Rylan Clark thinks the “best thing to come out of” his new show with Rob Rinder is their unshakable friendship.
Rylan Clark thinks the 'best thing to come out of' his new show with Rob Rinder is their unshakable friendship
The 35-year-old TV star and the criminal barrister, 45, are gearing up to the release of their new BBC programme ‘Rob and Rylan’s Grand Tour’, in which the bachelors go on romantic dates across Italy with different men.
Although he didn’t find love on his trip, Rylan insisted the show wasn’t wasted as he formed a “genuine” friendship with his co-star.
During an appearance on ‘This Morning’, he said: “Watching it back, the narrative, the arc throughout the three episodes even something as stupid as in Venice, we were in separate accommodation. In Florence, we were in the same accommodation in different rooms and by Rome I'm waking up with him underneath me.
“But that's the narrative of the arc, we started this process as mates and we have finished it as actual genuine friends. That's been probably the best thing to come out of it.”
This comes after the former ‘X Factor’ star was forced to deny rumours he had Rob were now in a budding relationship.
Taking to X, he penned: “The answer is no. I’m not dating Rob Rinder he’s one of my closest friends.”
Before working on the show, Rylan said he hoped his “luck with men [was] about to change”, as he had only been on two dates since he divorced Dan Neal in 2021.
He told the Daily Mirror newspaper: “Hopefully my luck with men is about to change.
“I always thought when you were younger, ‘Imagine if you were known, you would be able to get anyone you want.’ It’s the complete opposite.
“I've had two dates in the last two years.
“One of them was really, really great and was going well. And then my job was just too much for his life.
“And then the other one was so interested in my job, he decided to call the press.
“So they're the two opposite ends of the spectrum. I need somebody in the middle that can deal with it, but don't want it.”
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