How Katie Price's ex Alex Reid went from cage to Cannes

After getting dumped by Katie Price, Alex Reid didn't take long to find himself another blonde glamour model.

The former cage fighter, 35, met new squeeze Chantelle Houghton, 27, at Belfast's Fate Awards last month.

We all remember how dizzy Chantelle found fame on Celebrity Big Brother, but what was Alex's route to Celebland?

How Alex went from cage to Cannes...

1. On the ropes
Alex Reid makes his name as a cage fighter. That explains where he got his ‘good looks'.

2. Lands TV role
Blink and you'll miss him. Alex stars in a few episodes of Hollyoaks in 2001.

3. Wins reality show
Alex enters Celeb BB with Jord's ex Dane Bowers in 2010 - and shocks us all by winning.

4. Weds famous model
Katie Price marries Alex in Las Vegas in Feb 2010. Unsurprisingly, it ends just 11 months later.

5. Hollywood pal!
Alex shows off Celebrity Big Brother pal Stephen Baldwin in London at the start of the month.

6. Woos movie stars?
Alex flies to Cannes to party on yacht. But Robert De Niro snubs him.
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