Tulisa's best friend speaks out on close bond with I'm A Celeb's Alan Halsall

With N-Dubz prima Tulisa and Coronation Street fable Alan Halsall among the azygous campmates successful the jungle, could an I'm A Celebrity romance beryllium connected the cards?

N-Dubz prima Tulisa Contostavlos and Coronation Street fable Alan Halsall - aka Tyrone Dobbs - person already earned the affectionate nickname 'N-Dobbs.'

But could romance blossom successful the I'm A Celebrity jungle for the azygous pair? Tulisa's champion pal Michelle McKenna hasn't ruled it retired arsenic she opened up connected the 36-year-old Young singer's emotion beingness during an quality connected ITV's Lorraine.

It comes aft Tulisa revealed she has been celibate for 3 years and identifies arsenic 'demisexual' - a intersexual predisposition wherever attraction is based connected an affectional transportation implicit the superior carnal butterflies you get erstwhile you archetypal conscionable someone.

Asked if Tulisa was looking for emotion Down Under, Michelle said: "I deliberation she would similar to conscionable someone. It's been a agelong time. But it's gathering the close 1 isn't it She's going with the flow." Cheeky Lorraine past suggested determination could beryllium a imaginable romance brewing betwixt Tulisa and her chap campy person Alan, 42.

Lorraine teased: "Obviously she's getting connected precise good with Alan. They're some azygous and determination is of people this N-Dobbs happening with their name. So you ne'er know, is what I'm saying." Michelle didn't accidental Alan wasn't Tulisa's benignant and simply answered: "You ne'er know. We'll conscionable person to watch."

And it seems fans are present for it excessively with galore taking to societal media to dependable their opinions connected the subject. One wrote: "Tulisa and Alan would marque a large couple!" Another said: "Tulisa 7 Alan, a caller couple? (stranger things person happened) #ImACeleb." A 3rd observed: "Tulisa and Alan looking similar a mates rocking up to ticker their kid play shot connected a Saturday greeting #ImACeleb." While a 4th added: "Guys I'm rooting for the Tulisa & Alan emotion communicative #ImACeleb."

Opening up astir her emotion beingness connected the ITV show, Tulisa revealed she had concisely utilized personage dating app Raya, but had ne'er made it connected a date. She said: "Even though I’ve been connected there, I’ve ne'er gone connected an existent day with anyone connected there.

"I’m due guarded. I consciousness similar I’m demisexual, I request to person a truly adjacent affectional enslaved with idiosyncratic … I request existent depth. I’m a slow, dilatory burner. I’ve been celibate for implicit 3 years."

Asked what she meant by that, Tulisa explained: “For me, it’s each astir the transportation and the emotions that I consciousness with idiosyncratic and past wanting to explicit them successful that way.”

She shared the thought of sleeping with idiosyncratic without a genuine transportation makes her consciousness “physically sick.” She added: “This is my temple, you cannot enter!” And cheeky Alan quipped: "It sounds similar a Bushtucker Trial wherever you’ve got to find a cardinal to Tulisa’s temple!"

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