Nadia Essex (born 16 December 1981) is an English television personality and columnist. She is known for appearing as a dating expert on the E4 reality series ''

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'' from 2016 to 2018.

Career

In 2016, Essex became one of the dating experts on the E4 dating reality series, ''

''. She appeared on '' Good Morning Britain'' in 2017. In 2018, she appeared as herself on three episodes of ''

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'' In January 2018, Essex appeared on the fourth series of ''

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'', alongside

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Harassment and legal action

In 2018, she was suspended from ''Celebs Go Dating'' for

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her former co-host Eden Blackman on social media. She was removed from show midway through filming of the fifth series in September 2018, reportedly due to "improper use of social media".

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issued a statement confirming her suspension, saying she was "found to be setting up fake accounts to troll certain users – which is something that won’t be tolerated". Despite admitting to setting up several trolling

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accounts, Essex subsequently started legal proceedings against Blackman and Lime Pictures. Essex's case against Blackman was thrown out of court but he obtained a harassment order against Essex in 2020 due to the 'false claims Ms Essex made against' him. If Essex breaches the order she will face 'fines, have her assets seized, or be imprisoned if comments are found to contain content deemed as harassment'.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Essex, Nadia Nationality missing People from Epsom 1981 births Living people