Geordie Shore’s Chantelle Connelly reveals split from boyfriend six months after their baby’s birth

New mum and TV star Chantelle Connelly has confirmed her split from the father of her baby, Lee Blackburn

Chantelle Connelly

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Posting a post-gym video on Instagram, ex-Geordie Shore cast member Chantelle confessed she’s now “single and back”.

Showing off her rock-hard abs following the birth of her and Lee’s son Ricardo in May, Chantelle was keen to tell the world that they have officially broken up.

“The gym’s been absolutely smashed. Abs are coming along nicely. Chantelle’s back. Single and back,” she posted on Instagram, adding, “Back in gym mode 👊🏼 feeling happy and positive 🙌🏼 #singlelife 🙌🏼👌🏼🖕🏼.”

The 29-year-old shot to fame in 2016 after making a big impression in series 12 of Geordie Shore, starring alongside the likes of Gary Beadle, Charlotte Crosby and Holly Hagan.

Shortly afterwards, she quit the programme, saying she was fed up of the “snakes” on the show and tweeted that there are “more important things than reality TV”, and that “fame and money isn’t everything”.

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Gaz Beadle

Gaz Beadle was the card carrying Alpha of the crew, who had a "degree in pulling women" and was the cause of A LOT of heartache for Charlotte Crosby.

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Gaz Beadle

Gaz and his girlfriend Emma McVey welcomed their first son early 2018,and confirmed their second pregnancy with an adorable Instagram post in June 2019.

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Gaz Beadle and Emma McVey

Gaz Beadle and Emma McVey welcomed their baby daughter into the world on December 16. Gaz shared the first photo of their girl on Instagram and said, "What an amazing Xmas this is going to be... @emma_jane1392 was amazing and both my girls are now resting ud83dudc95 can't wait to do it all again and can't wait for Chester to meet her... thank you so much for everyone's messages means a lot ❤ufe0f".

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Marnie Simpson

Baby of the group Marnie came in as Sophie Kasae's younger cousin but certainly carved out her own legacy by turning the heads of Gaz and Aaron Chalmers – with Charlotte dubbing her "a massive flirty slag with really long confusing hair".

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Marnie Simpson

Marnie surprised everyone when she announced her pregnancy with boyfriend Casey Johnson after admitting she had had concerns about her fertility.After what seemed like the longest pregnancy in the world ever, Marnie gave birth to a healthy baby boy after getting induced at 12 days overdue.

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Marnie Simpson

Marnie shared the first picture of her and Casey's baby boy, Rox Johnson the following month. She wrote, "Rox Johnson ud83dudc95 29.10.19 8.1 We adore you so much our beautiful boy ud83dudc95".

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Greg Lake

Greg, pictured here with Vicky Pattison, only lasted one season, and was somewhat overshadowed by the bigger personalities in the group

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Greg Lake

No fear though, because Greg seems to be settling well into his current role as dad to baby Daye, who he welcomed in June 2018 with girlfriend Jennifer Metcalfe.

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Chantelle Connelly

Chanelle joined the house in 2016 and quickly made enemies with some of the girls, leaving the house under acrimonious circumstances, saying she couldn't face "living with snakes".

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Chantelle Connelly

Chantelle faced lots of criticism during her pregnancy as she showed off her super toned and flat stomach throughout, but delivered a healthy baby boy, Ricardo, in June 2019, after a "difficult" birth.

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Rebecca Walker

Rebecca was but an 18 year old wild child when she entered the house in season two, ready to fight queen bee Vicky Pattison for Jay Gardner's affections.

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Rebecca Walker

But now she's all grown up and has a baby of her own. We don't know much about the mummy-son duo, but they do look ADORABLE on Instagram.

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Aaron Chalmers

"Cheeky and colourful" Aaron lasted a not too shabby at all eight series in the Geordie Shore house, from eight to 16.

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Aaron Chalmers

In October 2019, he announced that he was expecting a baby with Talia Oatway. Baby Romeo came along in April 2020.

So she turned her attention to romance, coupling up with convicted criminal Lee in December 2017.

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Back in 2012, he was sentenced to seven years in prison for a £1million cocaine plot, and he reportedly has three other children with three different women.

After announcing she was expecting back in November last year, Chantelle remained so slim throughout her first and second trimester that trolls blasted her as a liar, claiming she was faking her own pregnancy.

Shocked at the ludicrous accusation she uploaded her baby scan to social media to set the record straight.

Months later, she posted a picture of her flat tummy while carrying at five months pregnant.

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