Chantelle Houghton reveals ex-husband Preston wants an invite to her wedding to Michael Strutt following their three month whirlwind romance
Chantelle Houghton’s ex-husband Samuel Preston, wants an invite to her wedding.
The 36-year-old reality star recently got engaged to Michael Strutt following a whirlwind romance.
And Preston, 38, who she met on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 and married later that year – is so happy for the couple, he would love to be a part of their big day.
A popular lady: Chantelle Houghton has claimed ex-husband Preston wants an invite to her wedding to Michael Strutt (pictured) following their three month whirlwind romance
Chantelle split from Preston in 2007 after less than a year of marriage, but they remain friends and Chantelle said Preston had sent her his congratulations.
She said: ‘He said he was really happy for me, And then he asked if he’d be invited to the wedding! Maybe he could perform? I should ask him.’
However, Michael’s former fiancée – with whom he has two children – wasn’t so happy about the news.
He told new! magazine: ‘It was a bit more of a sore subject with my ex. I have two children with her, a son and a daughter, and I think it was hard for her to accept my kids having another woman in their lives.
Love: Chantelle split from Preston in 2007 after less than a year of marriage, but they remain friends and Chantelle said Preston had sent her his congratulations (pictured in 2006)
‘But everything’s OK at the moment. There are no hard feelings. She’s in my life regardless, so we have to make it work.’
Chantelle and Michael had been so excited about their engagement that they had put it up on Instagram without telling their families.
She said both her mother’s partner and her brother quickly got in touch to ask why they had found out the news second-hand.
And Chantelle had admitted she had put Michael ‘through hell’ and ‘pushed and pushed him’ as a matter of self-sabotage because she had trust issues.
Chantelle began posting cryptic snaps of her beau on her Instagram page earlier this year, and recently revealed he had popped the question at the start of lockdown.
Exes: The former couple met on Celebrity Big Brother in 2006 and married later that year – and Preston is happy for the new couple, he said he would love to be a part of their big day
The couple have been friends for nine years and together for three and a half months but are ready to spend their lives together following a whirlwind romance.
Sharing a picture of an engagement ring, Chantelle wrote: ‘Ok, I know it’s lockdown and isolation but he just asked me to marry him: I said YES. I will love him forever.’
Their engagement news comes just weeks after Chantelle reunited with her ex-husband Preston for a magazine shoot 13 years after their split.
Chantelle also recently revealed she has thought about having kids with ex Preston, who she was married to for a year after meeting on Celebrity Big Brother.
In an interview with Daily Star, the mum-of-one was asked if she has ever thought about having children with The Ordinary Boys singer to which she replied ‘definitely.’
She divulged: ‘I’ve sometimes thought about it. If we’d stayed together then yeah, definitely.’
Chantelle is now mum to a seven-year-old daughter with ex Alex Reid, whom she split up with three months after their baby was born in July 2012.
However, she told the publication that she thinks Preston would be ‘an amazing dad.’
She said: ‘I think he’ll be an amazing dad. He’ll be so much fun, so caring, so kind. He’ll make a fantastic father!’
Another famous ex: Chantelle raises her daughter, aged seven, with her ex Alex Reid whom she split up with three months after their baby was born in July 2012 (pictured in 2012)