Celebs Go Dating bosses are ‘desperate’ to sign up a footballer’s wife after Wagatha Christie trial

CELEBS Go Dating bosses are keen to add an ex-footballer’s wife to the line-up for the new series.

After the drama of Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy‘s Wagatha Christie trial The Sun can reveal CGD producers are eyeing up a WAG to date members of the public.

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Bosses are keen to sign up an ex-WAG – with Jason Cundy’s former wife Lizzie thought to be in the frame[/caption]

A source said: “Coleen and Becky’s trial has had the nation gripped and there’s no denying the glamour the comes with being in that world.

“Celebs Go Dating bosses are desperate to sign a former footballer’s wife or girlfriend for the new series.

“They think they stories an ex-WAG could tell would make for great TV and their expensive tastes would make dates very interesting.”

While another TV insider confirmed casting for the new series has begun it’s thought the show is yet to have a WAG sign on the dotted line.

One person believed to be in the frame is Lizzy Cundy, the ex-wife of former Tottenham Hotspurs defender Jason Cundy.

The Sun has contacted a rep for Celebs Go Dating for comment.

Anna Williamson, one of the dating agents alongside Paul Brunson, recently opened up about the spin off Celebs Go Dating: The Mansion – confessing she’s glad it was axed.

She also agreed it had lost its identity by moving away from the therapy side of the process, while focusing on action going on inside The Mansion.

Delivering his critique of the one-off series, Secure the Insecure podcast host Johnny Seifert said: “We didn’t see enough of the therapy and the people who the celebrities were dating also wanted to become celebrities.”

Agreeing with his analysis, Anna said: “The Mansion did really well and we really enjoyed it, but it was intense.

“Shooting that in a pandemic was really hard, but it was the only way we were going to be able to get that series out.

“That’s why with the series that’s just finished, the bosses wanted to get back to the alluring nature of it’s about dating a celebrity – instead of chucking everyone in and blurring all the lines.”