He regularly tiptoed around the subject of his relationship status, having never told the model that he’s married, despite sending her secret messages in the house.
Yet, Chloe Ayling has lambasted Jermaine Pennant’s flirty actions in Celebrity Big Brother and has urged his wife Alice Goodwin to split from the footballer following his behaviour.
Speaking to The Mirror, the 21-year-old admitted that she is still reeling from the fact he is married.
Disgusted: Chloe Ayling has lambasted Jermaine Pennant’s flirty actions in Celebrity Big Brother and has urged his wife Alice Goodwin to split from the footballer following his behaviour
She said: ‘It is a massive shock to me to find out he is married. I just don’t understand why he did what he did when he has a wife at home.
‘I don’t think he is mature enough to realise what he has done. Hopefully his wife can see she should not be with him if he is going to do that on TV.’
The beauty added that she was left upset about the situation and truly believed there was a connection between them but has vowed she’s not a ‘person who dates a married man’.
‘I have not encountered this kind of thing before,’ she said. ‘This is not what I wanted on my first try of trying to get back into a personal life. He has not behaved like a gentleman. Not at all.’
Red alert: Her comments come as Jermaine’s housemates played a prank on him and left a pair of red underwear across his pillow following Chloe’s departure from the Borehamwood bungalow
In a relationship: Jermaine has been married to glamour model Alice Goodwin for four years
Her comments come as Jermaine’s housemates played a prank on him and left a pair of red underwear across his pillow following Chloe’s departure from the Borehamwood bungalow.
In a clip shared on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, the footballer is seen in the bedroom making his bed alongside actor Ryan Thomas when he makes the lingerie discovery.
He said while holding the phantom pair of knickers: ‘Hello! Whose are these?’. Weighing in, Ryan suggested: ‘They look like Chloe’s’, to which Jermaine agreed.
Holding onto his undercover discovery, Jermaine said: ‘I shouldn’t really be doing that should I?’
Discovery: In a clip shared on Celebrity Big Brother’s Bit On The Side, the footballer is seen in the bedroom making his bed alongside actor Ryan Thomas when he makes the lingerie discovery
In agreement: He said while holding the phantom pair of knickers: ‘Hello! Whose are these?’. Weighing in, Ryan suggested: ‘They look like Chloe’s’, to which Jermaine agreed
While Ryan pressed: ‘Well someone’s put them on your bed on purpose haven’t they?’
Holding them towards the kitchen, the sports star asked his housemates who owned the underwear. Walking into the room, Roxanne smiled as teased: ‘I think they’re Chloe’s.’
Following the clip, Chloe vehemently denied that the the mystery knickers were hers to show host Rylan Clark-Neal.
She said: ‘They’re not mine, honestly’.
In question: Holding them towards the kitchen, the sports star asked his housemates who owned the underwear. Walking into the room, Roxanne smiled as teased: ‘I think they’re Chloe’s’
Defence: Following the clip, Chloe vehemently denied that the the mystery knickers were hers to show host Rylan Clark-Neal. She said: ‘They’re not mine, honestly’
The comments come after Chloe was given an unexpected shock as she was evicted from the Celebrity Big Brother house on Tuesday night, and host Emma Willis awkwardly broke the news that Jermaine Pennant is married.
The glamour model was left speechless after Emma played a clip of the footballer finally admitting he had a wife on the outside, despite the pair exchanging several love notes and even a kiss.
The toe-curling interview left fans in outrage, as while many shared their sympathy for Chloe they also slammed Jermaine, demanding he be evicted from the house.
Early on in the interview, Emma uncomfortably asked Chloe whether she had any real confirmation on Jermaine’s relationship status, to which she admitted to thinking he had a girlfriend but still wasn’t sure.
Explosive: Chloe Ayling was given a shock as she was evicted from Celebrity Big Brother on Tuesday night, after Emma Willis awkwardly broke the news that Jermaine Pennant is married
The host then proceeded the play a clip from Monday evening, which showed Jermaine admitting to Dan Osborne, Gabby Allen and Ben Jardine that he was a married man.
Visibly shocked, Chloe, who stunned in a white mini-dress, branded the retired footballer ‘disgusting’ and publicly apologised to his wife Alice Goodwin, as she said: ‘No way. I don’t even know what to say to that. He led me on. When you’re in the house you don’t what to think.
‘Everyone was skeptical at first, especially when Natalie was saying some people were hiding their marriages. You don’t know what to believe. I had to accept what he told me and that’s all I could really do.
‘Just before I left he asked me to play it down and we’ll talk on the outside. That is just disgusting to be married and try and crack on with someone on TV.’
Shock: Chloe only found out Jermaine was married in her exit interview, after host Emma played a clip of the moment he confessed to having a spouse to his fellow housemates
Evicted: The glamour model was sent packing from the Channel 5 compound after being put up for nomination against Scottish comedian Hardeep Singh Kohli
Expressing her remorse at entertaining his flirtations, Chloe said to the CBB host: ‘I just want to apologise for doing that. I had to go by what he said.’
The interview proved uncomfortable viewing for many fans, though many also admitted they couldn’t wait to see Jermaine get his comeuppance when he exited the house.
One tweeted: ‘I’ve never seen anything as awkward as when Willis just told Chloe Jermaine is married.’
Another added: ‘Really awkward did they have to humiliate Chloe during interview they could show off-screen.
Dressing up: Chloe cut a glamorous figure as she left the house in a white semi-sheer dress which clung to her hourglass curves
Irate: Viewers took to Twitter to slam the awkward interview, though others eagerly anticipated the moment Jermaine is evicted from the house
After her eviction Chloe admitted to MailOnline she was still in shock at hearing the news about Jermaine, but is glad to have been evicted now before things went any further.
She said: ‘It is a massive shock to me to find out he’s married. I don’t understand why he would do what he did when he has a wife at home. If I had noticed the wedding ring then nothing would have happened.
‘I’m glad I’ve come out now. If it would have carried on something would have happened. The last conversation we had was that we’ll exchange numbers and talk when we get out.’
Chloe added she thought the retired footballer was playing a game, as she said: ‘He should have been honest about his situation, it was definitely not banter, he was only fooling himself.
‘I don’t think he’s mature enough to know he’s doing wrong. Hopefully his wife can see that she shouldn’t be with him.’
Toe-curling: Chloe’s exit interview provide uncomfortable viewing for many as Chloe was left speechless by the news of Jermaine’s marriage on the outside