Adam Collard is back on the small screen tonight with a new season of Celebrity SAS, but the prolific reality TV star also enjoys a high-profile romance.
The Love Island star, 29, made a name for himself on various dating shows until he met 38-year-old football presenter Laura Woods, best known as the face of ITV’s Euros coverage over the past two years.
Laura shone when she presented coverage of the 2023 Women’s World Cup for the channel.
Not only that, but she is also a TNT Sports and Amazon Prime Video presenter after spending several years as a boxing pitch-side reporter with Gary Neville on Sky Sports.
Meanwhile, as well as stints on Love Island and Celebs Go Dating, Adam is also a fitness guru and founder of Sculpt Fitness.
But what has he said about his long-term relationship with partner Laura Woods?
What do we know about Laura Woods and Adam Collard’s relationship?
Fitness coach and former Islander (in 2018 and 2022) Adam, 28, has been dating Laura since 2023.
They confirmed their romance by making things Instagram official in October 2023.
It was Celebs Go Dating star Adam who revealed he actually slid into Laura’s DMs first but left her on read after she replied.
However, sparks started to fly once they met in person and things got pretty serious rather quickly, with Adam declaring her ‘the one’ as their relationship became public knowledge.
The couple frequently share loved-up photos together, with Adam sharing a sweet photo dump in May dedicated to his girlfriend, which he dubbed ‘a little bit of everything’.
It included photos of them on holiday together, training together and with the dog, with plenty of cuddles in between.
In July 2024, the pair shared the happy news that they were expecting their first baby together. Just weeks later, in September, they took their relationship to the next step by getting engaged.
At the start of this year, Adam and Laura celebrated the birth of their baby boy, Leo Ernie Collard, as friends and family flooded their social media with warm wishes.
In an interview with the Mirror, Adam said about his fiancée: ‘She’s amazing and we are having a lot of fun. It feels like I’m living the dream.
‘I would never get in a relationship with someone at least at one point [unless] I thought they were The One.’
And when asked about the age gap by OK! Magazine, added: ‘Perhaps that’s what I’ve always been seeking: an older woman.
‘It’s something that works for me. But Laura isn’t really an “older woman”. If you meet her and spend time with her… I’ve dated younger people who don’t act as maturely as she does! Age never factored into our relationship, it’s been smooth sailing from the start.’
Elsewhere in the same chat, he spoke about his dreams to be his children’s ‘best friend’ like he was with his father and plans to have no more than two kids otherwise he ‘might stuggle’.
The pair have also faced hardships in their relationship, as Adam opens up about on the Celebrity SAS.
He explained that Laura had been 11 weeks pregnant when she experienced a miscarriage (she felt pregnant with their son Leo a month later).
Reflecting on the impact of miscarriage, he said: ‘I know it’s a terrible way to look at it, but I felt like it was bad karma for me being on dating shows and upsetting too many people.
‘I felt like that was some high power’s way of being like, “Well, there you go, that’s what you have to carry”,’ he said, per the Mail Online.
He added that he was a ‘love rat jumping from girl to girl. I want to show I’m not that man any more.’
Who have Laura and Adam dated in the past?
Prior to Adam being her boyfriend, Laura had a long-term relationship with a professional athlete.
She dated former England rugby player Alex Corbisiero for eight years.
Meanwhile, Adam’s exes include Zara McDermott, who he was coupled up with during his first stint on Love Island in 2018, before moving onto an on-off relationship with Sarah Godfrey.
His second appearance on Love Island in 2022 saw Adam pair off with paramedic Paige Thorne, with the relationship continuing for a few months outside of the villa, while he also had a fling with model Lottie Moss, Kate Moss’s younger sister, after they appeared together on Celebs Go Dating.
What happened when Laura suffered an accident in 2024?
In May 2024, Laura sustained gruesome injuries from a freak pillow accident forced her ‘off the tele’ and to miss anchoring Tyson Fury’s fight with Oleksandr Usyk for TNT Sports.
The popular presenter required emergency surgery after a glass lampshade shattered above her and the glass cut her face and arms, narrowly missing her eyes.
She explained at the time that the incident happened as she swung a pillow at a holiday cottage.
In her post revealing her injuries she praised Adam ‘for being my hero that day’ as he acted ‘so quickly’ and didn’t leave her side.
Laura also praised the doctors who treated her as she continued: ‘I’ve added in the photos from then to now to show that even though it may look rough, it’s such a wonderful improvement already and I’m so grateful.
‘It was a hell of a shock and I’ve been a bit sad, but I’m feeling very lucky it wasn’t worse. So a big thanks to my eyebrow too, for taking the brunt of it.’
Adam later angrily hit back at trolls who alleged he had hit his girlfriend, telling one commenter to ‘shut up’ and ‘read her Instagram post’.
Airing across eight one-hour episodes, the seventh series of Celebrity SAS can be streamed or watched live every Sunday and Monday on Channel 4, starting on August 3.
This article was first published on June 14, 2024.
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