Alex Reid has opened up about his past relationships and how his exes were “addicted to fame”.
The Celebrity Big Brother winner used to date the likes of Katie Price and Chantelle Houghton.
The handsome reality star MMA fighter, 47, started dating Katie in February 2010, shortly after she divorced Peter Andre.
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Katie and Alex also tied the knot but after 11 months of marriage, the pair split.
Alex went on to date Chantelle Houghton and they share a daughter together called Dolly, but also parted ways soon after she gave birth.
During an exclusive chat with Daily Star, Alex said: “Well, the media corrupts, and when you are with people, it’s an addiction, not the crack pipe but the fame pipe.
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“I see it my ex-partners and even myself, we were so addicted to that, it gives you endorphins and serotonin.
“When people are talking about you even when it’s not nice, you feel current and feel like a ‘somebody’ but when that stops you don’t have a real grip of reality.
“Then you’re like ‘No one knows who I am’ and it hurts.
“Unless you have substance and have something to go home to, and you realise all the fakery and ‘Look at me’ on social media is nothing.”
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Add further about his relationship with Katie, Alex said: “I couldn’t walk down the street or go the toilet without someone trying to take a picture – although I was in front of all cameras, it was so peaceful to not have a mobile phone and to not know what was going on in the outside world.
“My life felt like an LSD trip, I say that, I wasn’t taking LSD, but the world was weird. I didn’t know what was real or what was fake.”
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However, for the past ten years, Alex has been with his stunning IVF blogger partner, Nikki Manashe, 36.
The pair are currently expecting newborn twins any time now after several failed IVF attempts.
They have been engaged “for a while” but are “waiting for their kids to grow up” so they can play a big part in their special day.
Alex also shares a daughter, Anastacia, with Nikki, who is soon to become a big sister upon the twins’ arrival.
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Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
