Rylan Clark has remarked that he and Rob Rinder might as well ‘put a ring on it' after the X Factor star declared that they are like a married couple in a new interview
Rylan said he and Rob Rinder were already like a ‘married couple'(Image: Carlo Paloni, BAFTA via Getty Images)
Rylan Clark has quipped he “might as well put a ring on it” with TV partner Rob Rinder after likening their dynamic to a married couple's relationship.
He made the comments during a chat with Reverend Richard Coles on his BBC show Rylan: How To Be In Love, where former I'm a Celebrity contestant Richard joked, “You've got Rob Rinder all over you like a rash.”
Rylan agreed with the statement and then replied: “We are like a married couple, we row all the time and don't have sex like a proper married couple. We might as well put a ring on it.”
While fans have speculated about the nature of Rylan and Rob's connection following their closeness on the BBC Grand Tour series, Rylan confirmed that their bond is strictly non-romantic.
Richard Coles appeared on Rylan's podcast(Image: David Levenson, Getty Images)
In his podcast series, the Radio 2 presenter has been candid about his journey of seeking new love post-divorce, sharing his apprehensions with Richard: “I want to find the next love of my life. I've been married, I thought I'd found the love of my life, I hadn't.”
He also shared the emotional toll of ending his marriage to Dan Neal, saying: “As much as my ex didn't pass away, I still went through that grief in my own way. For a long time I thought, ‘I'm going to be single forever, like, how can I meet someone now?'”.
Earlier in the podcast Rylan quizzed Richard about his experiences with dating after his late husband, David Coles, died in December 2019.
Richard, speaking in an interview with The Guardian after David's passing, previously reflected on the struggles his late partner faced, saying: “One of the problems David had was that the public life I led meant that people felt they had a sort of claim on me, and in ways that cut across his claim as my significant other.”
The moment became profound when Richard remembered the intrusion David went through, revealing: “Literally, sometimes people would push him out of the way. He was very good about it. He made a joke about it. But I think it must have been very irritating for him.”
Richard's experience mirrors that of Rylan, who shared with Stephen Fry his dilemma regarding dating while in the limelight: “One thing I'm finding really difficult when it comes down to dating is that people think I'm Rylan when, in honesty, I'm Ross.”
Opening up further, Ross, better known by his stage name Rylan, confessed: “I need to work out, ‘Do you want to date Rylan and what Rylan can give you, or do you want to date the real me?'”.
Rylan discusses love and relationships on his popular BBC podcast(Image: Kate Green/BAFTA, Getty Images for BAFTA)
Understanding the sentiment behind Rylan's words, Stephen expressed empathy, despite not sharing the same predicament, attributing it to his husband Elliott's indifference to celebrity gatherings, noting: “I do know what you mean exactly, because I don't, at home, quote poems and literature and use long words.
“One thing I think is good and it's not to diss other types, but as it happens, Elliott is not interested in red carpets and glamorous openings and things like that.
“Being famous is a picnic, but occasionally at a picnic there will be wasps and the wasps are the press and the trolls who will drive you indoors as it were, and you're aware that you're giving that as a problem to someone who comes into your life.”