Ferne McCann confirms romance with Jack Padgett as she KISSES the hunky model in South Africa

Ferne McCann sparked dating rumours with model Jack Padgett as they holiday together in South Africa with her friend Carl Cunard and daughter Sunday. 

And in pictures obtained exclusively by MailOnline, the former TOWIE star, 30, confirmed her romance with the handsome hunk as she can be seen kissing him during their sundrenched getaway.

The couple have been sharing near-identical snaps from the getaway, which Ferne has embarked on for work. 

While not appearing together in any snaps, they posted identical shots from Boulders Beach sandy cove, where they watched penguins, before posting matching snaps of their meals later that evening.  

It seems things may be on the up in Ferne’s look for love as she has been living it up during her work trip with Jack, with their matching snap giving the game away.

As well as their sightseeing, the duo have also been hitting the gym with Carl, however have remained coy about posing or posting together. 

Ferne would not be Jack’s first high-profile romance, as he was previously seen getting hot and heavy with Lottie Moss in 2018.  

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Ferne for comment.  

Ferne’s love life has been chequered since she first burst on to screens on TOWIE in the show’s ninth series in June 2013 – introduced as the girlfriend of Joey Essex’s cousin Charlie Sims and a best friend to the Faiers sisters. 

Her messy union with Charlie played out on screens, with infidelity on both sides, before they eventually split in 2015 after six years together. 

Ferne went on to date Arthur Collins, the father of her three-year-old daughter Sunday, however things ended in utter horror. 

She raises Sunday as a single mother after she split from Arthur when he was convicted of GBH and ABH against 14 people after he threw acid at nightclubbers following an argument at the Mangle E8 nightclub in east London in 2017. 

Ferne has previously spoken to MailOnline about life as a single mother, as she admitted when times are hard, she can become reflective of what life could be – having admitted she grew depressed amid her ex’s incarceration.

She said: ‘If you do give it enough thought you do think what could’ve been, but then I wouldn’t want to change anything because it’s me and Sunday and I’m happy…

‘I never felt unable to cope and that I couldn’t go on because I always had the light at the end of the tunnel which was Sunday and I always had that positive, beautiful thing so yeah I had dark times but I never felt unable to cope.’