JAMES Haskell was criticised for having “no chat” during an awkward mixer as he was rescued by the Celebs Go Dating experts.
Thursday night’s episode saw the celebrities thrown into the deep end as they had to work the room filled with plenty of singletons.
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James Haskell has been slammed for having “no chat”
The experts weren’t happy with him on Celebs Go Dating
Dating gurus Paul C Brunson, Anna Williamson and Dr. Tara sat at the back to watch the celebrities on a monitor with headphones.
James, 41, approached a woman named Scarlett and after speaking about jobs and children, he asked: “Have you got a party trick?”
She started laughing before exclaiming: “I am literally talentless.”
In the back, Dr. Tara savagely said: “Dude’s got no game,” as Anna echoes: “No chat. I think we’ve identified James’ problem.”
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Clearly feeling awkward, James awkwardly told Scarlett he’s going to go and meet some other people.
Anna added: “James is a good guy, but you know what? Is he playing at his peak performance – hell no! We need to call him out on this.”
She then took her headphones off as the pair headed into the mixer to confront James.
Anna warned: “We’re gonna be honest with you James, it’s not going great.”
Anna Williamson pulled him up on his chat or lack of it
He denied cheating on ex Chloe Madeley earlier this week on the E4 show Credit: E4
Dr. Tara added: “Maybe it feels surface-y, a bit surface level.”
Anna admitted: “We want you to be a little bit earnest, so lean into more of being vulnerable.
“We know that vulnerability is quite hard for you, we don’t need you spilling your whole life story out but just start to find out a little bit more about them.”
Speaking in his interview confessional to camera, the dad-of-one expresses: “Yeah, not a great start. I’ve been told my chat is absolute s**t house, which is shocking to the very core as I thought I was doing alright.”
Earlier this week, James got a grilling from the experts as he denied cheating on his ex Chloe Madeley.
After outright being asked if he did the dirty, he responded: “No, no not at all”
He then added: “My sporting career was very selfish, lots of travel, lots of work, and then I switched to being a DJ and travel and then there is work with that, and I probably needed to be more there for Chloe.”
The former couple, who continue to co-parent their three-year-old daughter Bodhi, shocked fans when they announced they had split in 2023.
A the time, Chloe, daughter of TV stars Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan, shared a joint statement on her ex-husband’s behalf and said they had “mutually” decided to call it quits.
Celebs Go Dating airs Monday to Friday at 9pm on E4
