Wam Bam, thank you ma'am! Alex Reid celebrates his 36th birthday with girlfriend Chantelle at sexy burlesque club

By Holly Thomas


Happy couple: Alex steps out with girlfriend Chantelle, who he's described as a 'real lady'


It was a match made in D-list heaven.

And if his birthday celebrations are anything to go by, it seems cage fighter Alex Reid's relationship with Big Brother star Chantelle Houghton remains as strong (and steamy) as ever.

It looked like the honeymoon stage still wasn't over as the smitten reality duo attended the Wam Bam Club burlesque show at Cafe de Paris in Piccadilly Circus on Saturday night.


The outing was part of a romantic weekend for the couple organised by Chantelle, who according to Alex's Twitter booked the couple in to 'a swanky hotel in the westend' [sic] for the celebrations.

Alex clearly enjoyed himself, keeping fans updated as he tweeted later in the evening:

'Wicked evening @WamBamClub Cafe de Paris,celebrating my birthday with @chantellehought thanks 4all my pressies. '

He's mine: Chantelle keeps a protective hand on Alex's chest as she chats to a fellow guest


The couple became cosier as the night wore on, and were spotted closing in for a secret kiss outside in the early hours of the morning.

Chantelle was very protective of her new man, sticking nearby all evening even as she chatted to other guests.

The Wam Bam Club offers burlesque, cabaret and magic shows, which can be enjoyed over a three course meal with an after party to follow.

Alex is currently adhering to a strict training regimen of no carbs (including alcohol), which we can presume he relaxed for the evening.

There was no question that his companion was enjoying a tipple or two, as Chantelle looked increasingly merry as the evening wore on.

Getting close: The enamoured pair share a private moment inside the door of Cafe de Pari in the early hours


It's likely that Chantelle will have encouraged her beau to follow suit, since she's revealed that she's not overly keen on Alex's career choice.

Talking to OK! magazine earlier this week, Chantelle admitted:

'He's fighting soon and I think I'll get upset. I want to support him, but it won't be easy to watch.'

The couple seemed unable to take their hands off each other during their OK! photo shoot. When asked if they talk a lot, Alex replied: 'That's a little bit soon eh?'

He elaborated: 'It's not just physical. Well, it is. She's hot! What man wouldn't? I can't keep my hands off her! What the nation finds attractive, I find attractive.'

By way of reassurance that his attraction wasn't just skin deep, he added:

'It's her inner beauty which is incredible.'

Alex credits Chantelle with helping to get over his split with glamour model Katie Price (who he is still technically married to). He said:

'You meet someone sexy and nice, and the pain fades.'

Despite only meeting in April, both seemed confident that marriage could be on the cards. When put to them directly, Chantelle giggled as she looked for reassurance from Alex, who grinned 'Of course!'.

The affectionate pair certainly have all the hallmarks of a long-term couple. Alex even has a nickname for Chantelle: 'Chantelle Lace', inspired by the Jerry Lee Lewis song Chantilly Lace.

The pain fades: Alex with former love Katie Price, who he is still technically married to

Heartache: Despite having had a fling with Crimewatch presenter Rav Wilding after her split with her former husband, Chantelle admits that Preston remains the 'big love' in her past


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Years of crash diets left me infertile, says reality TV star Chantelle Houghton

By Sara Nathan


The perils of dieting: Chantelle Houghton has revealed that years of trying to stay slim may have left her infertile


A reality TV star has told how the pressure to stay slim has left her infertile at 2.

Chantelle Houghton, winner of Celebrity Big Brother in 2006, said doctors have informed her she will never be able to conceive naturally because of her extreme eating patterns.

She was the first ‘non-celebrity’ to feature in the Channel 4 reality TV show and found her showbusiness lifestyle after her appearance difficult.


Miss Houghton said: ‘I’ve punished my body, and now it’s punishing me. Ultimately it’s my fault. I hate myself and can never forgive myself.

‘Because of my obsession with food and my crash dieting when I had bulimia, I’ve ruined my chances of having a baby naturally.

‘All the time I was making myself sick, I was thinking: “Yes, I’m getting skinnier.” I thought I was winning, but I was losing. It’s cost me the chance of a family.’

Upset: Chantelle buries her head in her hands as she thinks about the fact she might not be able to have her own family biologically


Miss Houghton has told how she struggled with bulimia from the age of 14.

At one point, she revealed that she drank up to eight 1.5 litre bottles of water a day to fill her stomach and that her periods once stopped for a year.

In the wake of her split from musician husband Samuel Preston in 2007, the 5ft7in star’s weight plummeted to just eight stone.

Later, in 2009, she admitted: ‘It’s a constant battle with my weight, and I’ll always have an issue with it.

‘I have tried every diet there is, from body wraps and the Special K diet to just drinking water, but I know I have to eat healthily and go to the gym, because that’s the only thing that works.’

She added that, at her thinnest: ‘I was making myself sick a lot, so food was just coming straight back out of me. I was obsessed from the minute I woke up in the morning until the minute I went to bed.

‘I was constantly watching what I was eating.’

But Miss Houghton has only recently been told of the damage she was doing to her body after going to the doctor complaining of stomach pain.

She told Heat magazine that she visited fertility expert Dr Amin Gorgy.

She said: ‘He told me that I’d never be able to conceive naturally. Dr Gorgy told me that I had low fertility and that if I wanted to have a baby, I’d have to have IVF.

‘He said that if I’d waited another three years, I would never be able to have children at all. I wouldn’t have any eggs left.’

Miss Houghton hopes her experience will warn other women of the effect that eating disorders and extreme dieting can have on their fertility.

She added: ‘I hope they’ll see what’s happened to me and realise what they’re doing – the long-term effects. I’m 27 and I can’t have children naturally. Being stick-thin – is it worth that?’

The revelation of the damage Miss Houghton’s extreme eating habits have done to her body comes just days after it emerged that ‘aquaholic’ Nigella Lawson has been warned repeatedly about the health risks of her excessive water drinking by family doctor Peter Wheeler.

Miss Lawson’s brother Dominic wrote in the Sunday Times: ‘Nigella admits to being an “aquaholic”: it really is true that those who habitually drink many litres a day suffer the sensation of being thirsty, even when they are more than fully hydrated.’

For the full interview with Miss Houghton see the latest edition of Heat magazine.


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