‘It’s been emotional watching my ex move on,’ says Gogglebox’s Daniel as he defends ex Stephen on Celebs Go Dating

GOGGLEBOX prima Daniel Lustig-Webb has admitted that it's been "emotional" watching his ex Stephen connected Celebs Go Dating.

The TV favourite, 49, said helium initially did not program to ticker his ex connected the E4 show, but admitted helium is arrogant of Stephen for putting himself retired determination successful a bid to find emotion again.

Daniel, who divided from Stephen aft six years of marriage, praised his erstwhile spouse arsenic "generous" but described him arsenic "Marmite" - aft helium received backlash from immoderate of his dates for his "inappropriate" jokes.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Daniel said: "Stephen's done well, he's had a batch of flak but I deliberation his full communicative goes truly positive.

"I deliberation radical volition commencement to spot the existent Stephen.

"He's ne'er been shy, helium is rather naughty, helium likes to propulsion the boundaries - he's marmite, helium mightiness accidental thing and they mightiness spell 'you can't accidental that', but helium conscionable wants a effect from people.

"He is the astir playful person, he's not harmful astatine all. I retrieve each of our first dates, helium was truthful beauteous and specified a generous person.

"Some volition get him, he's marmite, immoderate volition get him and immoderate won't."

Opening up astir Stephen dating for the archetypal clip aft their split, Daniel said: "I've watched each of it truthful far, I wasn't going to ticker it astatine all.

"Some of it is hard to watch, it's rather emotional.

"Sometimes I'm similar 'don't accidental that, halt it', but he's doing well.

"We inactive unrecorded together, we haven't sold our level and we inactive enactment together.

"We've spoken astir his dates and I've been connected the amusement and watched him get acceptable and archer him to 'have a bully clip connected his dates'.

"I'm connected it again erstwhile I assistance him chose his outfits.

"We're some successful a abstraction present wherever we privation to determination on.

"We conscionable request to merchantability our level and we can, we are inactive business partners, we person dogs."

Daniel admitted it's been pugnacious to ticker his ex day connected TV, saying: "It's a weird one, erstwhile you spell done separation and divorce, you don't expect to ticker it connected the telly.

"But that is our life, we opened up our beingness to everyone being connected Gogglebox and talked astir everything and present it's retired there."

Daniel added: "Stephen's travel volition spell precocious high precocious and it has and everyone volition spot a softer broadside to him.

"I deliberation he's astir apt taken distant a amended mode of knowing however radical respond to him and reacting to his humour."

Meanwhile, Daniel said he's enactment himself connected Hinge successful a bid to find love.

He told us: "There are immoderate nice bully looking guys connected there, I person been connected a fewer dates with the aforesaid guy. It's precise aboriginal days."

He added: "Last clip erstwhile I went for Stephen, who is implicit other to me, this clip I'm looking for idiosyncratic I link with and who is akin to me."

Daniel laughed: "I'm not successful a rush, I'm inactive married...I haven't got escaped of this 1 yet."

Last month, immoderate fans called retired Stephen and urged him to "dial down his ego".

Stephen met up with agents Anna Williamson and Dr. Tara Sunwinyatthichaiporn pursuing 1 of his dates.

He told the experts: "The past date, Danny, helium was lovely. I felt helium was a small spot nervous.

"I truly listened and really I was truly funny successful what helium was saying.

"I was trying to beryllium attentive to him and I was alert not to beryllium excessively flirty due to the fact that I'd gone overboard connected my past 2 dates."

Tara told him: "The information you recognised this and assessed yourself is simply a large improvement."

Later, the prima expressed his delight astatine yet getting "positive feedback from the agents".

Fans were not impressed, arsenic 1 wrote: "Stephen needs to dial down his ego #celebsgodating."

Another added: "Stephen was NOT funny and helium WAS flirty this feline talks truthful overmuch s**t #CelebsGoDating"

This acquisition followed an awkward erstwhile day with Dean Muir, who brutally rated the acquisition zero retired of ten.

The 39-year-old driving teacher told The Sun: “Stephen asked if I had enactment with my pupils successful the car.

"It was wholly inappropriate. "

The show's existent line-up besides includes Jamelia, Ella Morgan, Helen Flanagan, Chris Taylor, Tristan Phipps and Lauryn Goodman.

Celebs Go Dating airs connected E4.