After years of Heartache and Silent Struggles – Big Brother UK host AJ Odudu stuns fans with emotional Black-and-White engagement reveal to mystery fiancé!
AJ Odudu has announced that she is engaged, as she shared a slew of loved-up snaps with her mystery fiancé for the first time.
The Big Brother host, 37, took to her Instagram on Monday evening to share the exciting news, as she proudly showed off her huge diamond ring on her ring finger.
While she revealed her partner’s face for the first time to her followers, the couple packed on the PDA in a compilation of black-and-white photos – but AJ refrained from revealing his name.
Captioning the smitten post, AJ confirmed their engagement by writing: ‘Hiya love. ❤️’ followed by the ring emoji.
The happy announcement came as a surprise to fans, as the presenter had not publicly confirmed she was in a relationship prior to the post, with her followers and famous friends rushing to the comments to voice their congratulations.
Vicky Pattison was quick to gush: ‘Love this! Congrats gorgeous’, while Love Island’s Chloe Burrows added: ‘Omg congrats!! ❤️❤️’
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AJ Odudu has announced that she is engaged, as she shared a slew of loved-up snaps with her mystery fiancé for the first time
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The Big Brother host, 37, took to her Instagram on Monday evening to share the exciting news, as she proudly showed off her huge diamond ring on her ring finger
Ben Shephard wrote: ‘Wonderful news!! ❤️’, with Lucy Fallon penning: ‘oh how lovely!!! congratulations queen’ and Strictly’s Johannes Radebe adding: ‘Awww congrats’.
Ugo Monye commented: ‘A M A Z I N G ❤️✨ congrats AJ!!! Xx’, followed by Megan McKenna adding: ‘Congratulations ❤️❤️❤️’ and Katherine Ryan leaving a string of heart emojis.
While AJ’s fans chimed in, writing: ‘Now this is an incredible hard launch with big news! So happy for you ❤️’; ‘AJ IDO-DO Congratulations!! X’.
‘OH MY GOD!!!!! COME ON THEN!!!!!!!!!! Couple of the bloody decade’; ‘Soooo beautiful omgggg. Congratulations you angel ❤️’; ‘Hardest of hard launches’.
While the post marks AJ’s first confirmation of her relationship status, she previously hinted she was in a relationship in March last year, with a cryptic Instagram post during a holiday in New York.
She sparked speculation from fans that she had been joined by a potential partner on the trip, after sharing a snap of her foot resting next to another person’s trainer-clad foot, with the suggestive caption: ‘It’s very this…’ with a telling love heart emoji.
That same month, AJ opened up about her relationship history as she got candid about suffering ‘years of trauma’ after finding her boyfriend in bed with another woman.
Speaking on the How To Fail Podcast, she admitted that she originally refused to cry over the shocking betrayal, but struggled to cope with the aftermath as it was so ‘unexpected.’
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While she revealed her partner’s face for the first time to her followers, as the couple packed on the PDA in a compilation of black-and-white photos – but refrained from revealing his name
Captioning the smitten post, AJ confirmed their engagement by writing: ‘Hiya love. ❤️’ followed by the ring emoji
In the honest interview, she explained that when she found her boyfriend being unfaithful, she proceeded to confront the other woman about the affair, before ending the relationship.
She recalled: ‘To walk in on that, I was stunned. Seeing that was crazy. I wasn’t hysterical. I didn’t burst into tears or anything like that.
‘I just felt in that moment, I need to gather all the information that I can, and I don’t want it from him. I want it from her, actually, because weirdly, in that moment, I trusted her more than I trusted him.’
‘So, I asked her to put her clothes back on and follow me outside and answer all of my questions, how long had this been going on and whatever.
‘And then as soon as that happened, I watched her leave and then I packed all my stuff and got a taxi and left.’
AJ then shared that she had to deal with ‘years of trauma’ in the time that followed because the incident was so ‘unexpected’ in the first place.
She said: ‘However, I proceeded to have years of tears and years of trauma away from him. It was like this person had, you know, made out that they love me, they see their future with me and it was completely reciprocated.
‘We were, in my mind, building towards a positive future together. He was just someone that I just wouldn’t ever expect to behave in that way.’
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The happy announcement came as a surprise to fans, as the presenter has not publicly confirmed she was in a relationship prior to the post, with her followers and famous friends rushing to the comments to voice their congratulations
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While she has kept her love life private for the past few years, AJ previously took her fans along for the ride on her quest for love, on TV shows, Manhunting With My Mum in 2018 (pictured) and Celebrity First Dates Hotel in 2019
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Viewers saw her make a connection with mortgage broker Duke on First Dates special, with her rating him a ’10 out of 10′, but their romance seemed to fizzle out (pictured)
And during her appearance on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins in 2019, she revealed she’d been cheated on three times in her past, explaining: ;I’ve been cheated on by three ex-boyfriends… One of them was sleeping with my best friend.’
Meanwhile, AJ previously opened up to MailOnline about what she was looking for in a potential partner and revealed that she didn’t like using dating apps, preferring to meet someone organically.
Speaking about her perfect guy in November 2020, she said: ‘I am genuinely a personality girl, I like charismatic guys who can take the mickey out of themselves but when it comes to work, they are focused and they know what they want in themselves and in a partner.
‘When I find him I’m going to be like “where the bl***y h**l have you been?!”‘
She added: ‘I’ve used Raya in the past and apps like Hinge, but no I just don’t meet anyone, aside from TV programs I’ve done, I just don’t bother.
‘I’m still hoping that I’ll meet my man through a friend and he’ll of been there all along, you know what I mean?’
While she has kept her love life private for the past few years, AJ previously took her fans along for the ride on her quest for love, on TV shows, Manhunting With My Mum in 2018, and Celebrity First Dates Hotel in 2019.
Viewers saw her make a connection with mortgage broker Duke on First Dates special, with her rating him a ’10 out of 10′, but their romance seemed to fizzle out.
And she sparked widespread romance speculation with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Kai Widdrington, while competing on the show together in 2021.
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And she sparked widespread romance speculation with her Strictly Come Dancing partner Kai Widdrington, while competing on the show together in 2021 (seen)
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Fans were quick to notice the pair’s incredible chemistry on thee dancefloor and insiders claimed to The Mail On Sunday that they were an item
AJ Odudu and Kai Widdrington almost kiss during waltz
Fans were quick to notice the pair’s incredible chemistry on the dancefloor and insiders claimed to The Mail On Sunday that they were an item.
A source on the BBC One show said AJ and Kai had made no effort to keep a secret of the fact that they had fallen for each other during intense, gruelling training sessions.
Kai was said to have been ‘floored’ by his partner, and an audio clip on Strictly’s Instagram account recorded after a performance, saw him whispering: ‘I love you, I love you so much.’
The source said: ‘Kai thinks AJ is sexy. They have this lovely romance going on, things have definitely changed in the last week or so and they are inseparable, not just as dance partners but away from that, too.
‘It’s nice to see a Strictly romance where there is no curse, just two people who have fallen head over heels for each other.
AJ admitted at the time that they had ‘chemistry’, adding: ‘There is a lot of passion… a lot of romance, it’s thrilling.’
