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Kate Lally

In With a Shout's Joel Dommett married woman who slid into his Instagram DMs

Joel Dommett is one of the most popular faces on UK television at the moment, having been catapulted into the limelight after his I'm a Celebrity appearance back in 2016.

The 37-year-old first found fame in cult comedy drama Skins, playing recurring character DC Sweeney, and was already a touring comedian at the time. A long-time funnyman, he had his first standup gig aged just 19.

Since then he's starred in and hosted a number of shows, including The Great British Bake Off and The Masked Singer.

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His latest programme In for a Shout sees Joel present his first ever game show. Two families go head-to-head as they try to answer questions, the correct responses to which are hidden within a montage of moving images displayed on TV screens.

Away from the cameras, Joel is happily married to model Hannah Cooper. They are said to have met after Hannah slid into his Instagram DMs with nothing but an emoji, after she'd had a few drinks.

Joel previously told The Times: "She hadn’t watched the show but saw me doing an interview on This Morning and sent me a message. It was the cat with heart-eyes emoji.

"It’s mad coming out of the jungle. I went from 11,000 followers to 350,000. I remember going through the direct messages, not knowing if I was meant to read them all.

"She always jokes that she was just at the top of the pile. I clicked on hers. We started chatting and I was blown away by how funny she was."

They'd been together for three years when they tied the knot in 2019. Their wedding took place on the beautiful Greek island of Mykonos, and was officiated by Love Island narrator Iain Stirling.

In With a Shout airs Saturdays at 7pm on ITV and ITVX

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