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Celebs Go Dating star Ella Morgan reveals incredible way she’s paid back ‘supportive’ parents after finding fame
Ella shared her parents' reaction to her going on Married At First Sight
CELEBS Go Dating star Ella Morgan has revealed the incredible way she’s paid back her ‘supportive’ parents after finding fame as a reality star.
Ella, 29, appeared on Married At First Sight UK last year and then starred on Celebs Go Dating.
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And while the star admits her parents were initially reluctant for her to marry a stranger and appear on reality TV , she says they’re now “more supportive than ever”.
And thanks to her success, Ella says she's now paying off her mum and dad's mortgage as a way of giving back.
She told The Sun: “I’m paying off my parents’ mortgage.
"I want them to be able to give up work so that they can look after my sausage dogs all the time, buy loads, we can all live together, and then I can get loads of sausage dogs.
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“And we can all live this nice, happy life.”
The star, who is transgender, added: “My parents have done so much for me so that I could be happy and live as authentic Ella.
“I think the least I could do was to give them an easier happy life.
"And I said to them as soon as I did MAFS, I was like, I kind of feel like I'm going to be a star because I always knew it when I was young.
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“I said I'm not going to work 9 to 5. I'm going be on the telly one day, and I am.
"And I said the least I could do is make your life easier. So, yeah, that's my gesture, paying off their mortgage. And we are actually going on a nice holiday on Monday too.”
Ella has spoken in the past about how she put her parents "through the mill" as a teenager.
She explained that she thinks her parents struggled with her transitioning and never properly “grieved losing a son."
She said: “I have put them through a lot, that I I've never really spoken about.
"A lot of people don't understand that actually with trans people, it's hard for us, but in my eyes it's actually harder for my family, it was harder for my parents.
"They obviously gave birth to a boy who then ended up disappearing and changing overnight. And I don't think my mum or dad ever grieved me, losing Evan.”
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Discussing their support for her career, she said: “They support me because they've always supported me with everything I've done.
"And they keep me so grounded that they're very much like humble yourself.
“I think because I've got that support from my family and my brothers and everyone else around me I don't get too egotistical or big headed, but I still find it weird that I'm basically living the dream too, because I haven't got any talent.
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“I can't sing and can't really act so I have just got I guess my personality.
“And my mum and dad came to my MAFS wedding – they did it for me, not because they really wanted to. I don't think they ever wanted me to marry a strange, but they came to the wedding and they are incredible.”
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