Rylan's secret celebrity crush - and it's not Rob Rinder

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Rylan Clark got everyone's hopes up when he said he was in a 'full-on romance' with his BFF Rob Rinder after viewers loved watching them on Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour - but it turns out he might be holding out for someone else entirely.

At this year's JustGiving Awards, which were hosted by Rylan at London’s Roundhouse on Wednesday (September 18), the telly and radio favourite revealed that his real celebrity crush was none other than Bridgerton star Jonathan Bailey.The hunky actor plays Anthony Bridgerton in the hit - and often wonderfully raunchy - Netflix show, and given the legion of new fans he's amassed since it first aired in 2020, there's likely to be a long queue for his affections.

But Rylan said he'd love to be at the front, saying: "Sadly, Jonathan Bailey couldn’t make it. Maybe it would be best if he could; I would’ve gotten down on one knee." The 36-year-old Wallingford-born actor, who came out as gay in his early 20s but didn't comment on the issue publicly until a decade later, has remained reasonably tight-lipped about his love life but told the Evening Standard in December 2023 that there was "a lovely man" in his life. “Having a private life is, for me, completely critical," he said. "I don't know if I would be able to be as confident to speak out on other things if I felt that my whole life was up for grabs." While he's not comfortable talking about his own private life, he's thrilled to able to use his profile for good causes - and his work was recognised at the 2024 GoCardless JustGiving Awards earlier this week.