Rylan Clark loves making outrageous TV – but even he couldn’t believe it when telly bosses offered him a job hosting a naked dating show.The former X Factor star was stunned when producers showed him a video of a German TV show about 10 starkers singles trying to find love in the buff.
But 15 minutes later, Rylan was hooked and ready to jet off to Colombia to film a UK version for Paramount+. Rylan recalls, “They said, ‘Check out the German version.’ And for the first five or 10 minutes, I was like, ‘Is this for real?’ There’s no blurring, there are no strategic camera angles.
You see everything in its full glory. And I was like, ‘Oh my God!’ But after 15 minutes, I was like, ‘I can’t believe he’s talking to her.
I can’t believe she’s saying that.’ Your brain sort of clicks. It’s just so bizarre. So I was like, ‘OK, let’s try it. Let’s do it!’” Despite rumours Rylan's grown close to his BBC co-star Robert Rinder, Rylan says he is currently single, something he explains in just eight words laughing, "I'm so bad at the flirt, it's terrible!” Just like Love Island, Dating Naked is addictive viewing and Rylan promises it is packed with drama and romance. “I’m there for the love, but I love the drama as well,” says Rylan, 35. “I love seeing connections being made.
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