Alright so those of you in the UK will know Chantelle Houghton. For those from abroad or those of you from England but have been living in some kind of a rock shelter that doesn't receive Now Magazine, Channel 4 or Hello basically Chantelle was a non celebrity cast mate on Celebrity Big Brother- how you ask. Well basically it was a ploy whereby the producers put her in and she pretended to be from a one hit wonder girl band and the point of all this was that the other contestants were supposed to realise that she was not in fact a celebrity, in an ironic twist nobody realised she wasn't a celebrity and it became apparent to the viewing public (and later to the 'celebrity' contestants themselves) that the caliber of celebrity involved was so low (we're talking E list here) that it wasn't just that the viewers weren't aware of the existence of these celebrities they were just such non- entities they shouldn't have been deemed celebrities. In a further ironic twist she married one of her cast mate's Preston from the band (which few of you have probably heard of and even fewer could name one of their songs) The Ordinary Boys. Chantelle then had a lot of surgery, did some glamour modelling (got her tits out), got divorced, had more surgery, went back on Celebrity Big Brother WITH her ex-husband, somewhat re-kindled their relationship for the media, broke up with him and then dated and subsequently got engaged to Katie Price (aka. Jordan)'s still luke warm left overs in the form of cage fighter/ cross dresser Alex Reid. Alex Reid had been smarting after being so publicly used as a rebound from Price's marriage to Peter Andre and then for being cast aside so quickly, and with allegations or in virility, for a younger- more tanned version- who also didn't speak English. It was a match made in (faux) celebrity heaven essentially. Particularly when he knocked Chantelle up and was able to prove his virility to the world. Now their awkward courtship, the fact that they are both major fame hungry douchebags and the fact that Chantelle bears an uncanny resemblance to a Katie Price wax work aside they seem to be a kind of cute couple.
I thought they looked particularly cute at London's Wedding Show, more to the point though I was pretty jealous of how sexy Chantelle is looking whilst pregnant. I honestly think she has never looked better- and although that could be construed as a backhanded compliment because she was a bit of a mess before, I honestly think that she is looking really good.
