Gogglebox star Joe Baggs breaks silence on Love Island’s Chloe Burrows after pic of them snogging
FORMER Gogglebox star Joe Baggs has spoken out about his viral kiss with Love Island's Chloe Burrows.
The good friends had a boozy snog on Joe and his brother George's which immediately sparked romance rumours on social media.
However, all wasn't as it seemed from a short edited clip of the smooch, and the pair really aren't romantically involved.
Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Joe, who is celebrating his 26th birthday today, said: "That was so funny. We did have a laugh about that afterwards.
"I woke up the next morning, got the edit through and was like 'oh' [laughs]. I wonder how this is going to be perceived,' and I think that [Instagram] story went out prior to the episode as well.
"It was a story I put up just joking around and sometimes I forget. I still treat Instagram like I would've when I was at school. So I still post stories and sometimes I'm like 'Oh wait', and I kind of forget. But we had a good laugh about it and it's funny how it did spiral."
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Joe took the speculation in his stride and was amused to see his little brother roped into the madness too, along with Chloe's best pal and fellow islander Millie Court.
He continued: "Now it's the rumours my brother George and Millie are a thing so there's this weird double date situation going on. They're really good mates of ours. I love them two."
The podcast, which began as a passion project that let the siblings share their interests with fans in a fun and friendly setting, has garnered huge success and now boasts 58,000 subscribers on YouTube.
It's not just reality stars that have joined Joe and George on the panel, the likes of Spice Girl Mel C and more recently N-Dubz have too.
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Joe said: "I never thought we'd be able to book the guests we did. Having Mel C on episode three was just crazy to be honest. The people we've interviewed is pretty mindblowing."
Sporty Spice was an early feather in the cap for the boys. She decided to take part after Joe hit it off with her at Capital's Summertime Ball.
As fortune would have it, Mel had a book to promote at the time and a subsequent direct message on Instagram was all it took to get her on.
Despite being a genuine media sensation having teamed up for projects with Will.i.Am, Rita Ora and now social media app TikTok ahead of Eurovision, Joe said he still gets imposter syndrome.
But that hasn't stopped him aiming big, and he'd love for pop princess Cheryl to be a guest in the future.
He said: "I love pop music and pop culture. Someone I've always wanted to meet and interview is Cheryl. She's a dream guest of mine. Who knows, maybe one day. She's definitely that sort of vibe. I was a massive Girls Aloud fan."
This week the Bagg boys are on the road to the Eurovision Song Contest final.
They're making live podcast episodes in the run-up to Saturday night's spectacle in Liverpool.
Joe explained: "From Tuesday to Thursday we're interviewing fellow creators. We're interviewing Mae Muller and Sam Ryder and just bringing our podcast on the road kind of vibe, which will be really fun.
"I love Eurovision anyway and over the last couple of years, from entering this industry and meeting Sam and meeting Mae, I'm into it a lot more now than recent years."
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And Joe has his fingers crossed that Mae and her break-up banger I Wrote A Song will top the leaderboard come Saturday night.
He said: "I really want her to win and I do think the song's great. It's difficult because there's such strong competition always. We'll have to wait and see, but I'd love her to get the top spot."
