{"id":1972506,"date":"2025-08-21T15:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1972506"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:22:48","slug":"mark-labbetts-celebs-go-dating-journey-will-end-in-surprising-way-after-viral-clip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mark-labbetts-celebs-go-dating-journey-will-end-in-surprising-way-after-viral-clip\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Labbett’s Celebs Go Dating journey will end in ‘surprising’ way after viral clip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Celebs Go Dating’s Anna Williamson has hinted how The Chase star’s journey could end after he went viral for ‘falling asleep’ during his first romantic meet up on the show.<\/h2>\n
\"Mark<\/span>The Chase star has went viral following his first appearance on Celebs Go Dating<\/span>(Image: E4)<\/span><\/div>\n

The Chase star Mark Labbett has certainly made his entrance on Celebs Go Dating<\/a>. In the most recent episode, which aired on Wednesday, August 20, he stepped out his comfort zone for his first date.<\/p>\n

Despite being unexperienced in the dating world<\/a>, relationship guru Anna Williamson told us that she believes Mark was a “fantastic signing” from the E4 production team. She also hinted at how his dating journey will end, following its turbulent start.<\/p>\n

“Mark is fantastic, he’s been a brilliant signing,” dating coach Anna told the Record<\/a>. “Well done to the casting for welcoming Mark and of course, well done to Mark for wanting to come on.”<\/p>\n

Anna also touched on Mark’s TikTok viral moments following his appearance on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“We knew that was going to happen,” Anna admitted, suppressing a laugh before recalling how the quiz whizz – known as The Beast – yawned his way through his date<\/a> with Natalie, before mistakingly attempting to drink a candle instead of his drink.<\/p>\n

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\"Mark<\/span>Mark and his most recent ex Hayley Palmer<\/span>(Image: Instagram)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Anna noted: “I think that shows how much work we need to do with him. But we are always there to champion people including Mark quite rightly, and how he finishes the series, I think, will be very very surprising to people, in a good way.”<\/p>\n

Ahead of his debut on the show, Mark said: \u201cI’ve been single for most of my life. I\u2019m a little bit on the spectrum.” Mark says he finds human signals much harder than trivia. “Facts are easy, people are complicated,” he added.<\/p>\n

In the scenes aired on Wednesday,Mark could be seen struggling to stay awake and at one point even closed his eyes for several seconds. He had them shut for so long that show narrator Rob Beckett humorously remarked he was “dropping off”.<\/p>\n

Rob then added: “Catching 40 winks whilst eating is a skill.” In his previous love life off screen, Mark was married to Katie, who was 27 years younger than him, from 2014 to 2020.<\/p>\n

The pair first crossed paths on Facebook in 2010. However, it wasn’t until 2012 when sparks started to fly after Mark invited her to a celebrity special of the show.<\/p>\n

After their split, Mark went on to date Hayley Palmer, although the pair went their separate ways just a year later shortly after marking their anniversary in May last year, 2024.<\/p>\n

The Sky TV presenter informed her followers at the time: “It is with regret I announce that myself and Mark have gone our separate ways. We had the best year together, and I truly wish him all the very best for the future.”<\/p>\n

“Off I go to listen to Taylor Swift “, she added to the post alongside a broken-heart emoji.<\/p>\n

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\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.dailyrecord.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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