Take Me Out’s Looci Sohma was as stunned as anyone when her ex Nick Knight came down the love chute.
The pair, along with host Paddy McGuinness, were gobsmacked but the tattooed beauty left her light on and he couldn’t resist picking her, even though she broke his heart a year ago.
Now Teessider Looci, 26, has opened up about the accidental reunion and their trip to the Isle of Fernando’s in Tenerife for their official Take Me Out date.
Speaking to New! Magazine, she recalled how the pair first met in a club in Leeds when Nick was working behind the bar.
The two went on a few dates but he decided to go back to his ex after they started seeing each other and dumped Looci, from Hartburn.
“Months later, he called me and told me he was sorry,” she explained. “I was hurt and wary after he’d dumped me, but Nick was persistent.
“He’d call every few months trying to get me to go out with him again and finally, after two years, I realised I’d forgiven him and still liked him. So, very slowly, we started seeing each other again.”
The pair stayed together for more than two years until they started rowing about the future: Nick wanted to stay in Pontefract, while Looci was based in Leeds and planned to travel the world after going to circus school.
She said: “We started arguing about little things and I realised Nick wasn’t always supportive of my career, often getting jealous of blokes in the audience when I performed at shows.”
The couple called it a day and Looci admits she broke Nick’s heart but decided enough was enough and tried to move on.
The dark-haired stunner dated a handful of guys but always compared them to her ex, who she thought she’d never see again - UNTIL she went on Take Me Out.
“When Nick came down the lift, I felt like I’d been hit by a truck. I recognised his t-shirt before he’d even stepped onto the studio floor,” she said.
“My heart was pounding and when Paddy came over to me, my mouth felt dry with nerves. I knew Paddy’s catchphrase ‘No likey, no lighty’ - meaning if you didn’t fancy the male contestant then you switched off the light on the podium in front of you.”
The audience and Paddy gasped when she kept hers on and explained hairdresser Nick was in fact her ex.
“I thought if I don’t give Nick another chance I’ll regret it,” Looci explained.
Nick had to pick between her and another girl and ended up going with his ex, who he kissed on the lips as they were reunited while emotions ran high.
The pair were whisked away separately and told not to contact each other until they arrived in Tenerife where they went on their date.
“It took all my self-control not to call him ‘babe’ like I used to,” she admitted. “We held hands as we caught up. I told Nick about the house I’d bought in Leeds. I wasn’t surprised to hear he was still living in Pontefract.”
Nick told her he’d had two girlfriends since her but they didn’t work out, explaining to Looci it was “because they weren’t you.”
She said she was thrilled she kept her light on and Nick had picked her - thinking it might have been fate.
Looci added: “Our date was amazing, and I couldn’t believe what an incredible time we had together. I felt so lucky we’d been given a second chance at love.”
Fans of the show and new found followers of the couple will have to wait until next week’s show to see if Nick is willing to leave Pontefract to make it work.
Guisborough girl Emily Symington, also bagged herself a date during the episode.
The 23-year-old former Laurence Jackson School and Prior Pursglove College student told The Gazette the show was “an experience too good to miss.”
Take Me Out is on ITV on Saturday.
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