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Calum Best: I was on a downward spiral of self-destruction

Ladies' man insists he's now changed his ways

Calum Best was a little bit intimidated by Janice Dickinson on Celebrity Come Dine With Me

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Calum Best: The total horror

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Calum Best is known as a consummate ladies' man who turns up at the opening of an envelope with a new blonde on his arm every week.

But he meets his match this week when he comes face-to-face with über-cougar Janice Dickinson in the weirdest ever episode of Celebrity Come Dine With Me.

‘When she's not on camera putting it on I have a lot of time for her,' says Calum, 29, who spent most of the week's filming fending off a randy Janice, 55.

‘But it was out of order when she took her shoe off and tried to play with my lap under the table on the first night. I actually started sweating - and I never lose my cool.'

Sadly, Janice was wasting her time as Calum insists his lothario days are behind him.

‘When I lost my dad [football legend George] in 2005 I went on a downward spiral of self-destruction,' he admits. ‘I screwed up. I did a bit of coke and all sorts of nastiness.'

The turning point came last year.

‘I didn't cry about Dad for four years. I finally let go when I did a documentary about living with an alcoholic parent,' Calum says.

‘I haven't been out for six months now. Don't get me wrong - I still like a party, but I've moved on.'

The former model may have been linked to a string of women, including Lindsay Lohan, Sarah Harding and Kimberly Stewart, but he says he's never been in love.

‘The only serious relationship was with Sarah,' he admits.

‘We're still friends, but I just wasn't ready for it. I've never said: "I love you" or had a girlfriend, but I feel like now I'm at a point where I want one.'

Janice need not apply...

Celebrity Come Dine With Me is on Channel 4 at 8pm on 15 July

Lauren Tainsh