Webbe wants to marry 'X Factor' reject

Simon Webbe has said that he thinks he is ready to marry his girlfriend Layla Manoochehri.

The former Blue singer, 29, claimed that his time on I'm A Celebrity... made him realise how much he loves his partner.

"I've been with Layla for four years and I still fancy the pants off her when she walks in the room," he told The Sun.

"I've never been like that with anyone. So many girls before just wanted me as a stepping stone to something. But Layla is so caring. She thinks about me all the time - she's so supportive.

"I said she could bring a mate to Australia and I'd pay, but she said, 'No, I want to be there for you'. This show has really proved to me how much I care for her.

"It dawned on me how much I love her. I'd like to think I'd marry her."

He continued: "All she's ever been is supportive of me. If that's not the qualities of someone you'd want to marry one day then I don't know what is."

Manoochehri, 22, was kicked off this year's X Factor in week two as part of the girl group Girlband.