S Club star Jon Lee opens up on ‘bad breakup’ that led him to quit UK for years
Jon Lee is one of the celebs looking for love on Celebs Go Dating, but he’s been single for six years after a ‘bad relationship’ left him heartbroken and put him off dating
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Jon Lee has been single for six years following a devastating breakup that left him completely shattered. Now the S Club 7 sensation is prepared to dive back into romance.
The pop star has signed up for the latest series of Celebs Go Dating alongside a host of other famous faces. “I had a bad relationship in the past and that put me off a little bit. Then I went travelling for four years,” Jon Lee reveals. “I’ve been down in Cornwall for three years and it’s not exactly the gay capital of the world.”
Determined to rebuild his self-assurance, Jon enlisted with the agency to tackle the world of romance once more. With mates rallying behind him and pointing out that love won’t simply land in his lap. “When I got offered to come on the show, my friend said ‘you should do it, because otherwise you’ll never meet anybody,” he explains.
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Dating experts Anna Williamson, Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn and Paul C Brunson have returned to our screens, ready to guide celebrities back into the romantic arena – though Tara experienced a deeply moving encounter with Jon.
“The moment we shared in Ibiza definitely made me tear up off screen, because it’s just very, very heavy,” Tara reveals. “It’s nothing you wish on people that are decent humans. His journey of becoming a sexually empowered gay man has been incredible to watch.”
Dr Tara admits she’s approaching the programme with renewed self-belief. “This is my best season so far in terms of how confident I showed up,” she declares. “I feel like I went all in, like 110%.”
That doesn’t mean it was smooth sailing. As the celebrities opened up, some pushed back. “There were some minor uncomfortable moments because of how a certain celeb was talking back a lot,” she says, “However, we found a way to work through it.”
To recover from all the intensity that comes with emotional scenes, the agents practise what they preach. “We do a lot of mindfulness practices after a heavy scene,” she says.
“Anna and I will talk and debrief, and we’ll breathe together. Paul has his own coping mechanism, like, he likes to sit and, like, decompress by himself.”
Tara’s own rituals include yoga, pilates – and crystals. “I love collecting crystals,” she says. “I strongly believe they exude a certain energy. I have a big crystal case. I also bring a big bag of different things that I need in the UK.”
She’s even taken to British life. “I love visiting the British countryside,” she says, “I love the Cotswolds. Every weekend I try to visit somewhere like that.”
Paul, on the other hand, was struck by two other celebrities while filming for the programme – Kerry Katona and Too Hot to Handle‘s Louis Russell.
“There were a few times where someone’s story really hit home and I had to take a step back and process it,” he says. “This process genuinely changed Louis’ life,” Paul teases, “Then there’s Kerry Katona. This journey shows a side of her that most have never seen.”
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