We love nothing more than a reality telly love story; the fact that two people can find love amid a tidal wave of drama and public intervention is downright Shakespearean – sadly, they're such a rarity these days.
Even on dating shows like Love Island, Love Island: All Stars, Married At First Sight and Celebs Go Dating – where the sole purpose of the show is to find love – long-lasting relationships are few and far between. Ironically, the one reality show that actually has a fairly decent success rate when it comes to matchmaking isn't even a dating show, it's Big Brother.
Back in the day, Big Brother couples dominated our mag covers and all these years later, the show is still brining the unlikeliest of lovers together. Cue Nathan King and Baked Potato montage.
Allow us to rip the plaster off – yes, they're still together and we have to say, from the looks of their socials, the Big Brother 2024 couple is giving forever (despite concerns that Rosie's parents might not gel with Nathan's political views).
Since leaving the Big Brother house in November 2024, the couple have been joined at the hip, posting pictures and videos of cute dates and trips to one another's hometowns over the Christmas period on their socials.
The last time we clocked a snap of them together was two weeks ago during a quirky date to a museum, so we're guessing this Big Brother romance still lives on.
During our Insta stalk we also came across the most gorgeous post from December 2024 on Rosie's grid about Nathan. Sharing several snaps of herself and her man together, she wrote, 'I am so unbelievably grateful for this man. For the first time in my life, someone actually likes me for who I am, he’s proud to be with me, thinks of me all the time, makes me laugh like a nutter, inspires me to be more positive and enjoy things more when I sometimes find it hard to. He even likes the parts of me that I truly hate.
'I know I ballsed up on BB by looking awkward af, I have never been shown that much affection before, so didn’t know how to handle it. I will forever be apologising to everyone for having to see that, it was never something I intended or wanted. Nathan means so much to me, and unfortunately, that hasn’t been conveyed in the show. Hopefully, he will allow me to spend the rest of my life showing him.'
Around the same time, Nathan shared similar snaps on his grid, captioning the post, 'Find yourself someone that looks at you, like Baked Tattie looks at me! ❤️.'
Honestly, a Love Island: All Stars couple could never.
During their time in the house, some viewers questioned the authenticity of Nathan’s feelings for Rosie (including Big Brother 2023 winner Jordan Sangha - watch the TikTok below and prepare for the shade), but Nathan has insisted he’s not faking it.
He said, ‘When it came out and it was mentioned about a showmance, I just thought, “Well, that’s mad." I don’t know how that’s been looked at like that, you don’t just think about that. I’m not great at talking about my feelings, especially when I’m on the bloody telly, but things have obviously been misconstrued that I don’t feel anything. Clearly we both do and we’re enjoying spending time together, it’s been great. I’m really happy, as is she.
‘It’s really given me a different perspective of reality TV, because I’d have said like, “How can you love someone after three weeks of knowing them?” But you’re with them all the time. If you’re dating someone on the outside, you’d see them maybe a couple of hours on a Saturday night and a couple of hours during the week, but we spent 24/7 together for five weeks. I meant everything I said about her, as did she and we’re really happy. She makes me laugh more than anyone ever has done and I do love her, a million and ten per cent.'
The 'love' bomb, though 🥹❤️.
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Ben Pulsford is a digital writer for Bauer Media, writing for both Closer online and heatworld. When he's not getting paid to gossip about Big Brother, Love Island, and The Real Housewives of Cheshire, he's storming the London LGBTQ+ scene as drag queen, Beary Poppins. Both Ben and Beary are awaiting an invite to join The Real Housewives of Cheshire for series 18. The budget's not there, but the drama is 💅.