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Neil Shaw

Dragons' Den's Steven Bartlett opens up about love, sex and identifying as black

Dragon's Den star and Diary of a CEO’s Steven Bartlett has taken the role of interviewee in Bumble’s new podcast series, My Love Is… as he sits down with The Receipts Podcast host, Tolly T to speak candidly on his upbringing and how it impacted his emotional and romantic connections as an adult.

Steven deems sexual languages as an important factor when it comes to compatibility. When recounting the earlier days with his current girlfriend, he explains “One day, several months into our relationship, she turned around to me and said, ‘I don’t like having sex’. And, as a man, when a woman says that sentence that she doesn’t like having sex, it can feel quite perplexing, it can feel emasculating, or you think, ‘Is it me?’”

The pair split soon after, however a year later, Steven flew out to Bali where she had relocated to, to try and resolve things. After speaking openly with each other in an attempt to rekindle the relationship, Steven explains:

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