Chris Hughes talks breakups in lockdown
Chris Hughes and Jesy Nelson dated for about a year before calling it off in April 2020.
In a new interview with The Sun, he admitted his life was a, 'sh*t storm,' after the breakup.
Despite this, the pair have remained good friends.
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Chris and Jesy split up just as the world was preparing to enter lockdown.
He recalled, 'It was a tough period in a lot of people's personal lives and it was for me too, as break-ups are never easy.'
'It was difficult.' He continued, 'Sometimes you just grow apart.'
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'There have definitely been days when I wake up and things haven't felt great.'
'The period 12 months ago was really tough,' Chris added.
'There were days where I was waking up and our split was the first thing I was thinking about.'
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'Life was a s**t storm'
He continued, 'I was thinking, 'I hope I feel good today. I hope mentally I feel all right.''
'I had to try my hardest mentally to break the cycle.'
'Life was a s**t storm,' the 28-year-old admitted.
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The former flames have managed to remain friends, and Chris doesn't regret anything.
He said, 'We’re very good friends and we enjoyed all that time together.'
'I look back and I don’t look at anything with regret.'
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The former Islander went on, 'We still support each other and it was just a period in life where you move on.'
'But it’s nice to look back on the good memories of my relationships with Jesy and there were plenty of good times.'
'There’s no reason to not like each other.'
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Single life
Chris is still very much single, but he has been using the online dating app Happn.
'But because of the restrictions at the moment I haven’t been able to meet anyone.'
'Hopefully when we come out of lockdown I’ll be able to go on some actual old-fashioned face-to-face dates like we used to do.'
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Meanwhile, the 2021 summer series is just around the corner.
And according to reports, they're accepting applications from both straight and gay singletons.
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