Matt and Emma Willis quit huge podcast as they're replaced by TikTok star

Emma and Matt Willis may be returning for Love Is Blind UK's second series later this year, but they have left the accompanying podcast.

The couple were the first-ever presenters of the Netflix's spin-off - however, they've stepped away from the show's podcast due to their busy schedules. Meanwhile, TikTok star Sarel is set to replace them on the spin-off show while they focus on their hosting duties for the series.

The news comes after Netflix announced that Love Is Blind: UK was set to return on 13 August. In a teaser trailer, fans were given a glimpse at the singles hoping to find the one in the upcoming series.

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"UK and Ireland-based singles who want to be loved for who they are have signed up for a less-conventional approach to modern dating, and will choose someone to marry without ever meeting them," Netflix teased.

"Over several weeks, the newly engaged couples will move in together, plan their wedding and find out if their physical connection matches their strong emotional bond developed in the Pods. When their wedding day arrives, will real-world realities and external factors push them apart, or will they marry the person they fell blindly in love with?"

TikTok star Sarel has amassed over 1.2million followers on the social media app. She is best known for hosting the podcasts Closet Confessions and Famously...In Love, while in 2022, she appeared in Sky comedy Smothered.

Earlier this year, Emma Willis revealed that she had undergone keyhole heart surgery after learning that she had a 'hole in her heart'. Sharing the news on Instagram, Emma said: "A few weeks ago, I had keyhole heart surgery, which feels very strange to write, and even stranger when I say it out loud.

"From investigations last year, to diagnosis and then surgery, they were absolutely incredible. As was @mattjwillis who never left my side.

"Turns out, I’ve been pottering around for 48 years blissfully unaware I had a hole in my heart [mind blown emoji] isn’t it bonkers what’s happening in our bodies that we have no idea about…What blows my mind even more is the wonders of modern medicine, and the spectacular people that save, fix and help us every single day."

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