Laura Hamilton: I Went on a Date with Shaggy—And Paid!

Laura Hamilton: I Went on a Date with Shaggy—And Paid!

Laura Hamilton has revealed that she once went on a date with Shaggy – and he made her pay!

The A Place In The Sun presenter, 43, who split from husband Alex Goward, 44, in 2022 after a decade of marriage, shared details about her dating life in a new interview on Friday. 

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Laura confirmed that she was still single and having fun as she recalled a surprise date from over 20 years ago. 

Recounting meeting up with Shaggy, she explained: ‘I met him for coffee and I had to pay for it. It was at Heathrow airport. 

‘I’d been working with him, and he said, “I really want to meet up with you and talk about work opportunities.”’

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Laura Hamilton: I Went on a Date with Shaggy—And Paid!

Laura Hamilton has revealed that she once went on a date with Shaggy – and he made her pay!

The A Place In The Sun presenter, 43, who split from husband Alex Goward, 44, in 2022, shared details about her dating life in a new interview on Friday  (Shaggy pictured last month)

The A Place In The Sun presenter, 43, who split from husband Alex Goward, 44, in 2022, shared details about her dating life in a new interview on Friday  (Shaggy pictured last month)

Confirming that he made up a song and sang it to her, she continued: ‘God, that was over 20 years ago. I’m not sure he’d recognise me now.’

Adding of her dating life now, Laura said: ‘I’m busy working and dating and having fun, and I prefer to find people naturally rather than being on dating apps.

‘I like to go out and meet people who have common interests. I made a decision going forward that I want to keep that aspect of my life private. 

‘I think it’s really important that if I’m dating people – and I have been dating people – if they’re not in the public eye, then they have a right to privacy. 

‘Just because I’m in the public eye – you never know what their job is, and they might need privacy for security reasons, and so I’m always mindful of that.’ 

Laura shares two children Rocco, 12, and Tahlia, 10, with her ex-husband Alex, they split after 13 years together. 

In a statement at the time, she wrote: ‘This isn’t something I ever thought I’d be saying but, after 13 years of being together Alex and I have separated.

‘Our children are and always will be our number one priority and we would respect privacy for our family at this time.’ 

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Laura confirmed that she was still single and having fun as she recalled a surprise date from over 20 years ago

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, Laura confirmed that she was still single and having fun as she recalled a surprise date from over 20 years ago

Recounting meeting up with Shaggy, she explained: 'I met him for coffee and I had to pay for it. It was at Heathrow airport'

Recounting meeting up with Shaggy, she explained: ‘I met him for coffee and I had to pay for it. It was at Heathrow airport’

Laura shares two children Rocco, 12, and Tahlia, 10 , with her ex-husband Alex, they split after 13 years together

Laura shares two children Rocco, 12, and Tahlia, 10 , with her ex-husband Alex, they split after 13 years together 

She has been a presenter on A Place in the Sun since 2012 and regularly posts pictures from her sun drenched holidays and filming trips on Instagram.

Laura also explained that her time on the Channel 4 show has seen her through so many life changes, notably her engagement, the births of her children and her divorce.

The former Dancing On Ice star described feeling like she had ‘failed’ amid their separation, which saw Laura move out of the couple’s Surrey family home.

She said: ‘We are co-parenting, and it works. But even that, you know, I kind of felt like I had failed.’

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