Lydia Bright has been in a secret relationship for the past year.
Lydia Bright
The 'Only Way is Essex' star has revealed she's been dating her boyfriend Lee Cronin for almost 12 months now but she wanted to keep their romance out of the public eye following her failed on/off eight-year relationship with James 'Arg' Argent.
Speaking to The Sun Online, she said: "We're really, really good. Me and him went to Morocco. I kept it secret for a very long time but we've actually been together for nearly a year. We live together. I just had such a public relationship that I just felt it was nice to hold back a bit. There's less pressure.
"I was asked when I was at the BAFTAs and everyone thought we weren't together and they thought I had another boyfriend. But I've been with him for nearly a year."
Last September, the 28-year-old beauty filmed E4's '5 Star Hotel', during which she enjoyed a cheeky smooch with Ex on the Beach's Ashley Cain, but she's adamant that her and Lee were an official item when she agreed to take part in the show.
She explained: "When I did '5 Star' we had some time apart because it was so early on in the relationship I went away and I was kind of like, 'look let's not put a label on it' but when we got back we got back together. I was out there for two and a half months away so it was quite hard. We were only three months in at that stage. So we took some time out but we were still in contact and more just friends throughout that.
"I met him at the wrong sort of time with regards to work commitments, but then when I came home it made sense."
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