She’s a loyal girlfriend! Alex Reid introduces Chantelle Houghton to the glamorous world of cage fighting by kissing his opponent

By SARAH FITZMAURICE
Last updated at 2:22 AM on 6

Loyal girlfriend: Chantelle Houghton sat by Alex Reid's side at his press conference earlier yesterday but the couple appeared bored as they tried and failed to suppress yawns

He has been gushing about just how much he loves his girlfriend Chantelle Houghton and despite her sitting right by his side Alex Reid was puckering up to someone else earlier yesterday.

The MMA fighter took his new love to a press conferred to promote his next fight but Chantelle’s presence didn’t stop Alex from kissing his opponent Jason Barrett.


Showing off: As the pair were weighed they showed off their moves


As the fighters were posing for pictures attempting to intimidate the other Alex leaned in for a cheeky kiss, which left Barrett raging and security had to step in to start a fight breaking out.

Before Alex took to the scales he was seen sitting down with Chantelle who, to be frank, looked extremely bored by the proceedings.

As the cagefighter sat in a cocky manner with his legs spread the former Big Brother contestant was seen attempting to suppress a yawn.


Squaring up: Alex and his opponent tried to intimidate each other before Alex surprised everyone by kissing Jason


And as her man got up onto the stage to size up to Jason, Chantelle had a glazed look on her face as Alex was weighed posing with his arms in the air.

He then stepped down to square up to Jason, who he is fighting tomorrow, before planting a kiss on his mouth.

Neither Alex, nor Chantelle mentioned the incident on Twitter.


Pucker up: Alex leaned in and kisses Jason on the lips which left the fighter raging and security had to pull them apart


Yesterday the couple gave a saccharine profession of love on This Morning gushing about each other and discussing their past relationships.

Alex explained: ‘I was very nervous when I first met Chantelle, because my heart was still broken... but she's mended it.'

And Chantelle was equally complimentary and said: 'I've got a lot going on personally... He makes me feel so secure. He makes me feel complete.'


Bored love? Chantelle didn't look too amused by Alex's antics and sat with a glazed look on her face
Yesterday the couple gave


What did you just do: Jason was furious that Alex had tried to kiss him and had to be held back


Cheeky smile: As Jason was flailing Alex grinned while Chantelle appeared unamused in the background


We're so in love: After a gushing interview on This Morning Alex and Chantelle visited Shaka Zulu to celebrate the restaurant's first birthday


Despite accusations their relationship is a 'showmance', they insist their love for each other is very real.

Last night the pair joined reality stars Imogen Thomas and Nicola and Lauren Goodger at restaurant and bar Shaka Zulu's first birthday celebrations.

And the couple certainly played up for the paparazzi as they kissed and cuddled at the event in Camden.


Hamming it up for the cameras: Alex and Chantelle put on a loved up display as the posed for pictures




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'We're in love... she's mended my broken heart': Alex Reid and Chantelle Houghton's give gushing joint TV interview

By Daily Mail Reporter


'It's love': Chantelle Houghton and Alex Reid gaze at each other as they admit they're in love on This Morning

They've both been burned by their shortlived marriages and subsequent divorces.

But after just over three months together, it appears Chantelle Houghton, 27, and Alex Reid, 36, have overcome their heartbreak and found 'love'.

During their first joint TV interview, the couple said the 'L word' for the first time and admitted they had discussed possible marriage.


In a saccharine profession of love on This Morning, Reid said: 'I was very nervous when I first met Chantelle, because my heart was still broken... but she's mended it.'

Alluding to his estranged wife Katie Price, who dumped him in January after less than a year of marriage, he said: 'I was scared of love after... you know.

'It feels like there's no pressure - at first I was a bit stand-offish and I was like "hold on" - I was scared of love after for better for worse.'

Houghton met Reid at - ironically - the Fate Awards in Belfast on April 15 - just days after she split from TV presenter Rav Wilding following a five month romance.

Whirlwind romance: Houghton was camera-ready as she left the ITV studios, but Reid appeared distracted


As well as dealing with breaking up with Wilding, Houghton was struggling to come to terms with news from her doctors her yo-yo dieting had seriously affected her fertility and she may not have children.

She said: 'I've got a lot going on personally... He makes me feel so secure. He makes me feel complete.'

In a gushing interview, the Celebrity Big Brother winners - held hands and sat cheek-to-cheek as they were questioned by Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford.

When asked by Langsford if they were in love, they looked at each other smiling and said 'yes' in unison.

Plenty of PDA: The couple say shoulder-to-shoulder with their hands entwined during the interview

Talking love: The new couple were questioned by Eamonn Holmes and his wife Ruth Langsford


Explaining his feelings for Houghton, Reid said: 'Love has got many degrees. This feels real, this feels relaxed and I don't want to compare anything to anybody else. This feels right, right now.'

When asked what attracted her to the cagefighter, Houghton explained: 'We've had the same sort of experiences.

'I always call him the hurricane - he walks into the room and he's literally like a hurricane, he walks in and lights up the room and makes everyone feel good about themselves and he does, he makes me feel really good about myself and I haven't felt like that in a long time.'

Despite accusations their relationship is a 'showmance', they insist their love for each other is very real.

Tender moment: Reid and Houghton share a kiss outside the studios


She said: 'You can't help who you fall for. I don't care what they say. If you're happy, that's the main thing.'

Reid and Houghton first became acquainted while she was still dating Wilding, but didn't get closer until attending the Fame Awards.

Reid said: 'We properly met at Fame Awards and the weirdest thing was we were put together on the same flight and I thought it was a fix. I thought someone had done it on purpose.'

The couple's romance is going so well, they've even introduced each other to each other's parents.

When asked if they talked about marriage, Reid mused: 'Of course. We've talked about this - not getting married - but we've talked about the shared experiences - Big Brother and marriage to famous people and breaking up - and we're both sad because it was something that was so special.'

Heartbreak: Houghton with ex-boyfriend Rav Wilding last December (left) and ex-husband Samuel Preston in 2006

'I was scared of love': Reid said his 11-month marriage to Katie Price scarred him


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Wam Bam, thank you ma'am! Alex Reid celebrates his 36th birthday with girlfriend Chantelle at sexy burlesque club

By Holly Thomas


Happy couple: Alex steps out with girlfriend Chantelle, who he's described as a 'real lady'


It was a match made in D-list heaven.

And if his birthday celebrations are anything to go by, it seems cage fighter Alex Reid's relationship with Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton remains as strong (and steamy) as ever.

It looked like the honeymoon stage still wasn't over as the smitten reality duo attended the Wam Bam Club burlesque show at Cafe de Paris in Piccadilly Circus on Saturday night.


The outing was part of a romantic weekend for the couple organised by Chantelle, who according to Alex's Twitter booked the couple in to 'a swanky hotel in the westend' [sic] for the celebrations.

Alex clearly enjoyed himself, keeping fans updated as he tweeted later in the evening:

'Wicked evening @WamBamClub Cafe de Paris,celebrating my birthday with @chantellehought thanks 4all my pressies. '

He's mine: Chantelle keeps a protective hand on Alex's chest as she chats to a fellow guest


The couple became cosier as the night wore on, and were spotted closing in for a secret kiss outside in the early hours of the morning.

Chantelle was very protective of her new man, sticking nearby all evening even as she chatted to other guests.

The Wam Bam Club offers burlesque, cabaret and magic shows, which can be enjoyed over a three course meal with an after party to follow.

Alex is currently adhering to a strict training regimen of no carbs (including alcohol), which we can presume he relaxed for the evening.

There was no question that his companion was enjoying a tipple or two, as Chantelle looked increasingly merry as the evening wore on.

Getting close: The enamoured pair share a private moment inside the door of Cafe de Pari in the early hours


It's likely that Chantelle will have encouraged her beau to follow suit, since she's revealed that she's not overly keen on Alex's career choice.

Talking to OK! magazine earlier this week, Chantelle admitted:

'He's fighting soon and I think I'll get upset. I want to support him, but it won't be easy to watch.'

The couple seemed unable to take their hands off each other during their OK! photo shoot. When asked if they talk a lot, Alex replied: 'That's a little bit soon eh?'

He elaborated: 'It's not just physical. Well, it is. She's hot! What man wouldn't? I can't keep my hands off her! What the nation finds attractive, I find attractive.'

By way of reassurance that his attraction wasn't just skin deep, he added:

'It's her inner beauty which is incredible.'

Alex credits Chantelle with helping to get over his split with glamour model Katie Price (who he is still technically married to). He said:

'You meet someone sexy and nice, and the pain fades.'

Despite only meeting in April, both seemed confident that marriage could be on the cards. When put to them directly, Chantelle giggled as she looked for reassurance from Alex, who grinned 'Of course!'.

The affectionate pair certainly have all the hallmarks of a long-term couple. Alex even has a nickname for Chantelle: 'Chantelle Lace', inspired by the Jerry Lee Lewis song Chantilly Lace.

The pain fades: Alex with former love Katie Price, who he is still technically married to

Heartache: Despite having had a fling with Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding after her split with her former husband, Chantelle admits that Preston remains the 'big love' in her past


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Years of crash diets left me infertile, says reality TV star Chantelle Houghton

By Sara Nathan


The perils of dieting: Chantelle Houghton has revealed that years of trying to stay slim may have left her infertile


A reality TV star has told how the pressure to stay slim has left her infertile at 2.

Chantelle Houghton, winner of Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, said doctors have informed her she will never be able to conceive naturally because of her extreme eating patterns.

She was the first ‘non-celebrity’ to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show and found her showbusiness lifestyle after her appearance difficult.


Miss Houghton said: ‘I’ve punished my body, and now it’s punishing me. Ultimately it’s my fault. I hate myself and can never forgive myself.

‘Because of my obsession with food and my crash dieting when I had bulimia, I’ve ruined my chances of having a baby naturally.

‘All the time I was making myself sick, I was thinking: “Yes, I’m getting skinnier.” I thought I was winning, but I was losing. It’s cost me the chance of a family.’

Upset: Chantelle buries her head in her hands as she thinks about the fact she might not be able to have her own family biologically


Miss Houghton has told how she struggled with bulimia from the age of 14.

At one point, she revealed that she drank up to eight 1.5 litre bottles of water a day to fill her stomach and that her periods once stopped for a year.

In the wake of her split from musician husband Samuel Preston in 2007, the 5ft7in star’s weight plummeted to just eight stone.

Later, in 2009, she admitted: ‘It’s a constant battle with my weight, and I’ll always have an issue with it.

‘I have tried every diet there is, from body wraps and the Special K diet to just drinking water, but I know I have to eat healthily and go to the gym, because that’s the only thing that works.’

She added that, at her thinnest: ‘I was making myself sick a lot, so food was just coming straight back out of me. I was obsessed from the minute I woke up in the morning until the minute I went to bed.

‘I was constantly watching what I was eating.’

But Miss Houghton has only recently been told of the damage she was doing to her body after going to the doctor complaining of stomach pain.

She told Heat magazine that she visited fertility expert Dr Amin Gorgy.

She said: ‘He told me that I’d never be able to conceive naturally. Dr Gorgy told me that I had low fertility and that if I wanted to have a baby, I’d have to have IVF.

‘He said that if I’d waited another three years, I would never be able to have children at all. I wouldn’t have any eggs left.’

Miss Houghton hopes her experience will warn other women of the effect that eating disorders and extreme dieting can have on their fertility.

She added: ‘I hope they’ll see what’s happened to me and realise what they’re doing – the long-term effects. I’m 27 and I can’t have children naturally. Being stick-thin – is it worth that?’

The revelation of the damage Miss Houghton’s extreme eating habits have done to her body comes just days after it emerged that ‘aquaholic’ Nigella Lawson has been warned repeatedly about the health risks of her excessive water drinking by family doctor Peter Wheeler.

Miss Lawson’s brother Dominic wrote in the Sunday Times: ‘Nigella admits to being an “aquaholic”: it really is true that those who habitually drink many litres a day suffer the sensation of being thirsty, even when they are more than fully hydrated.’

For the full interview with Miss Houghton see the latest edition of Heat magazine.


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