Chantelle Houghton wedding called off by Alex Reid
The cage fighter's relationship is in crisis in the wake of blazing rows with Chantelle over her "interfering pals".
A source said Alex has been in "floods of tears" over the past month because he feels the ex-Celebrity Big Brother star's friends and associates are "poking their noses" into their lives.
The relationship started to crumble last month after Chantelle, 28, spoke about how he had exchanged messages with a teenage model.
Alex, 36, told a pal: "I've told Chantelle I'm not marrying her when things are like this.
"Friends keep pushing her to say things about us that aren't true and keep poking their noses into our lives no matter how much it hurts me."
Alex's announcement came just after Katie, 33, revealed she was going to make Argentinian model Leandro Penna, 26, her third husband.
They flew to South Africa yesterday to celebrate their engagement.
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