CELEBRITY FIRST DATES kicked off on Channel 4 last night.

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Oh First Dates, how we’ve missed you!

Among the lucky celebrities who got to go on a first date with a stranger in front of the nation, was The Only Way Is Essex’s Jess Wright, Paralympic table-tennis player Will Bayley, actor Richard Blackwood, and TV presenter Esther Rantzen.

But it was a mere citizen that stole the hearts and minds of all… Esther was set up with a VERY Irish defence lawyer, John.

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The 68-year-old was the absolute perfect gentleman, but broke our hearts

He and Esther spoke of their loneliness, and he admitted to having had his heart broken a few times.

TEARS

He even had his ‘aul lad at the bar’ stance down

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He was a bit shocked to be going on a date with THE Esther Rantzen

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He was the height of chivalry

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Basically, these two were absolutely adorable.

He DID kinda ruin it in the final interview with this little doozy:

But he made up for it, like a true Irish man

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