Josie Gibson has admitted she won't introduce new boyfriends to her son after splitting up from his dad.
The 37-year-old former Big Brother star shares son Reggie, three, with then-boyfriend Terry - whom she split from later that year.
But she insists that everything is "amicable" with her co-parent as she wants him to have a good relationship with her son.
"He’s a brilliant dad," she said.
"He idolises Reg and Reg idolises him. It’s a shame it didn’t work out with us but actually, he dedicates his time to Reg, so Reg gets the best of both of us.
"I was brought up without a dad and I wouldn’t want that for my little boy."
But Josie admits she is ready for a new partner in her life.
"It would be nice to be taken out for dinner and given a little bit of attention... but they’d have to pay!" she said.And she's not keen on introducing her son to any new love interests.
"I couldn’t give them anything else either," she said.
"My son is too young. I don’t like people in my son’s life.
"It’s hard because if you meet someone, you want to bring them into your life. But I can’t show them my life because I don’t want to put Reg at risk like that."
Asides from her relationship with the father of her child, Terry, Josie's most famous relationship in the public eye was back when she first rose to fame following her stint on Big Brother.
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After winning the Channel 4 show back in 2010, the mum-of-one struck up a romance with fellow contestant John James Parton - after flirting intensely throughout their time in the house together.
The two reality stars dated in the outside world - with their relationship even documented in her spin-off show There’s Something About Josie - but it wasn't to be.
Josie and the Australian star - who has since appeared on Love Island over in his home country - parted ways with a bitter break up in 2011.
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