Nadia Essex

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| birth_name = Nadia Essex

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Television personality
columnist

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| years_active = 2014–2018

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Celebs Go Dating (2016–2018)
Celebrity Coach Trip (2018)

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| children = 1

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Nadia Essex (born 16 December 1981){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/i-needed-to-vent-celebs-go-dating-nadia-essex-explains-why-she-set-up-fake-social-media-accounts-37351960.html|title='I needed to vent' - Celebs Go Dating Nadia Essex explains why she set up fake social media accounts|website=Independent.ie|date=25 September 2018 }} is an English television personality and columnist. She is known for appearing as a dating expert on the E4 reality series Celebs Go Dating from 2016 to 2018.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/reality-tv/a866965/celebs-go-dating-nadia-essex-resignation-eden-blackman-feud/|title=Nadia Essex breaks silence on leaving Celebs Go Dating|first=Justin|last=Harp|date=25 September 2018|website=Digital Spy}}{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/09/16/nadia-essex-forced-to-confirm-she-hasnt-died-after-celebs-go-dating-is-cancelled-6932872/|title=Nadia Essex forced to confirm she's alive after Celebs Go Dating is cancelled|date=16 September 2017|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/sep/23/celebs-go-dating-reality-tv-hit-rock-bottom|title=Celebs Go Dating: has reality TV finally hit rock bottom?|first=Fiona|last=Sturges|work=The Guardian |date=23 September 2017|publisher=|via=www.theguardian.com}}

Career

In 2016, Essex became one of the dating experts on the E4 dating reality series, Celebs Go Dating. She appeared on Good Morning Britain in 2017.{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/goodmorningbritain/nadia-essex-harry-wallop-last-minute-christmas-shopping-tips|title=Is it a bad idea to leave your shopping until Christmas Eve?|website=www.itv.com}} In 2018, she appeared as herself on three episodes of Celebrity Ghost Hunt{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/f76kpy/celebrity-ghost-hunt--s1-e5-celebrity-ghost-hunt-hells-theatre/|title=Celebrity Ghost Hunt: Hell's Theatre - S1|website=Radio Times}} In January 2018, Essex appeared on the fourth series of Celebrity Coach Trip, alongside Bobby-Cole Norris.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/20/celebrity-coach-trips-nadia-essex-cant-wait-roxanne-pallett-relieve-hated-woman-britain-tag-8366428/|title=Celebrity Coach Trip's Lady Nadia Essex can't wait for Roxanne Pallett's arrival|date=20 January 2019|publisher=}}

Harassment and legal action

In 2018, she was suspended from Celebs Go Dating for trolling her former co-host Eden Blackman on social media.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2018/10/30/why-has-nadia-essex-left-celebs-go-dating-8087952/|title=Why has Nadia Essex left Celebs Go Dating?|date=30 October 2018|publisher=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/im-going-down-in-flames-celebs-go-dating-expert-nadia-essex-resigns-following-suspension-from-show-37319254.html|title='I'm going down in flames' Celebs Go Dating expert Nadia Essex resigns following suspension from show|website=Independent.ie|date=15 September 2018 }} She was removed from show midway through filming of the fifth series in September 2018, reportedly due to "improper use of social media".{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment2018 |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 October 2019 |archive-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205214553/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment2018 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/celebs-go-dating-expert-nadia-essex-suspended-from-e4-series-over-improper-use-of-social-media-a3934436.html|title=Celebs Go Dating expert Nadia Essex suspended over social media use |date=12 September 2018|website=Evening Standard}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/lady-nadia-essex-suspended-celebs-go-dating_uk_5baa105ae4b0375f8fa04789|title=Lady Nadia Essex Says She's At 'Rock Bottom' Following Suspension From 'Celebs Go Dating'|date=25 September 2018|website=HuffPost UK}} Lime Pictures issued a statement confirming her suspension, saying she was "found to be setting up fake accounts to troll certain users – which is something that won’t be tolerated".{{cn|date=July 2023}} Despite admitting to setting up several trolling Twitter accounts, Essex subsequently started legal proceedings against Blackman and Lime Pictures.{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/nadia-essex-taking-legal-action-against-eden-blackman/ar-BBP4ROO|title=Nadia Essex taking legal action against Eden Blackman|website=www.msn.com|access-date=2019-06-05}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/news/nadia-essex-taking-legal-action-eden-blackman-1169793.html|title=Nadia Essex taking legal action against Eden Blackman|date=October 29, 2018|website=www.femalefirst.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-06-05}} Essex's case against Blackman was thrown out of court but he obtained a harassment order against Essex in 2020 due to the 'false claims Ms Essex made against' him.{{Cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1357629/nadia-essex-jail-harassment-celebs-go-dating|title=Celebs Go Dating presenter Nadia Essex risks jail if she harasses ex-TV co-star again|work=Daily Express|access-date=12 March 2021}}{{better|reason=Daily Express is considered generally unreliable|date=July 2023}} If Essex breaches the order she will face 'fines, have her assets seized, or be imprisoned if comments are found to contain content deemed as harassment'.{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1357629/nadia-essex-jail-harassment-celebs-go-dating|title=Celebs Go Dating presenter Nadia Essex risks jail if she harasses ex-TV co-star again|first=Justin|last=Stoneman|date=8 November 2020|website=Express.co.uk}}