Just two months ago, Luke made headlines after an emotional video of him congratulating Scarlett on her I'm A Celebrity win went viral.
Speaking at the time about their relationship, Luke revealed that his girlfriend had changed a lot during her time in the jungle.
"It's fantastic. She sent us a message the second she got back saying she needs to stop doubting herself," he told OK! magazine.
"It was great because I'm part boyfriend, part counsellor. I'm her motivational speaker. Like, you can do this!"
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After the split, Scarlett moved back in with her parents.
“She’s not going to get over Luke in a day. They had talked about marriage and the future a lot," said an insider.
“Splitting up has been hard for both of them. Scarlett has got an incredibly close group of pals, though, and extremely supportive parents. They are rallying round and really making things easier.”
Interestingly, Scarlett and Joel did speak about relationships during their time in the Australian jungle last year.
The pair shared a relatively deep conversation about love during some down-time in the jungle - with Gogglebox star Scarlett, 26, actually coming off as the wise one.
Encouraging the comedian to open-up about his experiences with women, she assured him that 'coupledom' wasn't all its cracked up to be. And that, sometimes, it's better to be alone.
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"Are you a commitment-phobe?" she asked him, adding: "Not that it matters. You don't need to be with somebody. I've learned that it's also OK to be to your own."
Scarlett's rarely-seen insight came after the handsome hunk admitted he often dated women for three months before "getting scared" and running away.
"This is the first year I haven’t got somebody to buy a Christmas present for. I get really scared. I think I may be a commitment-phobe," he confessed.
Later, in the Bush Telegraph, he elaborated saying: “Being in here around all these people who are very happy in their relationships made me evaluate a lot of things and makes me feel a lot about what I want.”
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Analysing him in the Bush Telegraph, Scarlett displayed further emotional intelligence, saying: “He’s not short of dates he perhaps picks the wrong girls or when he gets close to someone he gets scared and bins them off.”
Her seemingly new-found wisdom comes weeks after it surfaced that she has her own relationship insecurities when it comes to boyfriend Luke Crodden.
Shortly after her arrival in the jungle, she revealed: "I know that sounds really stupid, but when I got with Luke I was constantly over thinking everything like 'Why are you with me even though you could be with this person or that person? "I know that I’m a bit weird".
In addition to that, it was revealed that wasn't always so rational when it came to love - specifically, that she had her own 'bunny boiler' moment.
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Speaking to the Daily Star , the TV star confessed that during her time at university she cruelly destroyed a former beau's wardrobe when their casual romance hit the skids. Ironically, the unnamed man didn't actually do anything wrong.
“I was going out with a lad at uni for about six months and I think we both realised it wasn’t working so we decided to split up," she said. “About a week later he got together with someone else and I was a bit offended so I sold a pair of his shorts on eBay and then I sent him a screenshot of it.
“I also cut up another one of his hoodies and posted it back in pieces through his letterbox. This lad and I laugh about it now because we’re still friends, but isn’t is weird what break-ups can do to you? I didn’t even give him the money for them, so I probably still owe that to him.”