Chris Hughes was "slightly confused" about his feelings for JoJo Siwa when he left the Celebrity Big Brother house

He told The Sun: "I went to Florida thinking 'I really like this person', but I was slightly confused about the feelings. I had already written her birthday card before I flew over. I took all these presents over for her. They were fun and sentimental gifts rather than anything of monetary value.

"But the night before her birthday, I realised my feelings had changed. I told her: 'I've got to go do something. I'll be back in half an hour.'

"I went to the hotel reception and borrowed a pen and came back up to the room.

"I took the card and opened it because I had to redo it. I sat in the toilet on my own and I rewrote the card. I knew my feelings had changed, and there was so much more that I needed to say than what I originally put in the birthday card. I wasn't confused anymore, and I knew what my heart was saying, and I wanted to tell her."

Chris was "so nervous" about flying out to see JoJo but knew he had made the right decision.

He reflected: "We just wanted to be there for each other in the house. I adored the ground she walked on and the way she handled herself. How can you not love her? But it was as a friend.

"Then, towards the end of the show, I was confused about my feelings for her. And you don't know what it's going to be like on the outside. I was saying to myself, 'Come on, Chris, pull yourself together.'

"We were just friends at that stage, but we were talking all the time. I was missing her, and I felt like I needed to see her, so I flew to Mexico City to surprise her.

"I was so nervous, even though I'd lived with her for three weeks. Then we ended up going to Orlando and I met her family - it was the best three days of my life.

"From the minute I woke up until I went to bed, I was just so happy. It was at that moment something fully ignited inside me.

"I went: 'God, I really like this person', and I knew she reciprocated it."

The former Love Island star is in constant contact with JoJo - who ended her relationship with Kath Ebbs after leaving the CBB house - but he loves nothing more than writing letters to her.

He gushed: "I like writing her letters. I don't do it every day. But when we are apart and I miss her, I write to her. I like writing, and I like to see my handwriting. I like sitting there. It gives me something to do. So when I'm at home alone, I'll get my little pad out."