BB champ Reid back with Katie Price
Cage fighter Alex Reid said he was looking forward to spending time with girlfriend Katie Price after being crowned Celebrity Big Brother champion.
The 34-year-old also said he hoped to "clear the air" with the glamour model's former husband Peter Andre.
Reid charmed the public and won the last ever Celebrity Big Brother beating singer Dane Bowers, who previously dated Price, into second place.
Football hardman turned Hollywood actor Vinnie Jones, 45, came third and said of winner Reid: "I taught him everything I know."
Reid emerged grinning from the house wearing a jacket and jeans and punched the air while descending the stairs to the Rocky theme tune. He waved to the crowd and appeared overwhelmed by his win, repeatedly saying: "Wow".
Price sensationally dumped Reid on ITV reality show I'm a Celebrity ... but the pair reconciled and the model and mother of three was at the studio on Friday night to greet him. Speaking later on E4's spin-off show Big Brother's Big Mouth, Price said: "He's the love of my life and he knows that."
Reid told reporters that being apart from Price was the most difficult aspect of being on the show and revealed his fears of rejection.
He said: "Missing Katie was the hardest thing. When you get all that thinking time, I was thinking is she going to be waiting for me when I come out?"
Asked if he'd like to mend bridges with singer Andre - father of Junior, four, and Princess, two, and stepfather to Harvey, seven, Price's son by footballer Dwight Yorke - Reid said: "Absolutely, I'd like nothing more than to meet up with him and clear the air... because there are children involved it makes sense. I've got nothing against him, he's a good dad."
Price added that having dated both Celebrity Big Brother winner Reid and runner-up Bowers proved she had good taste in men.
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Mixed martial arts fighter Alex Reid, nicknamed "The Reidenator", has been voted the winner of UK Celebrity Big Brother 2010. He won what is the last series of the programme in the final on Friday night, having received 65.9% of the votes from the public.

Musician Dane Bowers finished in second place, while Vinnie Jones, a former British soccer player and now a film actor, came in third place. After his departure from the Big Brother house, he commented about Alex: "I taught him everything I know." Vinnie had become unpopular with fans as he was said to have been bossy to other celebrities inside the house. Speaking to presenter Davina McCall, he stated: "I was just trying to keep order in the house because a lot of people were selfish. I was just trying to keep some stability in the house."

Musician Jonas Altberg, better known by his stage name Basshunter, finished in fourth place. Actress Stephanie Beacham left the Big Brother house in fifth place.

Alex Reid has been the girlfriend to former glamour model Katie Price since July 2009. Fellow housemate Dane has also previously been Katie's boyfriend. When Davina McCall mentioned Price during the interview with Alex, the crowd gave out a negative reaction of booing. In response, he said: "Come on guys, don't do that. I'm sorry guys... I'm not sorry, I really love Katie Price."

During the interview with Davina McCall, Alex commented about his victory. He said: "What an amazing, fantastic start to a new year. Vinnie has been very inspirational to me. He's transitioned from athletic to actor, which is what I want to do. I'm not getting booed now. That's amazing... I'm speechless. My whole agenda in here was to be myself." Alex also spoke of contestant Dane. "I was surprised by what a cool dude he is. I'm really looking forward to seeing more of Dane," Alex said.