Celebs Go Dating’s Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn was left stunned by Kerry Katona’s response after grilling her about her sex life.
The professor of sexual and relational communication, 37, has been on our screens since becoming an expert on the E4 show in 2023.
Dr Tara, and fellow experts Anna Williamson, 44, and Paul Carrick Brunson, 50, are helping Christine McGuinness, 37, Love Island’s Olivia Hawkins, 30, The Chase’s Mark Labbett, 50, S Club’s Jon Lee, 43, Too Hot To Handle’s Louis Russell, 24, Made In Chelsea’s Sam Prince, 28, comedian Donna Preston, 39, and TV personality Kerry, 44, find their love matches.
In an exclusive chat with Daily Mail about the current fourteenth series, Dr Tara shared what it was like helping and guiding all the famous faces on the show.
The relationship coach, who recently wrote her new book How Do You Like It?: A Guide for Getting What You Want (in Bed), has brought a lot of sex positivity to the show, giving the stars plenty of tips and tricks to make them more confident while dating.
But there is one celebrity in particular who wasn’t as open to chat about what they do in the bedroom as she thought.
Celebs Go Dating ‘s Dr Tara Suwinyattichaiporn has admitted that she was left stunned by Kerry Katona ‘s response after being grilling her about sex life
The professor sexual and relational communication, 37, has been on our screens since becoming a sex expert on the E4 show in 2023
Kerry Katona (pictured) is one of the celebrities looking for love on the current series of Celebs Go Dating
Dr Tara told us: ‘I am shocked of how shy Kerry Katona is talking about sex.
‘She’s been in the media forever… She has a sex positive brand in her business.
‘So I just thought, like, “Oh I’ll see her, we’ll talk all about sex”.
‘But she’s very shy. She’s a sex shy person.’
This comes as a huge surprise as the mum-of-four, who shot to fame in the late 90s as part of girl band Atomic Kitten, is one of many famous faces who post on over 18 site OnlyFans.
She set up her account in 2020 to make a bit of extra dosh and loves to tease her racy content on Instagram.
Luckily for Dr Tara, there was one star who was down to chat to her about their bedroom antics with her.
‘Let me tell you, this was also shocking as well, because I’ve seen her on TV as an actress, but I haven’t seen her talk about her personal life…’ she told us.
‘Donna Preston is not shy about sex.’
Christine McGuinness, 37, Love Island’s Olivia Hawkins, 30, The Chase’s Mark Labbett, 50, S Club’s Jon Lee, 43, Too Hot To Handle ‘s Louis Russell, 24, Made In Chelsea ‘s Sam Prince, 28, comedian Donna Preston, 39, and TV personality Kerry, 44, are on the hunt for a partner
Dr Tara told Daily Mail in an exclusive chat about the current series of Celebs Go Dating: ‘Donna Preston is not shy about sex’ (pictured)
While Celebs Go Dating is a little more PG than some other shows that have recently aired, Dr Tara is very much in support of them.
Earlier this year, many viewers were lost for words when Virgin Island premiered on Channel 4.
The programme saw 12 adults, who have never had sex, try and lose their virginity, with help from experts.
On the other end of the scale, Channel 4’s Open House: The Great Sex Experiment sees couples attend a retreat where they can explore opening up their relationship to other people.
Speaking about the shows, Dr Tara said: ‘I’m in support of both shows, because I think sex positivity is very vast.
‘There are many facets of being sex positive, and whether it’s talking about virgins and how they want to lose their virginity, or talking about people that have been together and want to try a different relationship structure, whatever the topic is.
‘I think the more sex positive conversations and representations, the better, because then people who are traditional and monogamous… it’s not propaganda, right, but they’re able to like see how other people live, and they grow more like kindness and tolerance towards other people who are different from them.
‘I think that art will change the world, like people becoming more tolerant and less hateful.
Open House: The Great Sex Experiment hit our screens in 2022 and has gone on to have three series so far
‘And with these shows, I mean, you know, there are pros and cons of them, right? But at the same time, I’m a big fan of both shows.’
She continued: ‘I think it shows the aspect of sexuality and relationship that other normal dating reality shows are not showing.
‘So in Open House, it feels niche, right? Like it’s just talking about open relationships. But millions of people around the world are in open relationships, I think that representation just like looking at their struggles, I think it helps people understand they’re just normal people, like they’re just like us, whether you’re monogamous and non monogamous, like everybody struggles the same way.
‘So I’m a fan of these shows. I think the representations are good for moving sex positivity forward.’
When Virgin Island hit our screens back in May, viewers blasted the ‘absolutely excruciating’ dating show ‘as a new low’ for TV, while others blasted the channel ‘poisoning the minds of the masses’ and ‘scraping the barrel’.
The programme saw the 12 adults get guided by sex experts Dr Danielle Harel and Celeste Hirschman, as well as as sex surrogates, who they could potentially lose their virginity to.
While some thought it was exploitative, Dr Tara doesn’t think it was, explaining: ‘Virgin Island – I think it’s hilarious.
‘The concept is funny, but some people say it’s exploitation, but they forget that these people sign up to be on the show like they consensually want to be on show up.
Virgin Island hit our screens in May and followed the journey of 12 adults who wanted to have sex for the first time
‘And I think the consent part is a big part. They’re not forced to be there. And people watching need to understand these people want to be on there.
‘They’re consenting young adults, why not?
‘Let them do whatever crazy stuff they want to do.
‘I think it’s a great show that’s showing the fringes of people that are experiencing virginity in a different way, because the mass, kind of lose their virginity at like, 16, right? The maths, statistically. I think it’s great. I think it’s kind of funny and endearing.’
She added: ‘People need to remind themselves that when they get worked up about like, all the shows exploiting these, yeah, yeah, these people want to be here.’
And she loves the shows so much that she’d love to be a sexpert on either.
‘I would love to go on and do like a sexpert like lesson, or maybe a workshop – that would be so much fun,’ she confessed.
Dr Tara sees these kind of shows as a positive and a step in the right direction for sex positivity.
Dr Tara told us: ‘I think talking about sex and representing sex in the media has definitely had it’s like, or is having its boom era’
‘I think talking about sex and representing sex in the media has definitely had it’s like, or is having its boom era,’ she said.
‘It this is, I think, is the boom era, the start of the boom era of sex positivity in the media.
‘I think we will see it so much more.
‘And it’s not just in the media too… Harry Styles just came out with a vibrator, mainstream culture is embracing sex positivity, and it’s just the beginning.
‘I think things that are in the fringes, that are hidden, are going to be more exposed, more represented.’