{"id":327601,"date":"2025-12-21T04:50:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327601\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:50:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T04:50:09","slug":"rosie-jones-shares-joy-of-secret-relationship-after-not-feeling-worthy-of-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/327601\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosie Jones shares joy of secret relationship after &#8216;not feeling worthy of love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_278607585-fc1f.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25653303\" alt=\"Rosie Jones shares joy of secret relationship after 'not feeling worthy of love' Picture: josierones\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tRosie Jones is ending 2025 in a bubble of love (Picture: Instagram\/Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Comedian <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/rosie-jones\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosie Jones<\/a> has melted hearts by confirming her new romance ahead of the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/christmas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Christmas<\/a> season.<\/p>\n<p>The <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/07\/20\/rosie-jones-documentary-review-dont-let-the-title-put-you-off-19161788\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">much-loved TV star<\/a> revealed her relationship with a sweet snap, showing her hugging her girlfriend while on set.<\/p>\n<p>In her earnest caption, <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2023\/12\/28\/rosie-jones-lying-low-ableist-comments-tv-appearance-20036453\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rosie, who has ataxic cerebral palsy<\/a>, admitted she previously never felt \u2018worthy of love\u2019, wanting to reflect the lack of <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/disability\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">disability<\/a> representation in her tour shows.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The DAY I told my wonderful director Joe my idea, I met somebody and well, long story short, our Doc Martens touched and now I\u2019m in a relationship with the most wonderful woman who is kind, clever, FUNNY and beautiful,\u2019 Rosie shared sweetly.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019m incredibly happy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In true comedic style, after making repeated gags about her single life to fans at her shows, the panel show favourite added: \u2018Please forgive me for pretending to be single for the majority of the year, simply because I was too stubborn to change the tour show.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"851\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_278606909-dffd.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25653181\" alt=\"Rosie Jones shares joy of secret relationship after 'not feeling worthy of love' Picture: josierones\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe comedian has confirmed her new romance, sharing an adorable snap on Instagram (Picture: Instagram)<\/p>\n<p>Rosie went on to suggest that her 165k followers might not see much of her girlfriend for the time being, having also concealed her face in the snap she shared.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018<a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/social-media\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Social media<\/a> is a tricky beast at the best of times so for now I am simply sharing the side of her (I can reveal that she DOES have a face\u2026and it is nice)\u2019, she penned.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tJoin Metro&#8217;s LGBTQ+ community on WhatsApp\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>With thousands of members from all over the world, our vibrant <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaZmbEG8kyyPpsk8pS37\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaZmbEG8kyyPpsk8pS37\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LGBTQ+ WhatsApp channel<\/a> is a hub for all the latest news and important issues that face the LGBTQ+ community.<\/p>\n<p>Simply\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaZmbEG8kyyPpsk8pS37\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaZmbEG8kyyPpsk8pS37\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">click on this link<\/a>, select \u2018Join Chat\u2019 and you\u2019re in! Don&#8217;t forget to turn on notifications!<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just wanted to share something that I desperately needed to see when I was younger: a positive example of a disabled woman in a happy, healthy, romantic, wonderfully queer relationship \u2764\ufe0f\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The comments section quickly lit up with congratulatory messages for Rosie, with Charlie Craggs writing: \u2018SHES SO LOVELY (like you) I\u2019m so so so happy for you.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Love this and love you Rosie xxx\u2019, said Annie Mac, with Lost Voice Guy echoing: \u2018Love this \u2764\ufe0f\u2019<\/p>\n<p>@juliecanavanprice further praised: \u2018Exactly the kind of post I want to see on my feed. Delighted for you both. Love is great. You are great. You deserve it \u2764\ufe0f\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_275815304-240c.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25653148\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 26: Rosie Jones attends the Gala Performance of \" stranger=\"\" things:=\"\" the=\"\" first=\"\" shadow=\"\" at=\"\" phoenix=\"\" theatre=\"\" on=\"\" november=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" by=\"\" laura=\"\" rose=\"\" benett=\"\" images=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tRosie previously felt like she \u2018wasn\u2019t worthy\u2019 of being loved (Picture: Laura Rose\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"vjs-no-js\">To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbrowser that<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/videojs.com\/html5-video-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">supports HTML5<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tvideo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Congratulations Rosie xx I\u2019m so glad you now know how deserving of love you are xx\u2019, added @msdaniwalker.<\/p>\n<p>Rosie has spoken openly for years about being a lesbian, but she didn\u2019t actually come out until she was 27.<\/p>\n<p>Writing for <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/opinion\/rosie-jones-i-didnt-come-out-because-i-didnt-realise-i-could-be-disabled-and-gay-3907134?srsltid=AfmBOopb6vqmPZf9PLA1pMZRus-1T9bDfoOosmmTPPebSsPr88yAwLbG\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The i Paper<\/a> in September this year, she said, growing up, she \u2018never saw an accurate representation of a disabled person in a loving, happy, healthy relationship\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you never see it, how could you ever possibly believe it could ever happen to you?\u2019, Rosie pondered.<\/p>\n<p>She went on to brand dating apps \u2018judgmental and superficial at the best of times\u2019, but said these experiences are only intensified \u2018if you are a disabled person trying to date on there\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018As soon as I put my disability in my bio, I would receive ZERO matches\u00a0\u2013 but then if I removed it, I felt like I was lying or catfishing them; somehow ashamed of telling them that I was disabled. I couldn\u2019t win,\u2019 she admitted.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_278305007-78f2.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-25564922\" alt=\"OUT OF ORDER Comedy Central ROSIE JONES KATHERINE RYAN JUDI LOVE\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tThe star, who has ataxic cerebral palsy, receives some form of online trolling each time she\u2019s on TV (Picture: Comedy Central)<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SEI_204543127-73d4.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-24353678\" alt=\"Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock (14369591c) Rosie Jones 'Loose Women' TV show, London, UK - 29 Feb 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tRosie, 35, credits therapy for helping her to embrace her sexuality and also accept that ableist discrimination isn\u2019t her fault (Picture: Ken McKay\/ITV\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p>Rosie has also been public about <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/10\/06\/rosie-jones-wine-thrown-horrific-homophobic-train-attack-24353688\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the bullying she has experienced<\/a> as a disabled woman. In 2023, she shared that she was mugged five times in two years while out walking alone.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, she has been rejected by taxi drivers repeatedly when they wrongly assume she is drunk and <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/05\/31\/rosie-jones-hits-back-taskmaster-trolls-incredibly-thought-out-response-20950207\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">receives some form of online trolling<\/a> each time she\u2019s on TV.<\/p>\n<p>Rosie has credited therapy for helping her accept and embrace her sexuality, as well as understand that <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2024\/06\/08\/rosie-jones-needed-therapy-vile-taunting-trolls-20998224\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the abuse she faces<\/a> is not her responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If you have the money and opportunity to access therapy, please do it. It\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever done,\u2019 she wrote this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It finally got me to a place where\u00a0that\u00a0ableist thought quietened \u2013 and I stopped believing it to be true.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Rosie also hopes that being in the spotlight will help her to inspire other disabled folk, having felt particularly during the pandemic that they were viewed as \u2018second-class citizens\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I would love in the next few years to see more disabled comedians, directors, producers, [and] commissioners,\u2019 she told The Guardian. \u2018I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think, \u201cIf she can do it, I can do it\u201d.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Got a story?<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Metro.co.uk<\/a> entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/submit-stuff\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit Stuff<\/a> page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/12\/20\/im-single-gay-spend-first-christmas-son-25499432\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m single, gay  \u2013 and about to spend my first Christmas with my son<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/12\/17\/im-abrosexual-means-25559377\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m abrosexual \u2013 here\u2019s what that means<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/12\/10\/this-exciting-new-christmas-film-can-still-see-cinemas-25360040\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This is the most exciting new Christmas film you can still see in cinemas<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rosie Jones is ending 2025 in a bubble of love (Picture: Instagram\/Getty) Comedian Rosie Jones has melted hearts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327602,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,9138,80646,3334,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-327601","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-lgbtq","11":"tag-rosie-jones","12":"tag-showbiz","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}