Alex Scott has opened up on her love life while appearing on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! after one date from hell with a soap opera sensation
Abbie Meehan Sports Writer U-35s
09:00, 23 Nov 2025
Alex Scott had a disastrous date with a soap opera star(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)
Alex Scott went on the date from hell with Coronation Street star Sam Robertson before eventually finding love with Jess Glynne.
The former Arsenal star opened up about her love life while appearing on I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! alongside a host of famous faces. Now happily with musician Glynne, Scott had to work hard over the years to keep her life away from the pitch private.
One time that stood out to Scott was her date with Corrie star Robertson, where the pair enjoyed a candlelit dinner in London back in 2020. Despite the night itself going well, the former footballer was left unimpressed with the attention garnered from the private moment.
Speaking to The Sun’s Fabulous magazine, she said: “I never seem to have a lot of luck on dates. My one date in ages was going out with Sam [Robertson], who is lovely.
“The next morning, our pictures were all over the press because someone in the restaurant had taken a photo. It wasn’t exactly a great start!”
Before this short fling with Robertson, the 41-year-old had a secret eight-year relationship with ex-team-mate Kelly Smith, who also played for Arsenal and England alongside the former right back.
Scott had a romance with England and Arsenal teammate Kelly Smith(Image: Alex Livesey – FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)
Revealing all to the Mirror in 2022 during the launch of her book, How (Not) To Be Strong, Scott said: “I’m writing this book and I want to tell everything. I thought I’d be cheating you all if I didn’t put that in there.
“For me, it’s like that first love story. I fell madly and deeply in love. Yes, there’s that heartbreak and those things, but it’s a huge part of my life, and I wouldn’t go back and change that. Because that feeling of love and that excitement and what it gives you, it needed to be in there.”
Glynne will be watching on from the sidelines as Scott takes on the jungle, but even their relationship hasn’t been plain sailing. The ex-right back told The Times in 2024 how her upbringing by her father, Tony, has affected her as an adult.
Scott is now happily with musician Jess Glynne(Image: Joseph Okpako/WireImage)
She said: “We weren’t allowed to express emotion. Dad didn’t allow us to hug each other or say ‘I love you’. It had a huge impact on us all. To this day, if I want to show people love, I’ll do it by taking them out to dinner and paying.
“I remember one of the first times Jess hugged me. I was like… [makes a rigid expression]. She was like, ‘Are you not going to put your arms around me?’ But I didn’t know how to do that. We laugh about it to this day.”
Scott’s dad Tony has actively refuted these claims of a poor upbringing on multiple occasions. He said: “Perhaps she is judging me by today’s standards, I don’t know. Parents were a lot tougher back then. But I was never violent, that’s just not me. I never beat Alex or anyone else in the family or did anything like that.”
