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Joey Essex has confirmed that he and his fellow I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! contestant Amy Willerton are in a relationship.

The TOWIE star told the Daily Mirror: 'Our first date was amazing. I'm very happy. Look at her, she's beautiful.'

The news of their romance comes as no surprise, as viewers spent weeks watching them flirt in the jungle before they were voted out together.

It was lust at first sight for Joey, who said after he left the ITV show: 'When I first Amy I thought "salty potato", then I really looked at her and was like, "woaj, she's beautiful". But then I got to know her and I realised she's actually a proper nice girl.

On Monday the two I'm A Celebrity contestants were seen leaving the Palazzo Versace hotel, Queensland, on Monday, arm-in-arm with massive grins on their faces.

The former Miss Universe contestant wore a fuchsia bandage dress that glowed against her tan which she worked hard on getting during her time in the jungle.

Joey wore his usual skinny jeans with a patterned white polo shirt and brown leather deck shoes.

Earlier that day Joey had introduced Amy to his father Donald, who had previously said nothing is going on between his son and the model.

Joey's dad was convinced he would reconcile with his ex-fiancée Sam Faiers: 'They still love one another. Joey and Sam still have the rings. To be fair, nothing’s really happened with Amy.'

But that seems unlikely now, as Joey shows off his growing relationship by tweeting pictures of Amy and himself, most recently earlier in the day on a sun lounger by the Palazzo Versace's pool.

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No surprises there then... desperate to milk as much money out of the experience as possible.