Melvin Odoom has revealed he has a master plan to finally secure a date with crush Carol Vorderman.
The BBC Radio 1 star didn’t hold back about his admiration for the Countdown star during his stint in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! last year as he chose a pillow with Carol’s face printed on as his luxury item.
And Melvin has now confirmed that Carol has not ‘ghosted’ him despite speculation as he opened up about reaching out to her following the ITV show.
He told The Mirror: ‘She didn’t ghost me! I don’t know where this – she just hasn’t read my message yet! There’s this rumour going around that she ghosted me’.
Despite not yet messaging him, Melvin is certain that Carol will get in touch when the time is right.
He continued: ‘Carol’s a lovely lady. I just want to put that in black and white right now. She is a wonderful lady, she’s hardworking, and she’s busy out here trying to look after people and take care of them.
Melvin Odoom has revealed he has a master plan to finally secure a date with crush Carol Vorderman
The BBC Radio 1 star didn’t hold back about his admiration for the Countdown star during his stint in I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! as he chose a pillow with Carol’s face printed on as his luxury item
‘She ain’t got time to look at my DMs every five seconds! So when she sees it, I’m sure she’ll read it… when she’s ready.’
Despite not replying to his messages, Carol did send a voice note to Melvin while he was in the jungle which was played out on I’m A Celebrity…Unpacked.
She said: ‘Melvin, I’m blushing redder than that leather red dress I’m wearing on your pillowcase. But I’ll be rooting for you all the way through, and see you on the other side’.
Carol also sent sent Melvin a DM while he was in the jungle, but unfortunately his Instagram was being run by his family and friends at the time.
He previously revealed: ‘I’m about to check my DMs now and I’ve notice there’s a message from Vorders herself. So someone’s looking after my page and she goes “please give him my best. He’s done so well”.
‘And they were like “she’s lovely, she was like replying to messages”. I was thinking “great. I’m in”. I sent her a message saying “thanks for being a great sport but y’know here’s my number, give me a little call”. She’s not read it. It’s been three weeks.’
Carol, who has had two stints in the jungle herself, has been open about her five ‘special friends’ who she has relationships with – but ‘doesn’t do one night stands.’
The presenter previously said her lovers are all single.
Melvin has now confirmed that Carol has not ‘ghosted’ him despite speculation as he opened up about reaching out to her following the ITV show
He said: ‘She didn’t ghost me! I don’t know where this – she just hasn’t read my message yet! There’s this rumour going around that she ghosted me. She ain’t got time to look at my DMs every five seconds!’
She said: ‘One’s been a friend for 11 years, one for seven. My kids [Katie, 33, and Cameron, 27], know most of them.’
Carol admitted she relishes the independence and the freedom the setup gives her and says there is no problem with her partners wanting more intimacy than it offers, ‘as long as you’re all honest and have a good time’.
All involved are single – she works on the principle that you should ‘do no harm’ – and if one met somebody else, it’d be fine.
She continued: ‘I’m not a jealous person and I’m happy when my friends are happy, whether they are ‘special friends’ or not.
‘The goal of my life is to be happy, not to be in love. I just find people interesting and life interesting.
‘And you can get to a stage where you choose which bits you enjoy. You can’t in your 30s because you’re making your way in your career, you’re beholden to bosses and all those sorts of things. But in your 60s…’
Carol has been single since she split from journalist Des Kelly in 2007, after being married twice, first to Christopher Mather from 1985 to 1986 and then to second husband Patrick King from 1990 until 2000 – the father of her two children.
