Chez Uzor and Jess Gale ‘s relationship seems to have hit a speed bump – with the hunk blaming his romance woes on the coronavirus lockdown.
The pair began dating after meeting on Winter Love Island earlier this year, and made it to the final alongside Paige Turley, Finn Tapp, Siânnise Fudge and Luke Trotman.
Opening up about his relationship with Jess, the 23-year-old revealed they’ve been spending lockdown apart, and he feels the pair have drifted.
Speaking on Johnny Seifert’s Secure The Insecure podcast, Ched said: “We came out, as you can imagine we had interviews together up and down. We were in London we were in Manchester. So I spent two weeks with her.
Ched says lockdown has strained his relationship with Jess (Image: ITV)
“Then I came home and then the following Monday we got locked down. So she was in lockdown with her sisters and I was in Suffolk at home with my family. So we haven’t seen each other really.
Speaking about how they’re making it work and communicating with each other, the scaffolder revealed he’s been sharing voice notes with Jess daily.
“We voice note everyday. Its just harder. Obviously when you haven’t seen somebody you feel like you are not as close.”
The hunk says he and Jess don’t have ‘romantic conversations’ in lockdown (Image: ITV)
When asked about his relationship status with Jess, 21, he added: “I feel like its just something we need to discuss when lockdown is over. Right now we just talk everyday about random topics. I wouldn’t say we really have romantic conversations.
However, Ched revealed that he and Jess and yet to make things official and are still “seeing how things go”.
“I like Jess. I would say we are just talking and seeing each other and seeing how things go. We are not in a relationship though.”
Playing coy about his romance, Ched added: “We will see how things go. If it works out it works out. But at the moment we are not doing everything you want to be doing to build into a relationship.”
While it may not be going swimmingly for Ched and Jess fellow Love Island co-stars Siânnise and Luke T took their relationship to the next level by moving in together.
The lovebirds have splashed the cash on a luxury apartment in South East London.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
