Gogglebox star Stephen Webb reveals the future of his relationship with ex Daniel Lustig and the real reason they split after six years of marriage
Stephen Webb has revealed he 'just stopped working' on his marriage to Daniel Lustig, leading to their split after six years of marriage.
The Gogglebox star, 53, finalised his divorce from Daniel, 43, earlier this year and has now signed up to appear on Celebs Go Dating,
But he has admitted in the wake of the split that the pair of them just 'switched off' from their relationship six years on from tying the knot, and he will address it on the E4 reality show.
He told The Sun: 'We touch on it in the series. We both kind of switched off and stopped working at it.
'The longer you leave it, the more it deteriorates to a point where there's no going back.
Stephen Webb has revealed he 'just stopped working' on his marriage to Daniel Lustig, leading to their split after six years of marriage
The Gogglebox star, 53, finalised his divorce from Daniel, 43, just months ago, and has now signed up to appear on Celebs Go Dating
'I'm a firm believer in that life is about change and now I'm just looking forward to the next chapter of my life.
The TV star - who recently revealed why he quit the Channel 4 series that made him famous - noted that he and Daniel had an 'amazing time' during their 11 years together, but he's 'looking forward' to starting a new life.
Hairdresser Daniel previously appeared on the My Dirty Laundry podcast in June, and revealed he and Stephen secretly split ten months earlier, but were still living together.
Talking about why they ended things, he said: 'We had a really good innings. It was really good for a really long time and then it kind of petered off, and then we kind of decided the best thing was to end as friends.
'We're work colleagues and partners at work as well and our basis of our relationship has always been friendship as well.
'We get on better now than we did when we were together, so it's fine. I know for a lot of people they probably can't understand it, but it has worked out for us.'
The first episode of Celebs Go Dating will arrive on E4 on Monday, August 19, with plenty of drama promised in the release date announcement teaser.
In April, Stephen announced he and his husband Daniel (pictured) were divorcing after six years of marriage , and now the star is trying to find love again on Celebs Go Dating
Stephen and Daniel are still close and run two hair salons together - while Stephen is appearing on Celebs Go Dating, Daniel said he isn't quite ready to meet someone else but he is getting there
The new series will air from Monday to Thursday at the same time weekly.
The show's official Instagram shared a trailer and wore in the caption: 'ITS BACK!! New Celebs, New Dates, New Friendships, and LOADS of Drama!'
The new series of Celebs Go Dating wrapped filming in July as fans eagerly await Lauryn Goodman's starring role.
Lauryn will be joining Love Island's Chris Taylor, Coronation Street's Helen Flanagan, singer Jamelia, Made In Chelsea's Tristan Phipps and Married At First Sight's Ella Morgan on the show.
