Actor Madeleine West reveals her Tinder troubles
After splitting with celebrity chef Shannon Bennett, actor Madeleine West is looking for love again, and has aired some of her grievances with a popular dating app.
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Actor Madeleine West has revealed she is using dating app Tinder.
The mother of six has separated from husband, celebrity chef Shannon Bennett, and in a raw social media post detailed some of her experiences on the app.
“Dear #TINDER … I’m feeling confused, a bit insecure, a lot overwhelmed, even more underwhelmed … whoa … This can only mean one thing: oh crap, I’m #DATING!” she wrote on Instagram.
West, 39, and Bennett, who relocated to Byron Bay last year, first announced the end of their 15-year relationship in September 2018.
There was thought to be a reconciliation during last year but recently The Playing For Keeps and Neighbours star said their on-off relationship had stagnated.
“I’m a big believer that everything in life has a season … We change. We evolve,’’ she said on the Kyle and Jackie O radio show.
“At some point we go, ‘Well I have certain needs I want to have met and you’ve got certain needs and if the two don’t combine and cross in the middle, why fight it and be miserable?’.
“I don’t think that’s fair to the children either, to see two parents that are constantly at cross-purposes.”
West, an author and environmental and asylum seeker campaigner, wrote in her Instagram post that she had recently gone on a date, only to be ghosted.