He's never seen on our TV screens as they said they wanted to keep their relationship private.
But now The Only Way Is Essex star Amy Childs has unveiled boyfriend Joe Hurlock, by posing with him in a sexy photoshoot.
Redheaded Amy is seen posing topless, using her beau's muscly chest to maintain her modesty, while in another shot the pair recreate Kate Moss and Mark Wahlberg's iconic Calvin Klein ad campaign.
And while Joe insists he has no intention of joining Amy on screen for series three of the hit ITV2 show, Amy says she thinks she has found her perfect partner in Joe.
She said: 'Things are going really well. We were in bed and I said, "I do think I love you." '
Asked if she has found 'The One', Amy replied: 'Yes, I think so.'
However, when Amy was asked if Joe would ever consider making an appearance on The Only Way Is Essex, she replied: 'I think people would love to see our relationship. But you've got Mark and Lauren, Kirk and Lauren, and Arg and Lydia.
But while the pictures show that the couple are very close, Hurlock admits things didn't get off to the best start.
Recalling their first date, he told new! magazine: 'Amy asked me to meet her in London. She was with her mum and auntie and they'd been out all day. I turned up and couldn't find her anywhere - she'd told me to go to the wrong bar!
'And when I finally found her, she was drunk.
'Her mum and auntie were interrogating me, then Amy fell asleep on my lap.
'I was propping her up as we left the bar. I struggled to find a taxi driver who would take them home and, when I did, she was sick in his cab.'
Childs laughed: 'I can't believe I didn't put
him off. And he came in for a massage the next day.'
Hurlock also spoke about how he felt when rumours came out about Childs and Peter Andre.
He said: 'It wasn't too bad as I'd seen Amy before she went out that night and when she got home.
'Sometimes the headlines are worse than the pictures. At the start, it was hard as I'm new to all this, but I know now that you can¹t believe everything you read.'
And, asked what he thinks of childs on The Only Way Is Essex, Hurlock said: 'She comes across really well. I'm proud of her.'
