Lee Ryan "I will build a relationship with Jasmine Waltz"

Lee Ryan has insisted that he intends to build a proper relationship with Jasmine Waltz now they are out of the Celebrity Big Brother house.

The Blue star and the US actress have posed semi-naked for the cover of OK! magazine, with Lee professing his feelings for Jasmine inside.

He said: "We text each other a lot and talk on the phone a lot. I'm trying to build a relationship with her outside the house in our personal lives. I really care about her."

Asked if she'd met his family yet, he answered: "Not yet. And I emphasise the 'yet'. My mum absolutely loves her, she said: 'You need to sort that one out!' I'm trying! Only time will tell."

He also revealed that he had spoken to Casey Batchelor since the show ended and insisted that they are "cool".

"Yeah, me and Casey are fine. I was pretty upfront with Casey at the back end of it all," he explained.

"I just saw her as a friend and she knew. I saw her at the after-show and said: 'Are we cool?' and she said: 'We're more than cool'. I said: 'Wicked'."