The man appeared on the E4 hit dating show and managed to bag a date with Loose Women star Coleen Nolan
Coleen and Neil went on a date while on the E4 hit dating show(Image: Channel 4)
A man who landed a date with Coleen Nolan has shared the one thing that surprised him.
Neil Poynter is currently appearing on Celebs Go Dating. The 61-year-old is well known for his mini series on TikTok titled ‘SingleAtSixty’, where he documents single life in his 60s.
The TikTok star landed a spot on the E4 hit dating show after a casting executive came across his social media videos. He has now managed to secure a date with Loose Women panellist Coleen, but claimed that his date was heavily edited and cut short.
In a TikTok video, Neil explained, “Really interesting watching last night and the fact that they must have had a total of an hour and a half video of me from the pre-interview, post-interview and the date itself, and what do we get about 3 minutes total on screen, which is ok – It’s television. Maybe I wasn’t entertaining enough.”
Giving further details, he continued: “The one thing I will say is my reaction when Coleen asked me if I’ve ever killed anyone. Those little bits, there are very obvious edits of my looking away, looking down, but that is not how it panned out.”
Neil secured a date with Coleen(Image: Channel 4)
Neil added: “What actually happened is I almost immediately laughed and went straight into the story of when I go ‘that is an interesting story’ and about me not having any medals. So that was quite heavily edited, but it was interesting to watch.”
The Daily Mirror has reached out to Channel 4 for comment.
Following their date, Neil was keen on getting to know Coleen more and asked to see her again, but Coleen wasn’t feeling the same.
The Loose Woman star said Neil was “a really nice man”, but she didn’t feel “any connection” or “attraction” to him.
Referring to the episode, Neil said: “You all saw, well those of you who watched saw that I did not get selected by Coleen to go to Tenerife, but it was all great fun.”
He continued: “What I’m not going to do now.. I’m not going to dish any dirt, I’m not going to say anything about anybody that is bad or anything like that at all.”
The Loose Women star opened up about her bittersweet experience on Celebs Go Dating(Image: Channel 4)
It comes as Coleen recently opened up about her bittersweet experience on Celebs Go Dating. The 61-year-old signed up to the show in the hope of finding love again following two failed marriages and the end of her last known public relationship in 2023.
Speaking to her son Shane and daughter Ciara on their Nolans Uncensored podcast, she said of the experience: “I’ve got to say, I’ve never had so much fun doing a TV show as I have on Celebs Go Dating.
Coleen went on to describe the series as “one of the hardest” she has worked on because of the gruelling 14 to 15-hour filming days, though still had “the best time” with her co-stars.
“Unfortunately, the dating side of it has been an absolute disaster for me,” she added.
Celebs Go Dating can be streamed on Channel 4 online with new episodes released weeknights on E4.
