'I just wanted to be in love really'

He wreaked havoc on his way to winning The Celebrity Traitors, and now Alan Carr relives his own teenage turmoil as Changing Ends returns

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Saturday and flick through the posters to catch his eye. I must have stunk like an old woman because I would get flares, I wore my dad’s sheepskin and we didn’t have dry cleaning like we do these days.

"I just wanted to be in love really. It still hasn't happened!"

With Alan now single after divorcing ex-husband Paul Drayton back in 2022, is he hoping his teenage crush will reach the real-life inspiration behind Jake?