Gogglebox star Joe Baggs has revealed that his mum Lisa is helping him find 'the one'.
Lisa is helping Joe out by using a new "family approved" dating app. A feature on the Badoo app allows friends and family to tell your potential date what they think about you, reports BirminghamLive.
Badoo's new feature launched on June 7 and includes a video clip a family or friend can record in which they speak about you, prompts listing family and friend's reviews of you, interests approved by family or friends and finally a badge which shows you've been 'Family-Approved'.
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Lisa and Joe shared their thoughts on the feature and why "mum knows best". Joe told Tyla, he definitely 'struggles to sell [himself] on dating apps' - something Badoo found 71% of other singles find difficult too.
He said that his mum can be "quite fiery" but that she does have "nice things to say about [him]" and after "a string of terrible relationships," he thought maybe it was time to get his family involved.
He added: "There's probably things I wouldn't let you share about me like my dating history. Probably my eating habits." Chiming in, Lisa said: "And the fact that you portray that you're so clean and tidy but at home, you're bloody well not."
Joe only allows his mum to give him a review on the app. He said: "I don't know whether there's anyone else in this family that I would trust. I mean, George would be the worst to Family Approve me."
Lisa added: "I think Dad will just humiliate you. [And] I wouldn't be too nice. You just want to have a laugh and make [other] people laugh." The feature on the app also includes 'chosen family' and not just blood relatives with Joe explaining that he has a few close friends in mind to help him out. He branded the feature a "green flag" and said it made him feel safer and confident in knowing who's interested in dating more seriously.
Joe added: "For me, it's a green flag. Because anyone could say anything online. If I see someone with this badge, I know that their intentions are probably pure in the fact that they trust their family member to sell them."
Lisa said Badoo's new 'Family-Approved' feature could also "help the potential partner feel a little bit at ease," as they'll have "practically already met," a family member or friend. However, she warned she's actually already "got a [type of] person in mind" for Joe. She added: "I know him better than anybody else so I know exactly what would suit him. You gotta get past me first."
For now, Joe "couldn't be any more single if [he] tried,' but maybe with the help of being 'Family-Approved' by his mum, his dating luck could be about to change.”
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