Best – 13 August 2019

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BEST’S CELEBRITY INSIDER TALKS TO CHLOE SIMS

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Chloe, 36, returns

for another shot at

romance on the new

series of Celebs Go

Dating alongside her

sister Demi and former

Love Island star Megan

Barton Hanson.

You are back on Celebs Go

Dating for the second time

• are you hoping for better
  luck this time?
  Well, I didn’t have that much

bad luck, I just didn’t fall in

love with the guy I met. He was

lovely, but it wasn’t anything

serious. This time I go back

with a better understanding

of how dating works, but I

can still do with some more

tips which is what the agency

offers me. The show is fun

to do, it’s laid-back and a bit

tongue-in-cheek. There’s no

bitchiness in it either, which

is rare. I also love working

with Tom [Read Wilson. The

show’s posh receptionist] – we

get on so well.

Your younger sister Demi

is doing the show with you,

isn’t she?

Yeah, we are doing double

dates together which makes it

a lot easier, because it can be a

bit nerve-wracking walking in

on your own to meet a guy you

have never met – in front of a

camera crew. But with Demi

there it makes it feel all the

more comfortable. But

I won’t be taking

any advice on

dating from

Demi, that’s

for sure!

Would you

say you

have been

unlucky in

love in the

past?

Not completely.

I had a long

relationship with my

daughter’s dad, Matthew, and

I’ve had other relationships

that I have ended myself

because they weren’t really

working the way I wanted.

More recently I have had

a few little moments that

have made me unhappy –

but I think that’s the same

for everyone, I don’t carry

it around with me or feel

sorry for myself. I am very

independent and if I think

someone isn’t who I thought

he was, I just don’t want to

know them anymore. You just

have to get on with your life.

Your mum left you when

you were three years old.

Do you think you fear

rejection?

Not really. I’m still sad about

it, but I have a really good

relationship with my dad,

so I try not to think about it.

We are actually a very close

family and my daughter

[Maddie] gets to see her

grandad every week.

What does Maddie think

about you going on Celebs

Go Dating?

To be honest, she doesn’t take

a blind bit of notice. The first

time I went on the show she

didn’t even ask me why I was

doing it. I think because I’ve

always been on TV most of her

life it doesn’t bother her. But

with TOWIE there are certain

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hloe Sims made

her name as one

of the original

cast members on The

Only Way Is Essex. As a

single mum to 14-year-

old daughter Maddison,

Chloe opens up about

her relationship with

Maddie’s father and

why she is now looking

for love following her

split from TOWIE’s Dan

Edgar, 28. This month

‘Demi

and I do

double

dates’

With daughter

Maddie

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Chloe started TOWIE

with cousin Joey Essex