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Gogglebox's Joe Baggs has mum Lisa helping him find 'the one'

Gogglebox star Joe Baggs has revealed that his mum Lisa is helping him find 'the one'.

Lisa is helping Joe out by using a new "family approved" dating app. A feature on the Badoo app allows friends and family to tell your potential date what they think about you, reports BirminghamLive.

Badoo's new feature launched on June 7 and includes a video clip a family or friend can record in which they speak about you, prompts listing family and friend's reviews of you, interests approved by family or friends and finally a badge which shows you've been 'Family-Approved'.

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Lisa and Joe shared their thoughts on the feature and why "mum knows best". Joe told Tyla, he definitely 'struggles to sell [himself] on dating apps' - something Badoo found 71% of other singles find difficult too.

He said that his mum can be "quite fiery" but that she does have "nice things to say about [him]" and after "a string of terrible relationships," he thought maybe it was time to get his family involved.

He added: "There's probably things I wouldn't let you share about me like my dating history. Probably my eating habits." Chiming in, Lisa said: "And the fact that you portray that you're so clean and tidy but at home, you're bloody well not."

Joe only allows his mum to give him a review on the app. He said: "I don't know whether there's anyone else in this family that I would trust. I mean, George would be the worst to Family Approve me."

Lisa added: "I think Dad will just humiliate you. [And] I wouldn't be too nice. You just want to have a laugh and make [other] people laugh." The feature on the app also includes 'chosen family' and not just blood relatives with Joe explaining that he has a few close friends in mind to help him out. He branded the feature a "green flag" and said it made him feel safer and confident in knowing who's interested in dating more seriously.

Joe added: "For me, it's a green flag. Because anyone could say anything online. If I see someone with this badge, I know that their intentions are probably pure in the fact that they trust their family member to sell them."

Lisa said Badoo's new 'Family-Approved' feature could also "help the potential partner feel a little bit at ease," as they'll have "practically already met," a family member or friend. However, she warned she's actually already "got a [type of] person in mind" for Joe. She added: "I know him better than anybody else so I know exactly what would suit him. You gotta get past me first."

For now, Joe "couldn't be any more single if [he] tried,' but maybe with the help of being 'Family-Approved' by his mum, his dating luck could be about to change.”

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