Who Is Linda Harrison? I'm A Celeb Star Ade Adepitan's Singer Wife

ITV confirmed on 11 November that Ade Adepitan is in the line-up for I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! 2026, which starts on ITV1 and ITVX on Monday 16 November, PinkNews reported. He is the first wheelchair user to compete on the show, according to Wikipedia. "It's never been done before, and it never crossed my mind I would be the first," Ade said, as PinkNews reported. Cheering him on from home will be his wife, the singer Linda Harrison. Here's everything we know about her. Browse more pop stars' partners and I'm A Celebrity partners on Celebture.

Who is Linda Harrison?

Linda Harrison is a Scottish singer who performs under the name Elle Exxe, Hello! reported, and she has been married to Ade Adepitan since 2018, according to Wikipedia. Hello! reported that around that time she was studying for a degree at the Academy of Contemporary Music in Guildford.

How did Ade Adepitan and Linda Harrison meet?

At the National Television Awards in 2010. Ade noticed her sitting on her own, Hello! reported, and she had gatecrashed the ceremony.

"I was pushing around looking at everyone and I saw this massive smile beaming out ... She had an aura, something about her, so I made a beeline. I fell in love straight away," Ade told Hello!.

Linda had already read about him. "I read that he had climbed up a volcano on his hands and knees for five hours when his wheelchair wouldn't take him any further," she told the Guardian, as Hello! reported. Her reaction was "That's my person." "I didn't know at that point that it was a romantic thing, I just wanted to know him more," she said.

They then spent five years in a long-distance relationship, Hello! reported.

How did Ade Adepitan propose?

On holiday by Lake Como, after six years together, Hello! reported. When he got the ring out, Linda told him he still had to get down on one knee. "But I don't have the core strength or balance to go on one knee so I got down on two," Ade told Hello!.

"I knew that this was the woman I wanted to marry but I was a little bit overwhelmed. She was so beautiful and so cool, why would she want to marry me?" he said.

When did Ade Adepitan and Linda Harrison get married?

In August 2018, in the quire of St Paul's Cathedral in London, Hello! reported. Ade's MBE, awarded in 2005, gave him the right to marry there. Guests then travelled by boat to a reception at the Queen's House in Greenwich.

"Everyone says it's the best day of your life but it was probably better than that. We were ordinary people in an extraordinary place and you could see everyone take a breath as they looked around at the grand surroundings," Ade told Hello!.

In a few words at the wedding, Linda went further. "I told Ade that I loved him and said how important it was for me to tell him I loved him in front of all these people. I also told him he was the best man I had ever met, the best man I would ever meet, and possibly one of the greatest men that's ever lived," she said, as Hello! reported.

On their first anniversary in August 2019, Ade shared a photo from the wedding at St Paul's. "Can't believe it's been a year since the best day of my life! Happy anniversary @elleexxe," he wrote on Instagram.

Do Ade Adepitan and Linda Harrison have kids?

Yes, a son, born on 4 January 2021, according to Wikipedia.

Are Ade Adepitan and Linda Harrison still together?

Yes. Hello! reported in September 2024 that they had been married for six years, and there has been no report of a split since.

The new series is hosted by Ant and Dec, PinkNews reported (here's who Declan Donnelly's wife Ali Astall is).

How old is Linda Harrison?

Her date of birth has not been published. Ade was born on 27 March 1973, according to Wikipedia.

What is Linda Harrison's net worth?

There's no reliable figure. No credible source has published her net worth, so any number you see online is a guess.