James Argent looked more in love than ever with his new girlfriend Nicoline Artursson as the couple went Instagram official during a luxurious getaway to Saint Tropez.
The former TOWIE star, 36, looked smitten with his former love Miss Sweden as the pair enjoyed a romantic night out.
The couple looked happier than ever as they relaxed over dinner and coordinated their purple outfits.
James looked dapper in an open-necked purple shirt, while model Nicoline, 31, stunned in a matching lilac plunge maxi dress.
The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they were seen dancing in another video before getting affectionate and kissing.
James Argent looked more in love than ever with his new girlfriend Nicoline Artursson as the couple went Instagram official during a luxurious getaway to Saint Tropez.
The former TOWIE star, 36, looked smitten with her former Miss Sweden love as the pair enjoyed a romantic date night.
The reality star gushed: “I honestly started to think that maybe it wouldn’t happen for me, but I found you and everything changed. I love you.”
Nicoline won the Miss World Sweden beauty pageant in 2011 and was a model for Abercrombie & Fitch. She was also asked to participate in the French version of The Bacherlorette, but refused to focus on her studies.
Rumours about the pair’s romance arose after James liked a photo Nicoline shared on his Instagram at the World Vision Gala last month.
Sharing a photo of herself in a one-shoulder navy satin wrap dress, complete with a high leg slit, Nicoline wrote: ‘It’s an absolute pleasure to be a part of this year’s WORLD VISION GALA to help bring everyone together for a greater cause!
‘A huge thank you to everyone who attended for all the support and contributions! In 2011 I was crowned Miss Sweden and it is a title I have always cherished and honoured for its profound purpose.’
It is James’ first relationship since splitting from ex Stella Turian last November.
In March, Arg told the My Dirty Laundry podcast that he really struggled on Valentine’s Day due to his single status and that he had to stay off social media because it brought him down so much.
Having faced his demons, stayed sober for two years and lost 75 stone, James said: “I’m in a really good place. Everything in my life is perfect, except my love life. It would be nice to see that change.
The pair couldn’t keep their hands off each other as they were seen dancing in another video before getting affectionate and kissing.
The couple looked happier than ever as they enjoyed dinner and coordinated in their purple outfits.
The reality star gushed: “I honestly started to think that maybe it wouldn’t happen for me, but I found you and everything changed. I love you.”
Nicoline, 31, won the Miss World Sweden beauty pageant in 2011 and has modelled for Abercrombie & Fitch.
‘I’ll be completely honest, I had a really hard time with Valentine’s Day this year. I remember waking up and thinking, I’m not going to look at social media.
‘It’s not that I’m heartbroken or upset, but just because I knew it wouldn’t make me feel good because I didn’t have a Valentine’s Day, I don’t have a girlfriend.
‘But I couldn’t help it. There were times when, just by looking around, all I saw were couples. They were all madly in love. They were all happy.
“Everyone dates. There are flowers, there are balloons, there are chocolates, there are date nights or trips or happily married couples… and yeah, it started to affect me a little bit.”
But James has said that instead of wallowing in misery, he tried to go out to feel better – but a trip to the shops did nothing to help the situation.
She said: ‘I thought, I’m going to leave the house and do some shopping and I went to the local supermarket and, to make matters a million times worse, in every aisle I looked there was a Valentine’s Day dinner for two…
James split with Stella, 16 years his junior, in November after a year-long romance, saying: ‘Not that I’m heartbroken or upset but just because I knew social media wouldn’t make me feel good because I didn’t have a Valentine, I don’t have a girlfriend.
Before that, James dated his former TOWIE co-star Lydia Bright – they were childhood sweethearts and dated on and off between 2008 and 2016 and he now credits her as one of his best friends (pictured here in 2011).
‘It was starters, main course, dessert and drink for £20. And I thought, ‘oh no’, it just affected me.
‘But that night I went to bed, slept well, and the next day I felt fine. I was happy again, I felt fine.
‘It shows that you can have good days, bad days, and days where you feel a certain way.
“If you sleep well at night, the next day is always a new day and it wasn’t that bad. For some reason, on Valentine’s Day this year, I didn’t think it would bother me, but it wasn’t a great experience.”
