{"id":68759,"date":"2023-09-04T00:16:07","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=68759"},"modified":"2023-09-04T00:16:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T00:16:07","slug":"meet-the-contestants-of-my-mum-your-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/meet-the-contestants-of-my-mum-your-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the contestants of My Mum, Your Dad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My Mum, Your Dad begins on ITV on September 11 and will follow a group of single parents who’ve been nominated by their grown-up kids to find a partner.<\/p>\n
Across two weeks, and 10 hour-long episodes, the parents will live in a country house retreat as they hope for a second chance of love.<\/p>\n
As the parents go on dates, their children will watch on as witness to their journey to find love.<\/p>\n
The kids will get the opportunity to play matchmakers and decide the fate of each date.<\/p>\n
Express.co.uk has everything you need to know about the line-up for My Mum, Your Dad.<\/p>\n
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Age: 50<\/p>\n
Location: Winchmore Hill<\/p>\n
Occupation: Therapist\/Student<\/p>\n
Ahead of the series, Monique described her dating history as “disappointing and disheartening with poor judgement”.<\/p>\n
She explained: “I find it hard to read somebody properly, I like to give everyone a chance even when I know deep inside it\u2019s not quite right. I\u2019m the eternal optimist when it comes to meeting somebody.”<\/p>\n
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Age: 53<\/p>\n
Location: Sunderland<\/p>\n
Occupation: Safeguarding and Welfare Officer in Education<\/p>\n
Sharon is looking to meet “somebody who has the same morals, the same qualities, the same aspirations and goals”. She said her celebrity crush is Hugh Jackman, explaining: “He comes across as such a genuine, great guy. He\u2019s been married for nearly 30 years, he seems very devoted to his wife. He\u2019s obviously very handsome too – I love stubble on a man!”<\/p>\n
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Age: 51<\/p>\n
Location: South Lanarkshire<\/p>\n
Occupation: Tech Assistant at private baby clinic<\/p>\n
Caroline said she was nominated for the show because “I\u2019ve been single for such a long time, it\u2019s probably the longest I\u2019ve ever been single!”<\/p>\n
She added: “I\u2019ve always been quite happy being single but I think she thought, \u2018Mum, you need to get out there!\u2019”<\/p>\n
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Age: 44<\/p>\n
Location: Bournemouth<\/p>\n
Occupation: Self-esteem and Relationship Recovery Coach<\/p>\n
Natalie said someone can impress her with “good character, that\u2019s paramount and being able to make me laugh”<\/p>\n
She said her celebrity crushes are “Channing Tatum because of how he can dance. Tom Hardy because of his ruggedness, and Idris Elba because of his smoothness and he\u2019s a great actor. Oh, and Paul Brunson – because that man has character; he is all about personal development, he\u2019s a family man, and has a lot of wisdom and that\u2019s very attractive!”<\/p>\n
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Age: 47<\/p>\n
Location: London<\/p>\n
Occupation: Owner of Decorating Company<\/p>\n
Describing his dating history, Paul said: “Reasonably alright. My issue has been not opening up. I\u2019ve never managed to open up and really find that \u2018one\u2019.”<\/p>\n
He is hoping to meet “someone that\u2019s interesting and a strong character. I like someone to question me and challenge me”.<\/p>\n
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Age: 57<\/p>\n
Location: Nottingham<\/p>\n
Occupation: Pastoral Support Officer<\/p>\n
Clayton said someone can impress him by “being yourself”. He explained: “Nothing is worse than someone being false and I pick up on that quite easily.<\/p>\n
“Also by showing self- confidence and telling me a little bit about your ambitions and goals and some of the things you\u2019ve done. And if someone is really creative, that gets my attention straight away.”<\/p>\n
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Age: 58<\/p>\n
Location: Derbyshire<\/p>\n
Occupation: Postman<\/p>\n
Roger revealed his daughter told him: “\u2018Just enjoy yourself, you\u2019ve come this far, you know you\u2019ll make friends.\u2019 It\u2019s total role reversal!” He said someone can impress him by having “a sense of humour is massively important and finding common ground. Kindness and just generally being a nice person.”<\/p>\n
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Age: 53<\/p>\n
Location: Essex<\/p>\n
Occupation: PE Teacher\/Football Coach<\/p>\n
Elliott describes himself as a “dating disaster”, explaining: ” I\u2019ve been doing renovation on the house and one time this woman was coming over and there was a bathroom shop around the corner that was having a really good sale and I needed to get to it.<\/p>\n
“So I took her to that… there was one point I was walking past a sink and I said, \u2018I really like this sink\u2019 and I saw myself in the mirror and I saw her face. I just thought, \u2018This is probably the worst date she\u2019s ever had, what am I doing?\u2019”<\/p>\n
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Age: 47<\/p>\n
Location: West Sussex<\/p>\n
Occupation: Singer\/Recruitment Manager<\/p>\n
Janey said she is “silly” and “quite engaging” when she’s on a date and is hoping to find someone “like myself”. She elaborated: “Funny, kind, loyal and is looking for their forever person.”<\/p>\n