Melinda Messenger admits she is ‘completely single’ but would like to date

Melinda Messenger has revealed she is ‘completely single’ but thinks it would be nice to start dating again.

The TV presenter, 49, who parted ways with ex-husband Wayne Roberts in 2012, insisted she wants an ‘equal’ relationship where she is not stuck playing the ‘mother’ role.

Speaking to OK! magazine, she said: ‘I’m completely single! I’m just starting to think it would be quite nice to date. I would love to meet somebody but I am quite shy so I would never make the first move. 

Romance: Melinda Messenger has revealed she is ‘completely single’ but thinks it would be nice to start dating again

‘I would like an equal relationship where I’m not doing the mother role. I’ve learnt it should be equal when it comes to looking after each other. I feel more open to dating now as the kids are all fine – it feels like the right time.’ 

The former glamour model admitted dating in the public eye comes with challenges, saying she worries she could attract ‘the wrong type of person’.  

Melinda is mother to Morgan, 20, Flynn, 19, and Evie, 17, and told how her children previously encouraged her to try out dating apps but she hasn’t taken the plunge yet, saying she needs to get over her fear of dating.

The presenter insisted she and ex Wayne have a good relationship and the kids visited him regularly at his home in Devon before the coronavirus lockdown. 

Ex: The star was most recently in a relationship with Chris Harding who she met on Celebrity First Dates in 2018 but later called it quits

Ex: The star was most recently in a relationship with Chris Harding who she met on Celebrity First Dates in 2018 but later called it quits

The star was most recently in a relationship with Chris Harding who she met on Celebrity First Dates in 2018 but later called it quits, with Chris admitting he was never keen on getting married. 

Melinda also discussed losing £250,000 back in 2010 when she invested her money in a business that went bust. 

She admitted: ‘I went through the whole fear of how we were going to survive. But you find there is always a way. I had to learn everything about money and what it meant to me. 

Melinda explained she would give money away at the time because she didn’t have enough value in herself and added it was a ‘painful’ lesson to learn. 

Former flame: Melinda parted ways with ex-husband Wayne Roberts in 2012 and insisted she wants an 'equal' relationship where she is not stuck playing the 'mother' role (pictured in 2009)

Former flame: Melinda parted ways with ex-husband Wayne Roberts in 2012 and insisted she wants an ‘equal’ relationship where she is not stuck playing the ‘mother’ role (pictured in 2009)

The model also revealed she is not that keen on ever getting married again as she is not a fan of the ‘contractual’ element of it. 

Melinda previously detailed her struggle with other people’s perception of her before retraining as a psychotherapist 10 years ago.

Although Melinda says her TV career was still thriving at the time, she admitted she would have regretted it if she hadn’t pursued her dream.

Speaking on Loose Women, she explained: ‘In 2010, I started retraining. I thought, I have children, I have bills to pay. I was working in television and there was no sign of that letting up. 

Family: Melinda is mother to Morgan, 20, Flynn, 19, and Evie, 17, and told how her children previously encouraged her to try out dating apps

Family: Melinda is mother to Morgan, 20, Flynn, 19, and Evie, 17, and told how her children previously encouraged her to try out dating apps

‘I thought, I can carry on doing what I’m doing but how painful would that regret be? I made the decision to go for it and I’ve been practising for the last five years and I can tell you, it’s the best thing I’ve ever done.’ 

Explaining that it wasn’t an easy decision to make, Melinda said: ‘It’s a big leap. Psychologically, you have all these dependencies and that fear of change is huge.

The star admitted that it had always been her dream to become a psychiatrist, however she was under the belief that she wasn’t intelligent enough.

She said: ‘I hadn’t started my own therapy before the training. As far back as I can remember, I remember being around seven and thinking I wanted to be a psychiatrist.

Melinda said: 'I'm completely single! I'm just starting to think it would be quite nice to date. I would love to meet somebody but I am quite shy so I would never make the first move'

Melinda said: ‘I’m completely single! I’m just starting to think it would be quite nice to date. I would love to meet somebody but I am quite shy so I would never make the first move’

‘My mum said oh no you’d have to go to university, you can’t do that. We take in these ideas of what we can and can’t do.

‘When you start challenging those things, you notice that your life around you changes and those ideas you took as truths are actually not.’

Opening up about her ‘internal struggle’, Melinda said: ‘A lot of it is an internal struggle. You can feel trapped by other people’s ideas of you.

‘That can be an internal struggle. But if you know that’s just a perception and not the truth, it’s still a challenge not to be held back by that but you can still keep going forward. People will have ideas. The challenge is not to let that stop you.’

Finances: Melinda also discussed losing £250,000 back in 2010 when she invested her money in a business that went bust, saying she feared how she would survive

Finances: Melinda also discussed losing £250,000 back in 2010 when she invested her money in a business that went bust, saying she feared how she would survive