Essex star Kirk: 'I have no regrets'

Essex star Kirk: 'I have no regrets'
Essex star Kirk: 'I have no regrets' (Image credit: PA Wire/Press Association Images)

The Only Way Is Essex star Kirk Norcross has insisted he has no regrets, despite splitting from girlfriend Lauren Pope after they had matching nose jobs. The 23-year-old nightclub promoter split from Lauren in July after eight months together, with Lauren claiming their his 'n' hers surgery had ruined their sex life. Kirk said: "You know what I never regret anything. I never regret being with Lauren. At the time I was with her I had the best time I ever had, but it just wasn't right then, you know, so I'm enjoying myself at the moment." The couple previously split in November but Kirk doesn't see another reconciliation. He revealed at the premiere of new thriller The Devil's Double: "I would never do it to her again. Because I split up with her twice you know. "But she is the perfect girl for me, it sounds silly that I split up with her but I just wanted to get on with myself at the moment. But I wouldn't hurt her again so I wouldn't get back with her." He is hoping there will be lots of new potential dates for him among the TOWIE cast joining for the next series. He said: "Now I'm single I know there's gonna be loads more girls on the show so... it's just going to be taking a lot of them out on dates really. "Apparently they're bringing a load of new people in so I'm not going to say one because there could be new ones - don't want to ruin my chances!"

Patrick McLennan

Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix. 


An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.