VODCAST host Alex Serruys has opened up about how a toxic relationship destroyed how she felt about her body.

Speaking on Fabulous’ brand new show Date. Delete. Repeat, the 32-year-old recalled how an ex-boyfriend's attitude made her feel “worthless” when it came to sex.

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And his cruel words had a lasting effect, with it taking her months to claw back some body confidence.

During the episode, Alex revealed: “I was in a relationship with somebody who shamed my body and made me feel worthless.

“[They] made me feel like I wasn’t sexy and I wasn’t attractive, and it was like an effort to have sex. 

“I was paranoid then about being naked and I’d walk around covered up.

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“It was not a good relationship to be in.

“In fact, it was hideous.”

Alex co-hosts Date. Delete Repeat with Danni Menzies, 36, who previously hosted A Place In The Sun,

She continued that it “took a while” for her to be sexually intimate with somebody else after the relationship and not feel like she needed to cover up.

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“Then I slept with somebody who made me feel literally incredible,” she said. 

“It really healed a part of me that was really damaged - and it was through that confidence and that feeling that he gave me. 

Alex and Danni’s new podcast explores the highs, lows and everything in between when it comes to love and sex. 

Every week, the ladies will sit down and reveal what they've got up to, as they swipe, flirt and flail through the chaos that is dating.

And no topic's off limits for them - "I’ll be opening up about everything from my sex life to masturbation – and I won’t be holding back,” Alex told. 

The very first episode of Date. Delete. Repeat dived into dating standards, saucy nicknames and receiving unsolicited d**k pics. 

In this week’s episode, they discussed body confidence, with Danni opening up that, for a while, she was “so self conscious” of her body, particularly when it came to sex. 

“I was so self conscious… just of everything,” she said.

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“I wasn’t sure if things looked the way they should and I was just so deeply insecure.”

Danni estimates that she became body confident around the age of 30.

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