Inside I’m A Celebrity star Reverend Richard Coles’ relationship with famous actor after husband’s death

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! star Reverend Richard Coles has gained a legion of caller fans aft signing up to the ITV world series.

The Church of England clergyman has charmed viewers with his committedness to deceiving his chap campmates, his improbable friendship with Maura Higgins and his willingness to candidly talk astir his sexuality with GK Barry.

The 62-year-old archetypal recovered fame successful the 80s synth-pop duo The Communards alongside Jimmy Somerville, with the brace achieving 3 UK apical 10 hits.

In caller years he’s hosted BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live programme, appeared connected QI, Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You, arsenic good arsenic competing connected Strictly Come Dancing successful 2017.

Despite his little than awesome abilities connected the dancefloor, Richard endeared himself to viewers but did accidental it was a ‘brutal awakening’ discovering helium was not talented astatine dancing.  

Over the years Richard has besides spoken openly astir his backstage life, from increasing up cheery and the decease of his husband.

What has Reverend Richard Coles said astir his sexuality?

Richard archetypal came retired to his parent arsenic cheery aged 16 successful 1978.

He played her Tom Robinson’s opus Glad to Be Gay 4 times earlier she asked: ‘Darling, are you trying to archer maine something?’

In consequent years helium experienced a ‘mental crisis’, which past saw him beryllium diagnosed with objective slump and effort to instrumentality his ain life.

On an occurrence of I’m A Celebrity earlier this week Richard, who was ordained successful 2005, was asked by GK if helium ‘found it hard being cheery and doing that job’.

‘No, not astatine all. I’ve ne'er fixed it a moment’s twinge of anxiousness implicit whether God thought it was alright oregon not. Whether different radical thought it was alright oregon not, good I’m blessed to person that argument…’ helium shared.

‘Also, I was not the first. Sometimes I look astatine documents from the aboriginal church, oregon the religion of the Middle Ages and I conscionable deliberation – truthful gay,’ helium added.

Was Richard Coles married?

Two years aft being ordained, Richard began a narration with David Oldham, who was besides an Anglican priest.

The brace met erstwhile David, who was past an A&E nurse, visited the vicar to question proposal astir joining the clergy.

In 2010 they past entered into a civilian partnership, which the Church of England had allowed clergy to bash since 2005, with David taking connected Richard’s surname.

At the clip Richard said their narration was celibate but aboriginal revealed this wasn’t the lawsuit nevertheless he’d had to committedness that to beryllium capable to support his occupation arsenic a vicar.

In 2019 Richard announced his spouse had died aged 42, sharing connected societal media that his spouse ‘had been sick for a while’.

Then, successful 2021, Richard confirmed his hubby had died from alcoholism, penning astir his struggles successful the publication The Madness of Grief: A Memoir of Love and Loss.

‘It was really, truly pugnacious to spot idiosyncratic you emotion destruct himself. It is similar idiosyncratic is drowning and you propulsion them a lifebelt but they are conscionable not taking the lifebelt. And I did effort everything I could deliberation of to assistance him halt drinking, and successful fairness to him helium did effort too, but it was excessively overmuch for him,’ helium wrote.

‘The 2nd happening is, it is conscionable precise awkward, particularly if you are a vicar and you are meant to beryllium unflappable and cleanable and my beingness was not and is not cleanable and I wasn’t unflappable erstwhile David’s drinking was astatine its worst.’

After his drinking became truthful superior David mislaid his vicar licence from the bishop, his alcoholism led to liver damage, and helium was recovered by Richard successful their impermanent country holding onto a bucket of vomit and humor successful December 2019.

As David’s information worsened, the determination was made to crook disconnected his oxygen.

In 2022 Richard announced helium would beryllium retiring arsenic a parish clergyman successful Finedon successful Northamptonshire aft 11 years and past moved to Sussex.

Although helium said helium didn’t privation to permission the Church of England helium ‘didn’t peculiarly privation to person to uphold aspects of its beingness which I deliberation are not accordant with our calling to information and justness and quality dignity’.

Is Richard Coles successful a narration now?  

Richard has been dating histrion Richard Cant for the past 2 years aft they met connected a dating app,

Richard, who goes by Dickie, has appeared connected Midsomer Murders, Doctor Who, The Bill and It’s A Sin.

The reverend antecedently spoke astir deciding to effort online dating, saying: ‘I wanted to spell connected a website wherever I would conscionable idiosyncratic who was not looking for a sweetener daddy, who was my age, who lived successful my benignant of world, who I could stock my beingness with.’

The couple’s archetypal day was astatine the Royal Horticultural Society.

Opening up to Maura successful the jungle, Richard revealed that he’s present been with Dickie for 2 years, explaining that helium ‘didn’t spot it coming’.

I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! continues contiguous astatine 9pm connected ITV1.

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