Josie Gibson shot to fame after winning hit reality TV show Big Brother back in 2010, and while she had an on-screen romance at the time, since then it’s not been plane sailing
This Morning’s Josie Gibson is adored throughout the country as the TV star that won our hearts when she first appeared in Big Brother.
And more than a decade later, she has now been confirmed as Phillip Schofield’s replacement after he quit ITV amid his “unwise but not illegal” affair with a much younger colleague.
When Josie joined Big Brother, she struck up a relationship with fellow contestant John James Parton and went on to win the 2010 series of the hit reality show.
But the former financial sales rep wasn’t so lucky in love and her relationship came to an end just a year later.
Since then, her love life has kept chins wagging, as she recently declared she was looking for a new partner, adding: “I’d love attention from a man!”
→ Swipe to see more articles
But then she announced the revelation that she was leaving the dating world as the mum-of-one admitted she simply “can’t be bothered” to find love again.
Josie Gibson admits she’s looking for romance: “I’d love attention from a man!”
What do you think about Josie’s love life? Let us know in the comments…
When she appeared on ITV’s Loose Women at the start of the year, Josie shared some candid details about her love life and insisted it wasn’t her top priority at the time.
Chatting with Kaye Adams, Katie Piper, Judi Love and Kelly Holmes, Josie said she’d rather focus on her four-year-old son Reggie than find a new man to date.
Speaking on the show, she said: “Judi, where would I fit them in because I’m either at work or I’m looking after my little boy?
“The thing is, I’m only doing it the one time. So if I date somebody, that’s time I’m taking away from my little boy and I want to spend as much time as humanely possible with him.”
The 38-year-old star had her son Reggie, four, with her ex-boyfriend Terry – whom she split from later a few years ago.
She insisted that everything is “amicable” with Terry and the pair are co-parenting together.
She said in an interview with OK! magazine in 2022: “He’s a brilliant dad.
Josie Gibson welcomed her son, Reggie-James, in September 2018 (
Image:
Josie Gibson/Instagram)
“He idolises Reg and Reg idolises him. It’s a shame it didn’t work out with us but actually, he dedicates his time to Reg, so Reg gets the best of both of us.
“I was brought up without a dad and I wouldn’t want that for my little boy.”
Terry moved back in with Josie during the pandemic but the pair parted ways once again with Josie saying at the time “I’ll never go back.”
But despite this, she insisted that she’d never introduce new boyfriends to her son after splitting up from Terry.
Speaking about motherhood, dating and dieting with OK! magazine, she said: “It would be nice to be taken out for dinner by someone. But I couldn’t give them anything else.
“I just want someone to give me maybe a little bit of attention – and dinner.
Josie got in a relationship with fellow housemate John James but they split up in 2011 (
Image:
Rex)
“But my son is too young. I’m really quite funny about that. I don’t like people in my son’s circle.
“It’s hard because if you meet someone, you want to bring them into your life. But I can’t show them my life because I don’t want to put Reg at risk like that.
But it sounds like finding a new partner might be on the back burner now, as the ITV star said she “can’t be bothered” with love.
Earlier this year, she said on Loose Women: “Aside from spending the morning with Dermot on the 14th, I have no plans. I can’t even pull a party cracker. There’s definitely not any valentine for me this year.
Josie is a proud mum, and wants to spend as much time as possible with her son“I’m not sure Reg would be impressed if I got a boyfriend at the moment. He already shares me with This Morning, and I don’t want him to share me with anyone else.
“I just haven’t met anybody where I think, ‘yeah, you could really fit into my life’ and it’s also the time and effort too – you’ve got to meet, trust them, date, work each other out, the messaging, I just can’t be bothered.”
Josie’s most famous relationship was back when she first rose to fame following her stint on Big Brother.
After winning the Channel 4 show, she and John took their romance into the real world.
The pair flirted intensely throughout their time in the house together and they then dated in the outside world – with their relationship even documented in her spin-off show There’s Something About Josie.
But it wasn’t to be, as Josie and the Australian star – who has since appeared on Love Island over in his home country – parted ways after a break up in 2011.
