To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Gogglebox star Stephen Webb has left fans ‘cringing’ after watching his date with a 22-year-old footballer. The TV personality, 53, is taking part in Channel 4 reality programme Celebs Go Dating , after recently splitting from his husband of six years Daniel Lustig . The former couple, who are best known for their time as couch critics before their Gogglebox exit last year , announced they’d ‘grown apart and made the decision to part ways ’.
Stephen, with the support of fans for taking the next step , is now on the hunt for love again, but a recent date has left viewers ‘uncomfortable’. In a clip shared on social media , he is seen on a date with a younger man, talking about football and his sexuality. Not only were viewers left shocked by the age gap, but also Stephen’s behaviour on the date, as he pretended to fall asleep.
‘I came out when I was 18, and that was obviously really, really tough, considering my environment and stuff, but it was the best thing I ever did,’ his date Ben tells him. Stephen replies: ‘The best choice is always the right choice.’ Ben, 22, then carries on talking about how he went to university straight after coming out, to which Stephen pretends to doze off and ‘snores’.
‘You f**king asked,’ Ben hits back with, laughing. Stephen also laughs it off, as his date excuses himself from the table. But viewers were le.