Why I am A Celeb star Alex Scott stored relationship with well-known singer secret

Alex Scott has spoken about why she stored her present relationship with a well-known singer secret following her breakup with a footballing legend.

Scott, herself an England footballing legend, is at present down beneath as one of many newest contestants on I’m A Superstar… Get Me Out of Right here!

The soccer pundit has spoken prior to now about her ‘secret’ relationship with one other England footballing legend, which she opened up about in her 2022 memoir.

Scott’s relationship was with fellow ex-Arsenal participant Kelly Smith, with the pair relationship for eight years while being teammates. They broke up in 2013, although Scott was not open about this ‘secret’ relationship till her 2022 memoir.

Her new relationship with a well-known singer was additionally initially a secret, with the ex-footballer having revealed why.

Who Alex Scott is relationship and why she stored it a secret

Alex Scott has been relationship Jess Glynne for just a few years now, having made their public debut as a pair on the Brit Awards in 2024.

Although social media sleuths had suspected the 2 have been relationship earlier than this, they’d stored issues fairly secretive. The pair have been first noticed collectively in Could 2023 at an occasion, and later attended Wimbledon collectively.

Scott has spoken about why they initially stored their relationship secret in an interview with The Instances final yr, stating she needed to try to defend their love for so long as they might.

She said: “It took us some time as a result of we knew what we’ve got is so particular, so it has been about attempting to guard that and maintain that for us in such a manner that it continues to be stunning.”

She went on to say about their relationship: “I’m religious — it was meant to occur when it did, after I’m in a spot the place I’ve labored by way of a lot and am prepared to simply accept love into my life.”

What Jess Glynne has stated about relationship with Alex Scott forward of I’m A Celeb

Glynne spoke to Fearne Cotton about their relationship on the Pleased Place podcast final yr, saying: “The work that I’ve accomplished on myself has truly settled me inside, and it is allowed me to enter a relationship the place I really feel very comfy and I am simply me. I am unapologetically me.

“It has allowed me to be actually joyful in a brand new relationship. I feel love is a very scary topic, and it is usually one thing I maintain fairly distant.

“However it’s a pleasant factor to have the ability to embrace somebody and a relationship that feels actually genuinely good.”

Talking to The Solar forward of her stint within the jungle, Scott revealed that the present could be a ‘check’ for them as a pair.

She stated: “These quiet moments when your life’s 100mph, simply coming dwelling… she likes to cook dinner, and we love to take a seat and have a glass of wine, I’ll likely be watching soccer within the background… I’m positively going to overlook that, particularly after I’m so hungry.

“Most likely all I’m going to be enthusiastic about is, ‘Please, can I simply have Jessica’s pasta proper now?’ It’s a check for each of us.”

She admitted, although, that the singer could be her ‘greatest cheerleader’ on the present.