Jodie Marsh is "done with men"

She told MailOnline: "I am done with men. I haven't got time for a relationship anyway, but I have had a really rough time with men.

"Weirdos are attracted to me but they'll pretend they're normal. They're so desperate to be with me that they'll do anything, they'll put on this big act.

"And then just when you think, 'Oh, he's amazing, he's so nice', you find out he's a gaslighting nasty psychopath...

"'I think I'm the most unlucky person in love In the whole world. I have encountered narcissists, gaslighters, woman beaters, sex abusers, child sex abusers. You name it, I've had it."

Jodie claimed one "amazing" man who she initially thought was her "soulmate" turned out to have built their connection on knowledge he'd gathered by "stalking" her.

She said: "One of my exes stalked me so much that he had researched everything about me to within an inch of my life and decided to 'bump' into me at my favourite cafe, where I'd go for breakfast every day.

"He'd read every single interview I'd ever done, watched every single YouTube clip, everything.

"So he knew every single thing to say to me to get me to fall for him. He knew every single part of my life, and he used it in a way that was so clever.

"For example, he knew that years ago me and my friends would bet tattoos instead of money. If you lost a bet, you had to get a tattoo of the other person's choice. Well, the guy had researched me so much - and this wasn't an easy piece of information to find - so when we were in our early dating stage he told me to ignore a tattoo of his because he 'got it in a bet.'

"And I was like, 'Oh my god, oh my god, I've never met anyone that does that. This is my soul mate. He's like the male version of me.' I was thinking he was amazing but no, he had just done his research. Even my mum and dad were fooled.

"And then the cracks started to show and the mask slipped. He started becoming violent and controlling.

"I found out he was a criminal and had been convicted of multiple crimes and in and out of jail."

The former bodybuilder now always uses Clare's Law - which allows people to find out from police if their partner has a history of domestic abuse - to vet potential partners.

She said: 'Clare's Law is the most amazing thing. Now I won't date anyone unless I've used Clare's Law to check them before.

"Every time I end a relationship, it gets harder to trust the next one. They sort of chip away at your trust each time and it gets harder and harder to trust in future."