Celebrity Traitors champ says he doesn’t need a new man in his life because Amanda Holden is a perfect ‘partner’ – except for one crucial thing
Alan describes Amanda as his ‘partner’(Image: PA)
Since his resounding triumph in the first series of Celebrity Traitors, Alan Carr has found himself somewhere close to the top of the showbiz A-list. He revealed that the “big streamers” have been in touch with offers of work, and he’s also becoming increasingly popular on social media, with close to two million followers.
But that doesn’t mean he’s turning his back on old friends. Alan remains very close to showbiz pal Amanda Holden. Discussing his plans for a 50th birthday party, he says he’s planning three events: one for family and friends, a second for industry contacts, and a final massive one for everybody else. “And I just know Amanda Holden is going to come to all three,” he told The Times.
While Alan’s single at present, he describes Amanda as his other half: “I don’t need a partner. She is my partner,” he says, before adding: “The sex is awful.”
Amanda was determined to find Alan a man, though, and helped him sign up to a dating app: “Amanda is an ally of the LGBTQI but even she was shocked because I think she thinks gay dating is like straight dating. She said, ‘Alan, they were asking for the length of your penis!’ She’s very worldly and very fun, Amanda. But in the world of gay dating she is a novice.”
Other potential guests at Alan’s “friends and family” party will almost certainly include Paloma Faith, who now appears to have forgiven him for having “murdered” her by stroking her face in a shocking Celebrity Traitors twist.
Alan says they’ve since reconciled, revealing on the Graham Norton Show: “I’ve seen her – it was very harsh and so grim killing her, but we are friends again now.”
Another close pal is platinum-selling artist Adele, who stayed in Alan’s spare room after an emotional break-up. Alan revealed that she “hibernated” in the room for so long that he thought she might have died: “Although she had purged her feelings in 21 she was still cut up about her ex and completely inconsolable.”
Writing in his book, Alanatomy, Alan recalled that he started to get a little worried after he and then-partner Paul Drayton hadn’t seen her for a few days. When Paul suggested knocking on the spare room door to check if she was OK, Alan replied: “‘I daren’t. What if she’s dead? We looked at each other. Just out of interest, if the world’s biggest star dies in your house, does the price go up or down? I’m asking for a friend. Would we get a plaque? Could we turn it into a museum? Would we have busloads of Adele fans tying wreaths to our knocker?’”
Adele did eventually emerge, and went on to officiate at Alan and Paul’s wedding, staging the event at her Los Angeles home in January 2018.
Alan and Paul announced their separation in January 2022 after 13 years together and three years of marriage. They described the split as a “joint and amicable” decision, although reports at the time suggested that Paul’s struggles with alcohol were “the final straw.”
Which goes some way to explaining why Amanda is now trying to push her close friend – and newly-minted A-lister – back into the dating pool.