On Friday, Charlie chatted to The Daily Telegraph telling them, "Everyone knew from day dot that I had a child when I auditioned.
"There was a process in place to tell Ali but it was shut down by production every time I was going to tell her."
He confessed, "If I had stayed on the show, I had a letter written that I was going to give her explaining why I'd waited so long, but it never came out."
The booted star is now with another Bachie beauty - Dasha Gaivoronski, 32.
The pair dropped by KIIS FM, with Dasha gushing, "Charlie seems kind of like my soul mate..."