Professor Green | Celebs Go Dating 2026

Why did you fancy joining Celebs Go Dating?

I was super intrigued to get in front of people who, I guess, have an education in this, Paul, Dr Tara and Anna. It's not something anyone ever observes, right? So even if I go into therapy and talk about stuff it’s biased, it's from my perspective. And this isn't a side of me that anyone's ever had a look at. I'm always quite keen to get under the hood of stuff and better understand things.

Is it about learning more about yourself, or are you open to finding someone?

It is way more of an experiment for me, to work out how available I am, if at all. I mean the thing is, I'm doing this largely in between school runs. It's such a weird prospect, the idea of now meeting someone where I find myself in life at the moment, given that I've got a child who is priority number one. And after that is work. And after that it’s working out is there anything that's left for me? I'm not sure how much space there is.

How would you describe your romantic life right now?

Non-existent. Difficult. Complicated. Do I get people sliding into my DMs? I just don't know how much of that you'd give attention to, even if it were the case. It's not real.

What’s it like dating in the public eye?

I’ve not really had the issue of dating with a guard up because I’m wondering if people are interested in me for me. I think all the relationships I’ve been in before felt quite equally footed, or level. It’s a weird concept given that anyone I’m meeting is arriving with intent and motive, they’ve said yes to it whereas I haven’t said yes to dating someone, I’m just in front of them all of a sudden. I’m quite old school, I do quite like walking up to someone and saying hello. But it’s been so long since I’ve dated, I’m out of the game!

What are you looking for?

I tried to walk in with a blank slate. I am where I am because of the decisions that I’ve made and what I have looked for previously. So I am keen to see who they think I am more suited to.

Have you tried the apps?

Apps are horrible, that’s not for me. I’ve never done them, it gives me the ick. I mean, looking at a 2D image of someone and swiping one way or the other, it just takes the human element out of it.

Did you decide how much of your past relationships you’d talk about in the agency?

Yeah, absolutely there was a red line. And it's important that I come from a place of I, it’s not relationships in any way, shape or form. Whether that’s professional, friendship or romantic, it’s far too nuanced to discuss the other person when they're not present because each person has a different experience of what happened. I'm aware as well that just me talking about something that involved more than just myself is gonna have bias involved and I don't think that would be very fair.

Do you think your autism has an impact on your ability to date?

Yeah, definitely. I've been quite typically bad at reading signals my whole life. The horrible thing for me, I guess, or the difficult thing is that I can be sat at a table and there's things that are happening in front of me, but there's also so much going on inside my head. Something that I realise is there’s conversations that are easy and that is the same for everyone, right? It's not just because I'm autistic, but there are conversations that flow and I don't have to try for. And then there's times when I have to think about every word that I'm saying and that's extremely exhausting in a way that I guess someone neurotypical wouldn't really understand.

There’s you and then there’s your stage persona, Professor Green, is there a difference between the two?

Yeah, but although from what I think, feel or observe, so there is an honesty in it. There is very much a Stephen in the music that I make. It's weird talking about a kind of moniker in the third person, that gets a bit too complicated for me. But we are one in the same, but there is a job that Professor Green has to do that Stephen doesn't want to.

The show kicks off with a dinner party where your friend Lewis turned up, what did he tell the agents about you?

He spoke to my sensitivities. I guess ultimately what he said is there’s a lot more to Stephen than people would think. And I think a lot of people get caught up in their own idea of me, which isn't necessarily even relative to things that they've seen of me. I guess for them, if they've seen something from me in the media, they see a perceived success and therefore bravado or confidence, which I'm not like. I don't think I lack in confidence, but I'm not too brazen. I'm not too loud. I'm actually quite quiet. I was called shy as a kid, but you know, I think I was more considered.

Do you think people might be surprised to see a different side to you on this show?

Yeah. Surprised or bored! There's quite a stark difference between me and the rest of the cast. But I enjoyed being with the others which made me feel really comfortable. I’d met Coleen on Loose Women before, but as a group, we are such a motley crew and unless it was a Brits after party, you'd probably never have got us all in the same room. But even then we probably wouldn't have all found ourselves in the same corner talking to each other. Whereas being put together in this situation, it's not like any of us have found our tribe in a smaller group. We've all really, really clicked as an entirety.

It sounds like you’ve had a real laugh with the other celebs?

Yeah, I tell you what though, and I said this in the agency as well, is that when you get along so well with a group full of people, it actually puts more pressure on the dates because if something isn't as fun as the time you're having with the people you're going back to in the villa, then it's quite evident that it’s not going to work if I'd be having more fun just talking to my pals. Whereas you need someone that's kind of gonna be able to have that same sort of banter and fun, which is difficult, obviously, because I've had more time with the people that I'm on the show with. I walked into the agency the other day and then PK Humble was sat there and he's like, ‘wait a minute, you didn't kiss her. What happened?’ What went wrong was actually his words. And I was like, ‘no, nothing went wrong’. And then I realised that there is a real difference in people's sort of approach to this process. Some people are really here and free. Whereas I think at the point I'm at in life, I'm not so much young and fun anymore. Let’s just say I think Rob Beckett is going to have fun with me because I’ve certainly given him a lot of material!

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