Vicky Pattison credits boyfriend Ercan Ramadan for helping her adopt a ‘positive’ mindset

Vicky Pattison has credited her boyfriend Ercan Ramadan for helping her adopt a ‘positive’ mindset after a string of failed relationships.

The former Geordie Shore star, 33, reflected on being ‘notoriously unlucky in love’ in the past before she met her partner of two years during this week’s PrettyLittleThing Behind Closed Doors podcast.

‘I look at my life with these really, fresh excited eyes like his eyes’, the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! 2015 winner enthused.  

The media personality – who was cheated on by her then-fiancé John Noble in November 2018 – touched on her journey to happiness with her businessman beau.

The TV star shared: ‘I think I’m that notoriously unlucky in love girl aren’t I and everybody’s kind of seen my relationship break downs and they have unfortunately been very public. 

‘So to finally see me happy with a very nice normal man is I think gives a lot of ladies hope like I don’t mind being that sort of beacon for single women everything, I’ll wear that crown well. 

‘Ultimately I just feel really happy at the minute, I do credit Ercan an awful lot for this really positive change in me. We can’t help but change a little bit when we get into relationships, we become a little bit like our partner.’

The influencer continued: ‘There’s a saying that you become very similar to the five closest people you spend time with and I’ve always found that whenever I’m going out with someone I adopt some of there characteristics. 

‘I’m obviously just a very fickle person but with Ercan I’ve found such an equal, he’s so kind and so loyal and so hard working and just really humble. I’ve found myself adopting those qualities more. 

‘Certain partners I’ve had in the past were entitled and ungrateful and potentially mean so I found those qualities were exacerbated in myself and I became a version of myself I didn’t like, being with Ercan has really turned things around.’

The Newcastle native also discussed body image after years of following ‘faddy diets’ in the past.

Vicky said: ‘When you’re younger you just want to look like everyone else, you’re so cripplingly insecure, like puberty is rough and it affects us all at different ages. 

‘You just wanna be the same as everyone else, you wanna look like you friends which is madness because when we get older we strive for individuality and love being unique. 

‘All the things we once hated when we were young, we sort of really come to accept and if not love and that’s definitely what’s happened with me.

‘I hated all of my curves and did faddy diets and obsessively exercised but I suppose it really hit home in my 20’s when I was thrust into the spotlight. 

‘I just didn’t love my curves, I didn’t accept who I was at all I was constantly striving for this unrealistic image of perfection, it wasn’t social media it was magazine and TV back then that’s what you compared yourself too. 

‘I never ever felt good enough, it just lead to my 20’s being so rattled with self doubt and even though I might seem like a really confident person I definitely missed out on a lot of stuff. 

‘I was always so worried about what I looked like but now I’m in my 30’s it feels like such a f*****g waste of time.’

On prioritising her health over her appearance, the businesswoman added: ‘Being a perfect size 8 or 10 or whatever is just not what’s important, being healthy being happy and living your life to the fullest, being kind all of these things should be so much more important to you and have so much more gravity. 

‘I have really turned over a new leaf since I’ve gotten that little bit older and its dead liberating and its so lovely to be able to think I’ve got more to offer than just a number on a scale.

‘The 30’s for me, huge, huge epiphany decade! And I’m only 33 now so really excited to see what the rest has got in store.’ 

Earlier this month, the former Loose Women star moved into her ‘dream home’ with her partner.