I'm A Celebrity's Melvin Odoom reveals what Carol Vorderman said to him in a social media DM
Radio 1 DJ Melvin Odoom has revealed to fans that Carol Vorderman slid into his DMs when he was in the 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' jungle, and he has shared what the maths whizz had to say to him.
Melvin Odoom has revealed Carol Vorderman slid into his DMs when he was in the 'I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!' jungle - and sent him a heart emoji.
During his time on the ITV show, the Radio 1 DJ spoke of his fondness for the former 'Countdown' co-host, and upon his jungle exit he was excited to discover he had a private message from her.
He wrote on X: "CAROL VORDERMAN IS IN THE DMs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #ImACeleb (sic)"
In a video on social media, he said: "I'm just about to check the DMs and I've noticed there's a message from Vorders herself. Let's have a look see.
"OK, OK, someone's looking after my page and she goes, 'Please give him my best, he's done so well, heart emoji.' "
It comes as it was recently revealed 44-year-old Melvin - whose luxury item in the jungle was a collage-printed pillow that featured three snaps of his family and one of Carol - previously tried to win over the maths whizz, 63, by getting a Radio 1 producer to message her in Welsh.
Presenter Danni Diston told The Sun newspaper: "None of us knew about Melvin's crush on Carol, but apparently producer Tom, who works at Radio 1, did.
"He helped Melvin DM Carol Vorderman in Welsh because, obviously, she's a Welsh queen.
"Whether or not she replied, I don't know.
"I would like to see them go on a date. I think they'd be a cute couple.
"I know she's done the jungle already, but do you reckon she'd go back in and surprise him? I don't think she would, but it would be great."
What's more, 'I'm A Celebrity' viewers recently watched Melvin act out his Thai restaurant 'date' with the TV presenter, with Tulisa Contostavlos, 36, playing Carol.
After the hilarious moment, Carol sent a message to the ITV2 companion show 'I'm A Celebrity...Unpacked'.
She quipped: "Melvin ... or should I say jungle man, Melvin Vorderman.
"Right, question, have you been spying on me? Because I only last night had little Thai food.
"Jungle man, keep doing what you are doing, you're doing a brilliant job.
"See you on the other side."
