A Place In The Sun star Laura Hamilton confirms she is ‘dating’ again after previously being linked to a married man following her own divorce

Laura Hamilton has confirmed she is dating again.

The A Place In The Sun host, 42, split from husband Alex Goward, 43, with whom she has children Rocco, 10, and Tahlia, eight, in 2022 after a decade of marriage.

It was then thought that she had struck up a relationship with with a married businessman, but she has now insisted that she is just ‘having fun’ and has decided that dating apps are not for her. 

Laura and CEO James Pettigrew, 43, who has two daughters with Jackie, were pictured smiling together at the Scottish FA Cup Final in May while enjoying corporate tickets to the match between Old Firm rivals Celtic and Rangers. 

She told The Sun’s Fabulous Magazine: ‘I’m dating. I’m having fun. No, I don’t have the apps. I’ve tried those in the past three years. I went on Raya and thought, “This is not for me.” I like to meet people organically.’

It was thought that she had struck up a relationship with with a married businessman but she has now insisted that she is just ‘having fun’ and has decided that dating apps are not for her 

The TV star also admitted that her fame often strikes up a conversation with her potential suitors. 

She said: ‘People do look at me and say: ‘I know you from somewhere…’ and that starts a conversation.’

But the television host was taken aback when one man she went on a date with started asking her for property advice and had to tell him that was not what she was there for.

The blonde beauty did acknowledge that the idea of dating could be tricky because she is always abroad filming.

She then joked that really she should have a ‘man in every country’ before insisting that monogamy is the only thing she would settle for. 

She said: ‘Really, I should have a man in every country. That would be a more interesting story [laughs].

‘Oh, she’s got one in Ibiza, she’s got one in Ibiza, one on Mallorca. No, that’s not who I am.’

Laura has been a presenter on A Place in the Sun since 2012 and regularly posts pictures from her sun drenched holidays and filming trips on Instagram . 

Laura’s nine-year marriage to ex-husband Alex, with whom she shares children Rocco and Tahlia ended in January 2022 (pictured in 2021)

Laura has has children Rocco, 10, and Tahlia, eight with her ex-husband (pictured in May 2024)

She has been a presenter on A Place in the Sun since 2012 and regularly posts pictures from her sun drenched holidays and filming trips on Instagram.

Laura also explained that her time on the Channel 4 show has seen her through so many life changes, notably her engagement, the births of her children and her divorce.

The former Dancing On Ice star described feeling like she had ‘failed’ amid their separation, which saw Laura move out of the couple’s Surrey family home.

She said: ‘We are co-parenting, and it works. But even that, you know, I kind of felt like I had failed.’

In February 2022, Laura purchased a new property and spent two years renovating the home before selling it earlier this year.