[Amy]

CELEBRITY Big Brother lovebirds Chantelle and Preston's marriage has been rocked by a series of rows.

The couple, who wed last August, have "come close to breaking point" following a string of arguments over the last three months, according to a close friend.

Chantelle has walked out on her husband three times but has always returned.

"It's very sad, but Preston and Chantelle have been in a very bad way," the friend said.

"The inner circle do not see them staying together if things carry on the same. They still love each other massively and keep trying to make it work. But things have been stormy."

TV viewers were delighted when popstar Preston, 25, fell for dizzy Essex blonde Chantelle Houghton, 23, on the Channel 4 reality show in January last year.

Just seven months later the couple tied the knot in Mayfair, London. The bride walked down the aisle in a dress designed by Elizabeth Emmanuel - the woman behind Princess Diana's wedding gown back in 1981.

The newlyweds later celebrated their big day with a reception at the swish Chesterfield hotel, where guests were served fish and chips before the couple jetted off to Morocco for their honeymoon.

The big day - funded by a £300,000 magazine deal - was the first time Preston's Frenchbased mum Miranda had met Chantelle.

Last night the friend told how cracks began to show just months afterwards: "The first really big bust-up came in February," the friend said.

More problems began to emerge when the Ordinary Boys frontman and his wife began planning to buy their first joint home.

The couple, who have pocketed more than £1million each since taking part in the show, had been living in the Brighton bachelor pad Preston previously shared with former fiancee Camille.

Then two months ago they moved into a four-storey town-house nearby, and planned a fresh start for the marriage.

But the friend said: "It was really hard for Chantelle to give up her close family in Essex and live in Brighton where her only companions are Preston and his friends.

Another source of tension has been their work - or rather Chantelle's lack of it. The Essex girl went into the Celebrity Big Brother house as the show's first ever non-celebrity, but won her chance to stay after convincing the other housemates she was a singer in fake girl band Kandyfloss.

She enjoyed overnight success and was tipped for big things.

She pocketed £25,000 in prize money for winning the show as well as £280,000 for magazine deals, her own E4 TV series Living the Dream and a deal to write her autobiography, Living the Dream: My Story.

But one year on, Chantelle is finding herself in far less demand.

The friend said: "Everyone wants them to work it out because when things are good they make a brilliant couple.

"They are trying to make the marriage a success."

Last night Preston insisted: "My marriage is in great shape."

Sunday Mirror

[Ruth]

I heard that they were having problems a while ago. I can't say I'm surprised, but even though I'm not a fan of either of them, it's a shame if things aren't working out for them.

[Princess]

*repeats to self*This is not true.This is not true.

[Princess]

New pictures!!!

http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=EXCL%20chantelle%20preston%20200507& version=uk&session_id=a7eaef7ab0f1aac2d9bcb50d1fa1 816d

Thank god.

Link Fixed - Red

[Chrizzle]

Ha woo good to see that its all rumours.
That should shut those cynics up!

Shes looking good

[Sticks]

Anyone remember David Mellor?

[Ruth]

Well, it could all be rumours. Or Chantelle and Preston could be trying to do a cover-up job. That happens all the time when celeb couples are said to be on the rocks.

[Princess]

Prestelles response.....

http://www.rexfeatures.co.uk/cgi-bin...0&fNewest.y=10
(may have to copy and paste,and theres around 4 pages)

http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?acti...0d72467b0d1aba

http://photo.wenn.com/index.php?ref=...8d163612e7b4a9

Ok they do look slighty staged but pfft,they're cute

Screw you Mirror!

[Nicola]

Nice pics, I thought Chantelle and Preston were looking great and the dogs are so cute!

[Sticks]

Me thinks that the lady doth protest too much

[Ruth]

You and me both Sticks.

I could name countless 'celebrity' (I use word loosely in Chantelle and Preston's case) where there have been these rumours, and then there have been the denials, and then they split up.

[Red Moon]

Davina Vows To Sort Out Chantelle And Preston

Big Brother’s Davina McCall has vowed to “sort out” Chantelle Houghton and Preston’s marriage problems.

The presenter was upset to hear of the couple’s supposed troubles only a year after marrying following their romance on Celebrity Big Brother, but said she would act as a peacemaker.

She told the Daily Mail at the Baftas on Sunday, “It’s terrible news. They are a great couple but I’m sure with my help they can get through it. Don’t worry, I’ll sort them out.”

However, she may have her work cut out – Chantelle turned up at the awards at the London Palladium with her Ordinary Boys singer boyfriend.[/quote]
Source:Entertainment Wise

[GiRTh]

Good lord. Alot of fuss over these non-entities.

[spacebandit]

On the rocks, in a small boat in a hurricane - that may mildly interest me

otherwise

[Ruth]

What makes davina think that she is suddenly qualified to be a marriage counsellor?

GiRTh sums it up well - a pair of non-entities, who aren't really worthy of all this fuss.

[Princess]

Chantelle Houghton didn't let rumours of marital problems ruin her night.The Brunette insisted,'Preston and I are very happy.I should get this wedding ring tattooed beacause there's no way I'm taking it off.He's my husband and we're staying together'

Source:New Magazine.

[Ruth]

Well, she would say that, wouldn't she?!

[Sticks]

My shakespearian quote still stands, even more so

[chilledbootz]

You're not interested in the 'nonentities'. Yet you're viewing and subsequently posting in threads about them.
Thus making them something to talk about.

Oh the irony.

[GhettoSuperstar]

I really hope things work out for them both as I genuinely like both of them very much.

[cc100]

Its another example of 'celebs' thinking they are special by marrying too quick.

Oh well, at least they can do another deal detailing their 'divorce anguish'.

[Billy]

i feel sorry for Chantelle, all this fame has changed her badly

[Chrizzle]

Originally posted by cc100
Its another example of 'celebs' thinking they are special by marrying too quick.

Oh well, at least they can do another deal detailing their 'divorce anguish'.

The story isnt true.

[Princess]

Originally posted by potentialsuperstar
i feel sorry for Chantelle, all this fame has changed her badly

Em how exactly has she changed then? Besides her hair color....

[rachb]

Am I really on Thisisbigbrother only some of the comments in here would be more at home on DS I think
I don't really know how Chnatelle could have answered this one to stop the rumours.If she says they are having problems everyone says I told you so if she says they aren't it's a cover up.
From the pictures they look happy enough but who knows.
I do hope they stay together they're a sweet couple.
I just remember this time last year when they'd just got engaged lots of people saying I'll believe it when I see it they'll never get married its all for publicity.They got married and its still an issue.The poor things will be collecting their pensions together and people still won't believe it.