Sarah Harding confirms her relationship with Chad Johnson is over as the distance ‘proved too much’
SARAH Harding has confirmed her relationship with Chad Johnson is over as the distance "proved too much" for them to overcome.
It comes after The Sun Online exclusively revealed the pair had parted ways.
The pair struck up a romance in the CBB house, but they have broken up after struggling to maintain their long-distance relationship.
In a statement Sarah said: “It is with sadness that I can now confirm my relationship with Chad is over.
"The distance has proved too much of an obstacle even though we both tried to make it work.
"I wish him all the best for the future and thank him for the memories we shared during a very interesting summer.”
It comes after the Sun Online exclusively revealed that Sarah, 35, is single again after her whirlwind three-month romance with the American hunk fell apart.
Chad returned to his native US after his stint in the reality show came to an end, and Sarah flew over to visit him.
But they found it tough to keep their romance alive while being separated and have now called it a day.
We can also reveal that Sarah was irritated by the The Bachelorette hunk flirting with other women and liking their pictures on social media, and she is now blanking him for good.
After getting drunk in week two of the show, Chad and Sarah snogged passionately in bed, and then against a wall, right beside one of the house cameras.
Chad told the Diary Room at the time: "I like hanging out with Sarah. We flirt. I just want to keep hanging out with her, and see what happens."
The next day, Sarah denied to fellow housemates that they'd had sex.
She told Sandi Bogle: "No I'm not going to do anything like that in the house, that was just a different, I don't know...
"I've just got to maintain some decorum while I'm in the house and respect other people."
However, despite initial doubts, the pair have continued to date outside of the house - with Sarah even seeing putting her house up for sale amid rumours she could be moving to LA to be with him.
They were seen together Stateside, and they looked like they were still very much in love as they spent time together in the city.
But their romance has always been volatile and they were seen having blazing rows in the CBB house.
She recently hinted the romance could be over in a series of cryptic Instagram messages.
In the now-deleted posts, Girls Aloud star Sarah described herself as Chad's "soon to be ex" before posting a message declaring: "LOVE HURTS".
She was talking to a follower who claimed to be a neighbour of The Bachelorette star back home in the US.
Sarah told the woman: "Looks aren't everything Hun believe me."
After the poster replied saying, "I'm his neighbour", Sarah told her: "I'm his girlfriend, or soon to be ex lol so cheers for clarifying."
The split will be a major blow for unlucky in love Sarah, whose love life has been full of ups and downs over the years.
The Sun revealed Sarah had a doomed six-week affair with Danny Dyer in 2012 after they met on the set of Run For Your Wife.
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