Carol Vorderman has issued a message directly to Melvin Odoom after he declared his love for her in the I'm A Celebrity camp.
The BBC Radio 1 star revealed his surprise celebrity crush to his fellow campmates after receiving his luxury item while on the ITV show. Melvin chose to have a pillow with former Countdown star Carol on it to help him through his I'm A Celebrity journey. During Wednesday's show, Melvin revealed he was too scared to speak to her when they were both at the Pride of Britain Awards.
N-Dbuz singer Tulisa gave him some words of advice as she told him how he should approach her. Speaking in the Bush Telegraph later, Melvin confessed: "She could be watching this right now and be thinking, ‘I need myself a jungle man.’" He went on to say that he would take Carol's surname, should they ever get married.
Carol has indeed been watching as she appeared on spin-off show I'm a Celebrity... Unpacked, where she shared her thoughts. The maths whizz sent a voice note into the show where she teased: “Melvin… or should I say jungle man, Melvin Vorderman. Right, question, have you been spying on me? Because only last night I had little Thai food..."
Host Joel Dommett giggled as he failed to understand where Carol was going with her message. She then added: "Jungle man, keep doing what you are doing, you’re doing a brilliant job. see you on other side." Her message was in reference to Melvin saying he would like to take her to a Thai restaurant.
In camp, Tulisa told him: "Melvin, a strong woman like that is gonna appreciate you going: 'I just wanna say I think you're a sensational woman and I'd love to take you out for a drink and get to know you if you'd be happy to oblige me.’" She then suggested they act out how Melvin could approach Carol, with Tulisa pretending to be the TV star.
He asked: "Hello Carol, great work on Pride of Britain. Are you free on Saturday?" However, Melvin received harsh words from his campmates as they agreed he was trying too hard. Melvin attempted again as he said: "You look sensational today, you're actually glowing, has anyone ever said that? Listen, I've booked a restaurant for next week, it's gonna be Thai food all expenses paid, I'm gonna send the cab to your house for about 8pm, I'll see you there." An impressed Tulisa jumped up and ran after him.
Melvin has always been incredibly private about his romantic life but it is believed the DJ is currently single. Carol sent a voice note into the spin-off show on Tuesday as well, where she said: “Melvin, I'm blushing redder than that leather red dress I'm wearing on your pillowcase. But I'll be rooting for you all the way through, and see you on the other side."
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