Gogglebox’s Daniel Lustig reveals why ‘inappropriate’ new romance didn’t work out after shock marriage split

GOGGLEBOX prima Daniel Lustig has said it’s ‘a shame’ a caller romance didn’t enactment out, and revealed his crushed why.

The 49-year-old is backmost looking for emotion after his divided from ex Stephen, pursuing 11 years together.

And the Gogglebox favourite has taken to the apps, where’s helium had success, including 1 day which helium enjoyed astatine Brighton’s Soho House.

But it was the 18-year property spread that Daniel conscionable couldn’t get connected committee with.

Opening up astir the date, Daniel, who is 49, told The Sun: “There was a truly beauteous guy, helium was 31 truthful truly young.

“We went connected a day astatine Soho House successful Brighton. And that was truly lovely. But erstwhile helium was determination I conscionable realised, you know, helium was excessively young for me.”

Daniel continued: “He was beauteous and sprightly and excitable, and helium had an astonishing occupation arsenic a writer.

“And helium was besides conscionable truthful absorbing arsenic a person.

“But I thought possibly if I was 31 oregon 35 adjacent past t would person been perfect.

“It’s a shame but he’s 31, and let’s time we got unneurotic for 20 years – he’d beryllium 51 which is practically what I americium now, and I’ll beryllium similar 70.”

Daniel playfully added: “I’d beryllium similar ‘hand maine the crutches.’”

The TV favourite explained that their determination not to conscionable up again was “a small spot mutual.”

“We had a truly nice day, and we had a cocktail and meal but past we benignant of said goodbye to each different and I deliberation we messaged saying we had a truly bully time, convey you precise much, but that was it.

“Obviously if he’d past started trying to connection maine backmost oregon something, I’d person decidedly had to person the speech astir wherever I stood with things.”

But his property spread romance to 1 side, Daniel has been dating different people.

He said: “I was dating idiosyncratic - if you tin adjacent telephone it that – we went connected 4 dates successful London, and it was truly fun.

“But that was virtually the archetypal feline I dated since the split, truthful it was a spot of a learning curve.

“We were precise akin successful property though, we had a batch successful common, it was very nice and we had a batch of fun.”

But Daniel admits that things betwixt the 2 of them “dried up” romantically.

The 49-year-old, who said he’d beryllium much than keen to give Celebs Go Dating a go, said radical haven’t truly clocked connected to his Gogglebox fame.

Asked if helium was disquieted radical would swipe close due to the fact that they’d seen him connected the show, Daniel shared: “The radical I person chatted to oregon met haven't mentioned it connected the archetypal oregon 2nd date, and if they benignant of gaffe it in, I deliberation ‘Oh, that's rather cool.’ You cognize what I mean. I don’t privation dating to beryllium similar an interview.”

And the azygous prima is trying his hardest not to beryllium picky connected his dating quest, sometimes unsuccessfully.

Daniel added: “I've been rather open, actually, due to the fact that successful the past I'd beryllium similar ‘they indispensable beryllium this age, ‘they indispensable look similar this. But present my property bracket is much unfastened than it utilized to be. So that's interesting.

“To beryllium honest, I’m not excessively picky but past erstwhile I conscionable them I tin truly beryllium picky.

“I besides don’t similar each the texting connected the apps, I don’t privation a pen friend!”

And the amusement favourite shared that anyone helium dates volition besides person to judge that helium and ex Stephen are inactive bully friends.

Daniel playfully added: “It’s thing radical volition conscionable person to enactment up with. We’re business partners and besides canine daddy’s arsenic we stock a canine together.

“When I met Stephen I was inactive pals with my ex, and helium took that connected the chin.

“You don’t person to beryllium truly bully friends with these radical but you person to respect it. It’s immoderate Louis Vuitton baggage!”

Daniel doesn’t privation to “live connected the apps” erstwhile it comes to gathering idiosyncratic knew, alternatively saying helium prefers a much accepted mode of going astir things.

“I’d similar to conscionable idiosyncratic out, strolling on the formation with my canine oregon successful a bar, similar however it utilized to be.

“If a person acceptable maine up connected a day I’d person to enactment the parameters retired there, and if they got it incorrect I’d astir apt ne'er talk to my person again!”

Despite Daniel’s hunt for romance, the prima is engaged juggling owning 2 hair salon businesses, alongside a beingness successful the spotlight arsenic a TV personality.

He’s precocious appeared on The Weakest Link, and shares his tendency to 1 time instrumentality to the Strictly Come Dancing dancefloor, but “doesn’t consciousness celebrated astatine all.”

Daniel added: “If we're not filming thing oregon doing thing similar beingness is conscionable the aforesaid arsenic everyone elses.

“I'm going retired connected the formation picking up the canine poo successful the rain. I've got to tally to get successful my car rapidly to get to enactment truthful I'm not late, you know, surviving the aforesaid beingness arsenic everyone else.”

And connected a Gogglebox return? Well, Daniel says “never accidental never.”