The Chase favourite Mark Labbett has been dating his now girlfriend Hayley Palmer for a few months.
After their initial interaction, the duo have been growing stronger and stronger – and now Mark has opened up about exactly what it was that won over his new girlfriend.
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Speaking to GB News, he said he showed her his Toby Carvery gold card and she was “putty in my hands”, the card entitles him to free all-you-can eat roasts.
He explained the pair then went on a “non-date” to Dirty Dancing but after Hayley put some photos up on Instagram he asked her if she was “sure” she wanted to do it.
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Mark said his concern was that he was followed on Instagram by press and it would thrust their relationship into the limelight.
The Chase star explained that they were then bombarded with questions about the pair and soon after their romance was made official.
Elsewhere Mark opened up about his hopes for reality TV, confessing that he would love to appear on Strictly Come Dancing and admitted that he and Hayley have set themselves a goal.
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He told the hosts: “We set ourselves a little goal, I’d like to go on Strictly and she’d like to go on Dancing on Ice.”
Mark previously confirmed the duo went on a few days after meeting in October 2022 but they “got on really well”.
He told The Sun that they met at the National Television Awards last year and after going on their first date he was “pretty impressed” with Hayley.
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After confessing to her pretty quickly that he was interested, their relationship became official and they’ve been making long distance work for them while living 150 miles apart.
The romance is Mark’s first since he split from his wife Katie in 2020 following seven years of marriage.
Mark and Katie split after marrying in 2014 and having a six-year-old son together, with Mark previously stating it was “better to go our separate ways”.
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