{"id":7366,"date":"2025-11-23T21:45:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T22:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/?p=7366"},"modified":"2025-11-24T12:23:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T12:23:45","slug":"im-a-celebrity-fans-given-hope-for-jungle-romance-after-star-recently-split-from-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/23\/im-a-celebrity-fans-given-hope-for-jungle-romance-after-star-recently-split-from-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m A Celebrity fans given hope for jungle romance after star recently \u2018split from girlfriend\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Aitch is believed to be single, having split from his girlfriend before entering I’m A Celebrity (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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\t\t\t\t\tsummary__ai-icon<\/title>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-metro-gutenberg-summary\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fans of I’m A Celebrity speculate about a potential romance between Aitch and Shona McGarty in the jungle<\/li>\n<li>Both Aitch and Shona have recently come out of respective relationships, giving fans hope<\/li>\n<li>Aitch has expressed a crush on Shona, sparking excitement among viewers who are eager to see how their dynamic unfolds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ai-disclaimer\">\n\t\t\t\t\tCreated with AI assistance. Quality assured by Metro editors.\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/im-a-celebrity\/\">I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!<\/a> viewers may have every reason to hope for a jungle romance this series after all.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/aitch\/\">Aitch<\/a> confessed <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/22\/im-a-celebrity-star-shona-mcgartys-co-star-romance-ex-fiance-potential-jungle-match-24778051\/\">his crush on ex-EastEnders actress Shona McGarty<\/a>, leaving fans to dub them the new <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/katie-price\/\">Katie Price<\/a> and <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/peter-andre\/\">Peter Andre<\/a>, who got married after meeting on the reality show in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the Manchester-born musician – whose real name is Harrison Armstrong – confided in <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/social-media\/\">social media<\/a> star Angry Ginge, saying he had ‘a bit of a soft spot’ for the soap icon, 34.<\/p>\n<p>And in the latest development, it’s been reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/16\/aitchs-name-explained-im-a-celebritys-highest-paid-star-enters-jungle-24720745\/\">Aitch was 100% single<\/a> upon entering the camp.<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on I'm A Celeb\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It’s believed that the Taste (Make It Shake) hitmaker was dating psychology student Lois Cottam; hence, some fans were confused when he began flirting with Shona.<\/p>\n<p>But according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/37414699\/im-a-celeb-aitch-split-girlfriend-shona-mcgarty\/\">The Sun<\/a>, they parted ways this month ahead of Aitch’s stint Down Under, which has quickly <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/11\/23\/favourite-win-im-a-celebrity-2025-latest-odds-revealed-24768173\/\">seen him become a favourite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24778843 lazyload\" alt=\"STRICT EMBARGO - NOT FOR USE BEFORE 22:15 GMT, 19 Nov 2025 - EDITORIAL USE ONLY Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/Shutterstock (15853858ai) Lisa Weight Loss - Lisa Riley and Shona McGarty 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 25, Show 4, Australia - 19 Nov 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_274932392-c013.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>The rapper recently confessed his crush on Shona McGarty (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A source said: ‘Aitch and Lois still have a lot of love for each other, but they decided they are better off as friends.<\/p>\n<p>‘They enjoyed the time they spent together.<\/p>\n<p>‘Things ended amicably between them.’<\/p>\n<p>The insider added that the two 25-year-olds don’t share any ‘bad blood’, and she is rooting for him on the show.<\/p>\n<p>It’s said Aitch dated Lois, from Cheshire, for around a year, with reports surfacing in March that he had whisked her away on a romantic trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/new-york\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And while their 12-month relationship also included a getaway to <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/greece\/\">Greek<\/a> island Santorini, they chose to keep the details private, with Aitch not having shared any photos together online.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"386\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24779873 lazyload\" alt=\"STRICT EMBARGO - NOT FOR USE BEFORE 22:00 GMT, 22 Nov 2025 - EDITORIAL USE ONLY Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/Shutterstock (15874047ap) Morning Story - Aitch 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 25, Show 7, Australia - 22 Nov 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_275288303-8705.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Aitch has kept his relationships pretty private in recent months (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"770\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24778838 lazyload\" alt=\"Shona McGarty 'splits from fianc?' David Bracken after a year\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_272868219-d8b3-e1763937091583.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Shona got engaged to David Bracken last year, but it’s said they also recently parted ways (Picture: Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His relationship history also includes Australian model Lola Rose Thompson, from whom he split in late 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Their romance was more public, but their breakup turned sour in September when Aitch claimed on a <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/podcasts\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">podcast<\/a> that one of his exes ‘soiled the bed’ during a trip to <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/bali\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Bali<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While he did not name names, days later, Lola outed herself in a furious <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/tiktok\/\">TikTok<\/a> video, accusing Aitch of being \u2018disrespectful\u2019 and exaggerating the incident.<\/p>\n<section class=\"metro-comment-cta\">\n<div class=\"metro-comment-cta__inner\"><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text-wrap\"><title>Comment now<\/title><span class=\"metro-comment-cta__text\">Are you here for an Aitch and Shona jungle romance?<\/span><\/span><a class=\"metro-comment-cta__button\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\">Comment Now<\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>As for EastEnders star Shona – who left her role as Whitney Dean last May – she is also believed to have recently become single.<\/p>\n<p>She was engaged to Irish guitarist David Bracken, who popped the question last year, but they mutually called off their engagement not long before her I’m A Celeb debut.<\/p>\n<p>A source shared with The Sun that things were left on ‘amicable terms’, insisting there were ‘no hard feelings’ between the former lovers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24784158 lazyload\" alt=\"STRICT EMBARGO - NOT FOR USE BEFORE 22:00 GMT, 23 Nov 2025 - EDITORIAL USE ONLY Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/Shutterstock (15898829k) Leadership Reveal - Shona McGarty 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!' TV show, Series 25, Show 8, Australia - 23 Nov 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_275429294-54a3.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Fans are very much here for this potential jungle romance (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"373\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24775041 lazyload\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by ITV\/Shutterstock (443235ad) Jordan [Katie Price] [KATIE PRICE] AND PETER ANDRE 'I'M A CELEBRITY, GET ME OUT OF HERE' TV PROGRAMME, AUSTRALIA - 04 FEB 2004\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/SEI_275221639-9108.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>Could we be looking at another Katie Price and Peter Andre situ? (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>‘They realised they wanted different things and are better off as friends,’ they explained.<\/p>\n<p>‘Shona is now focusing on her music and career.’<\/p>\n<p>David actually showed his support for Shona with a sweet Instagram Story before this year’s launch show aired, writing: ‘Let’s go girl [muscle emoji] you got this’, alongside a selfie of them together.<\/p>\n<p>But that does mean she and Aitch could be the next hot couple of I’m A Celebrity, which fans are very much here for.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to X after Aitch slyly confessed his feelings, @Coopernator wrote: ‘I\u2019m already deeply committed to the Shona and Aitch Jungle romance, just so everyone knows. How can we aide this from our sofas?’<\/p>\n<div class=\"flourish-embed flourish-chart\" data-src=\"visualisation\/26264031\" data-secret=\"KTiM1SZki4\"><\/div>\n<p>‘I\u2019m here for Aitch and Shona, they\u2019d make a good couple’, said @unique_rhea.<\/p>\n<p>‘Aitch and Shona the couple we didn\u2019t know we needed’, echoed @mc_chug.<\/p>\n<p>Although not everyone is ‘shipping’ it, with some viewers arguing they could be playing up for a ‘showmance’.<\/p>\n<p>But with Camp Leader Aitch actively choosing to give Shona the easier tasks out of the group, something tells us he definitely feels a spark.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>I’m A Celebrity continues each night at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page – we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<section id=\"share-buttons-bottom\" class=\"share-buttons share-buttons-bottom\"><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span><title>Comment now<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-comments__label\">Comments<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span><title>Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/title><\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"share-bar-preferred-source__label\">Add as preferred source<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aitch is believed to be single, having split from his girlfriend before entering I’m A Celebrity (Picture: ITV\/Shutterstock) Key Points summary__ai-icon Fans of I’m A Celebrity speculate about a potential romance between Aitch and Shona McGarty in the jungle Both Aitch and Shona have recently come out of respective relationships, giving fans hope Aitch has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7366"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7375,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7366\/revisions\/7375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.unlockingsite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}