The first instance on social media where Eilidh Barbour was seen mentioning the word ‘boyfriend’ was way back in 2011.
In a reply to a now-deleted tweet from someone named Stephanie Smith, Barbour asked her to not ‘chat up her boyfriend,’ followed up by a winky-face emoji. The person she was referring to was another BBC Sports news correspondent, Chris McLaughlin.
This was the first hint that she gave on social media about her possible connection with McLaughlin. And even though the emoji could make it seem like it was just a joke, Barbour continued dropping hints about their relationship with him on her Instagram.
On June 16, 2017, Barbour posted a collage of her trip to Key West, Florida with a caption that expressed her love for the place. The collage comprised pictures of various sceneries and cars, including two selfies with someone who looked strikingly similar to McLaughlin.
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Fast forward to January 1, 2018, and Barbour dropped another subtle hint about her relationship. She posted a collage, this time of a wedding ceremony that she attended. In the caption, the reporter gushed about how the wedding had been an amazing way to end 2017. And, similar to the previous collage, this one, too, featured a selfie with McLaughlin.
Then comes her post just 17 days after her wedding post. Again posting a collage, Barbour commemorates her holiday spent at Riviera Maya, Mexico, with yet another collage. And again, she includes two pictures with McLaughlin; one selfie and another picture where they are standing alongside one another on the beach.
But these were just pictures, and she had not confirmed whether the person in the pictures was actually her boyfriend. But, a few months later, she again spilled something regarding her boyfriend, and how that could definitely be McLaughlin.
In March 2018, Sunday Post noted that Barbour really ‘savours’ her time back home in Glasgow, spending time with her boyfriend and family.
Further, during an interview with The Scotsman in September 2018, Barbour revealed she had a boyfriend. What’s more? She disclosed her partner was a Scotland-based TV Sports reporter and that he really loved the movie The Greatest Showman.
The details point us straight towards Chris McLaughlin, who, as per his Twitter bio, is a Sports News Correspondent at BBC Scotland.
However, even with all these hints, we still cannot assume that they were in a relationship or still are because Barbour has never confirmed that it is him she was going out with. And that also rules out any speculations about him being her husband.
Other than these, the BBC reporter has kept her dating life very much a secret.
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