She met her husband, Jamie Gilbert, while they were both studying at Oxford University. The couple split up at the end of 2009 after four and a half years together. They later got back together and became engaged after he proposed to her on her 25th birthday on 11 January 2011. She told viewers about the engagement on the 25 February edition of Countdown and their wedding was on 11 August 2012. They live in Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea. It was announced on November 29th 2013 that she was splitting with her husband after 16 months of marriage.