Jermaine Pennant tells Chloe Ayling his marriage is over on Tuesday’s (28.08.18) episode of ‘Celebrity Big Brother’.
The 35-year-old footballer – who has been married to Alice Goodwin since 2014 – has been flirting heavily with the 21-year-old model since meeting her in the ‘CBB’ house and Chloe claims he has told her that the relationship is over.
Speaking to her fellow housemates Ryan Thomas and Dan Osborne on the Channel 5 show, Chloe says: "I said, ‘But you have a girlfriend’. And then he goes, ‘It’s f***ed now’.
"And something else I don’t understand. So he’s basically said it’s over."
However, Jermaine insists that his flirting with Chloe has just been "banter" as he backtracks on his previous remarks.
He tells Gabby Allen and Ryan: "No one’s done anything so no one’s going to get into trouble. Obviously she thinks one thing but I mean, nobody’s done anything. They’ve not got on camera like me kissing or anything like that, the games we’re playing."
Gabby tries to intervene, saying: "But the thing is, listen. I’m just saying from like a girl’s point of view, I would be concerned if I was going out and someone… because she might get called like all sorts of names you know, like as you’ve just said about the whole ‘If she knew that he had a girlfriend then she shouldn’t have been…"
Ryan agrees that Chloe knew Jermaine had a partner from the beginning, saying: "Yeah, she was told from the start that he had a girlfriend. Then she told Natalie that she liked him, then Natalie told him she liked him."
However, he warns Jermaine that he should think about the "messages" he is sending out.
He says: "It’s not your fault. But them messages mate, they’re your fault."
And Jermaine rejects Ryan’s suggestion to talk to Chloe about it.
He says: "I don’t want to have no conversation with Big Brother to embarrass people on the outside. What I’m doing is not embarrassing because this is all games.
"I don’t want to have certain conversations with someone when my missus is watching outside."
Dan points out that Jermaine’s wife will be upset if she is watching, saying: "It’s all well and good us laughing about it, but his poor missus. She’ll see this on telly."
And Ryan agreed. He said: "Mate, don’t even go there. Are they together though? I warned him already. I did say to him, ‘You’ll see it back mate.’
"I pulled him to one side and when we sat down I said, ‘Listen mate, if you want my advice, I don’t mind bantering stuff with you but if you want my advice, I wouldn’t get in that bed with her tonight’.
"He went, ‘I’m just playing a game mate’. So, from my point of view, I don’t know his lady, if Jermaine wants to make that decision for himself, he’s a grown man, he can do what he wants to do.
"Listen, if I did that to my missus I wouldn’t have any balls when I came out."
Jermaine Pennant tells Chloe Ayling his marriage is over
