CHANTELLE Houghton and ex-husband Preston have reunited for the first time in 10 years, revealing that they are now good mates. The pair met in the 2006 series of Celebrity Big Brother, falling in love with the eyes of the nation on them. They wed after leaving the house but 10 months later shared that […]
CHANTELLE Houghton and ex-husband Preston have reunited for the first time in 10 years, revealing that they are now good mates.
The pair met in the 2006 series of Celebrity Big Brother, falling in love with the eyes of the nation on them.
They wed after leaving the house but 10 months later shared that they were divorcing.
However, 14 years after they first met the pair have revealed that they are back in each other’s lives and appreciating how “special” their relationship is to them.
“It’s nice to talk to somebody that you’ve known for a long time and shared something special with previously, he’d be completely honest with me,” said Chantelle to new! magazine.
“Going through what we went through, we have a post-traumatic stress,” added Preston, “it’s not an exaggeration to say that it was so intense all the media coverage at the time that it does feel like there are very few people who understand what the real pressures of that are.”
The pair also joked about being friends again after so many years, with Chantelle admitting that she “can’t be with someone now if they didn’t like me being friends with Preston”.
Chantelle had been a part-time glamour and promotions model but was asked to take part in the 2006 version of Celebrity Big Brother as part of a task.
She had to fool the other housemates into believing she was part of a famous girl band called Kandy Floss, and she successfully completed the task, going on to win the series.
Her romance with Preston became part of the show’s media narrative and they wed in August 2006 in London.
However by June 2007 they had decided to end their marriage, and in a statement revealed that “after much soul-searching and tearful discussions we have sadly decided to end our marriage”.
“We hope we can always remain friends and still love each other but we both think we put so much pressure on one another to make our marriage work that it has ended up destroying our relationship. No one else is involved in our decision.”
