Before serving as Zendaya’s security, Joel Hunt appeared on ITV’s Take Me Out (Picture:MJ-Pictures.com/ITV)
Zendaya’s bodyguard once went looking for love on the ITV dating show Take Me Out.
Joel Hunt is currently serving as the Euphoria star’s security, but just four years ago he was among the singletons trying to find romance with the help of Paddy McGuinness.
Appearing in the third episode of the 11th series, Joel, who hails from Kettering, showed off his physical fitness by completing an assault course in just a matter of seconds.
Speaking in his VT, he teased: ‘I’m a real-life action man looking for an adventurous outdoorsy girl who does also like a cosy lie-in.
‘I’m proud to be part of one of the world’s elite fighting forces, the Royal Marines. As a Royal Marine, I have to be the best of the best, so I’m not in bad shape.’
Joel was seen protecting the Euphoria actress in London earlier this month (Picture: MJ-Pictures.com)
The former Royal Marine revealed he was looking for an ‘outdoorsy’ girl in his VT on the show(Picture: ITV)
Giving an insight into his day-to-day life, he added: ‘Ladies, I treat housework like a military operation, and my shirts are always crisp.
‘I might have a tough job, but I’d make the perfect house husband.’
Joel was pictured with Zendaya in London earlier this month and joins a long list of bodyguards who have prior fame before protecting celebrities.
(Picture: MJ-Pictures.com)
Take Adele’s former bodyguard Peter Van der Veen, for example. He used to be a body builder and was Mr Europe champion in 2005.
Last week, Zendaya was pictured looking loved up with her boyfriend Tom Holland while taking a romantic stroll in a sun-drenched West London park.
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They were snapped on the relaxing walk with their miniature Schnauzer, Noon, with Zendaya stopping every once in a while to feed her boyfriend ice cream.
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He sought Paddy McGuinness’s assistance on the ITV show.