Rylan Clark issued warning by co-star as she shares true thoughts on his new partner

Rylan Clark's co-star issued a playful warning to him live on air this week, as they discussed his new relationship. On Saturday, the 36-year-old went Instagram official with his boyfriend Kennedy Bates, a fairground entrepreneur, who he has been dating for several months.

Rylan first shed light on his fresh relationship during an episode of his podcast How To Be In Love last month, though kept Kennedy's identity under wraps.

He did however confirm that they had been seeing each other for quite some time, and both wanted to have children.

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He's since become more candid about their romance, recently posting snaps of the couple during a loved-up getaway to Florence.

Discussing their Italian escape live on his BBC Radio 2 programme on Saturday, he asked Sally Boazman if it felt "weird" to mention his name.

"It feels weird you saying it," she admitted.

"Because you know him," Rylan interjected, prompting her to add: "Of course I do, I've known him for a while."

Sally then revealed to listeners that she'd actually met Kennedy by chance on the pair's first date.

"On your first date, we happened to run into each other," she disclosed.

Recalling the encounter clearly, Rylan continued: "We did, which is quite surreal. You were like, 'Who's this?', I was like, Oh God."

Remembering her initial response, Sally added: "[I thought] 'Well, he looks alright to me, yeah, you've got my approval'.

"He's a lovely man," she continued, to which Rylan agreed.

"He is a lovely man, and I'm a very lucky man," he responded.

Sally went on to issue a playful warning to Rylan, adding: "You are, just, you know, behave yourself, and enjoy it."

"I'm a massive behaver and I'm enjoying it massively," he responded, before swiftly moving on.

Rylan's relationship with Kennedy marks his first official romance since his split from Dan Neal in 2021.

The ex-couple were married for six years after first crossing paths in 2013, when Dan was a contestant on the 14th series of Big Brother and Rylan was presenting its spin-off show, Bit On The Side.

In his 2022 memoir Ten: The Decade That Changed My Future, Rylan confessed that his marriage came to an end after he admitted to being unfaithful.

He clarified that his infidelity had occurred years prior, and he hadn't expected that confessing to Dan would result in their break up.

Expressing regret for his past actions, he penned: "I have no excuses for what I did way back then, but I had my reasons. I think for many years I had felt a bit like an imposter, that nothing I was doing was right or not quite good enough.

"There were times when people told me this, and so confirmed my own self-doubts.

"And you know, when it's those closest to you giving you this feedback, of course you take it to heart."