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Melvin Odoom expressed his love for Carol Vorderman while on I’m a Celebrity, and confirmed that he has good reason to believe a date could be coming up soon
Melvin Odoom won over the nations’ hearts during his stint on I’m a Celebrity, but there’s only one woman he’s after – Carol Vorderman.
The BBC Radio 1 star revealed his admiration for Carol while in the jungle, picking a pillow with the former Countdown host printed on it as his luxury item. Although months have gone by since he publicly stated his love for Carol, Melvin made it clear that she hasn’t brushed him off yet, and that he has a master plan to finally secure a date.
Speaking to the Mirror at the TV Choice Awards this week, Melvin blasted claims that Carol had “ghosted” him on Instagram. “She didn’t ghost me! I don’t know where this – she just hasn’t read my message yet! There’s this rumour going around that she ghosted me,” he jokingly protested.
The DJ then gushed over Carol, and shared that he had complete faith she’d get in touch with him when the time’s right. “Carol’s a lovely lady. I just want to put that in black and white right now. She is a wonderful lady, she’s hardworking, and she’s busy out here trying to look after people and take care of them,” he said.
“She ain’t got time to look at my DMs every five seconds! So when she sees it, I’m sure she’ll read it… when she’s ready.”
While Carol hasn’t yet read Melvin’s message, she did send him a message of her own while he was still in Australia. The Cambridge graduate appeared on I’m a Celebrity… Unpacked, and sent a voice note to Melvin.
“Melvin, I’m blushing redder than that leather red dress I’m wearing on your pillowcase. But I’ll be rooting for you all the way through, and see you on the other side,” she teased.
Carol also sent sent Melvin a DM while he was in the jungle, but unfortunately his Instagram was being run by his family and friends at the time.
“I’m about to check my DMs now and I’ve notice there’s a message from Vorders herself. So someone’s looking after my page and she goes ‘please give him my best. He’s done so well,’” he previously revealed.
“And they were like ‘she’s lovely, she was like replying to messages’. I was thinking ‘great. I’m in’. I sent her a message saying ‘thanks for being a great sport but y’know here’s my number, give me a little call’. She’s not read it. It’s been three weeks.”
Aside from his major crush on Carol, Melvin has always kept his private life private. However, he revealed that he’s open to love wherever he might find it. In a YouTube interview last year, he said: “Dating is hard. For me, don’t shut yourself off from anything because your potential partner could be anywhere. You have to chill and go with the flow, you can’t control love.”
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