Radio presenter Melvin Odoom might be "playing up to the cameras" on I'm A Celebrity...Get Out of Here!, according to insights from a friend about his romantic life.
The 44-year-old, currently featuring on the popular ITV programme, has been well-received by viewers. However, his recent admission of having a celebrity crush on Countdown icon Carol Vorderman left some fans taken aback.
Discussing his romantic history on ITV's Lorraine, Melvin's close friend and radio co-host Rickie Haywood-Williams, along with Melvin's sister Yonah Odoom, provided more details about the I'm A Celeb star's past relationships when asked about his way with women.
Attempting to delve deeper, stand-in host Ranvir Singh asked Rickie if Melvin was as smooth off-camera as he appeared on the show. She inquired: "OK, boy to boy, does he have any rizz?"
Continuing her line of questioning based on a previous incident on the show, she added: "Because he was trying out this chat up line potentially on Tulisa like Tulisa was trying to do the maths.
"She was trying to be Carol and he tried to go over to her and they were like, 'No, you're rubbish.' What is his chat like? Is he good with girls?" she further probed.
Rickie responded: "You know what, I think he was playing up to the camera a little bit, because Melvin is all about dates, he loves the art of dating. So I think he was playing up to the campmates there because Melvin is very smooth."
"He's very, very smooth. He's a smooth operator," the radio personality revealed. Ranvir was keen to delve deeper into the circumstances surrounding Carol changing his Instagram bio to "Vorderman to be."
It emerged that Melvin's sister had orchestrated the playful edit, which prompted her to share what she thinks Melvin would do if Carol greeted him upon exiting the jungle, reports the Mirror.
Yonah proclaimed: "That would be amazing. If Carol went out, I think he would literally faint."
She continued with a recount of a previous encounter Melvin and Carol shared: "When Melvin bumped into her before, he was actually very nervous; he couldn't get any game words out."
On current matters of the heart, Yonah confirmed to Ranvir and viewers tuning in that Melvin is currently "very single".
Lorraine airs weekdays at 9am on ITV1.
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