Christine McGuinness addresses support from fans after 'date' with famous friend

14 April 2023 , 17:19

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Christine McGuinness has addressed her recent "date" with one of her pals, confirming to her fans that she had been joking and is "not doing dates" at the moment.

The model, 35, had teased that she was going on a "date" to her followers on Instagram a few days ago, which she has since said had prompted supportive messages from fans.

She's understood to have met one of her pals at a restaurant in London on Wednesday (April 12), ahead of her attending the launch of No.7's Future Renew later that night.

Christine - who announced last year that she had separated from her husband Paddy McGuinness, 49 - addressed the situation in a video that she uploaded the following day.

The mother-of-three confirmed that she had been out with her pal Duncan James, 45 - whom she became friends with after meeting on ITV 's Strictly The Real Full Monty in 2021.

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Christine McGuinness addresses support from fans after 'date' with famous friend

Christine McGuinness issued a message to fans after teasing that she was going on a 'date' (@mrscmcguinness/Instagram)

She confirmed that she had actually been out with her pal Duncan James (@mrscmcguinness/Instagram)

She said: "Loads of you are saying 'oh I'm so happy for you' that I was on a date. It was my mate. Duncan's my friend. Duncan's got a gorgeous partner. I love them both."

Christine further stated about the situation in the video: "But yeah, I was only taking the p*** when I said 'I'm on a date.' I don't like dates. Not doing dates. Absolutely not."

The post also saw her speak about having had a "really good night," following her catch-up with Duncan.

She commented towards the end of the video yesterday: "Oh my voice keeps going. I've been talking all night. I laughed so much. It was really good. [A] really good night."

Their catch-up is understood to have been prior to her attending the launch of No.7's Future Renew (Joe Pepler/PinPep)

Christine recently shared her thoughts on dating following her split from Paddy McGuinness (Getty Images)

Christine recently shared her thoughts on dating following her separation from Paddy. The former couple - who share three children - were together for more than a decade.

During an exclusive interview with the Mirror recently, the former Real Housewives of Cheshire star commented: "Actual dating I can't think of anything worse".

She added: "I think for an autistic person it is so much worse because the dating scene from what I've heard, you have to go into a restaurant, you're meeting someone you don't know, you're in a place that you might not have been to before."

Christine said she knew Paddy before they dated, saying: "I think once you're comfortable with someone, then you can do your dinner dates. I need it to happen the other way round."

She further commented about dating: "Ideally, I would have to know someone first before I started dating like me and Patrick were friends first and then it turns romantic."

Christine suggested in the interview that she has "zero time" for dating at the moment though, with her instead currently wanting to "focus on work and on [her] children".