Alexa Chung has admitted she is a “nightmare to date”, saying that she doesn’t like being told what to do and she hates being “penned in”.

In an interview this week with Harper’s Bazaar, Alexa said: “I don’t like being told what to do. And I don’t want to be penned in. I don’t want to feel I have to be anywhere... I am quite restless. It makes me a nightmare to date, I think.”

Alexa, 31, dated Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner from 2007-2011 and also previously went out with fashion photographer David Titlow. She is now seeing Swedish actor Alexander Skarsgard, 38.

The presenter, model and fashion designer also pledged never to use Botox, saying it would look “a bit try-hard”.

“I saw Patti Smith the other night and she definitely hasn’t had any Botox and she looks cool,” she said.

“I’m not anti, because there are people who have had it done who look really good. If I can’t even be bothered to brush my hair, I don’t think I should start getting face work… I think it would look a bit try-hard.

“Being excitable and passionate is what makes you look good because if you’re engaged in what’s going on, you radiate youth,” she added.

Alexa, who spoke of her personal style as “a balance between masculinity and femininity”, said that she finds wearing boring clothes a real trial.

“It’s a sexy way to dress because it’s confident. A bad outfit can really get me down,” she said. “If I’m wearing something really normal and boring, it’s like torture.”

'I'm a nightmare to date'; Alexa Chung says her restless streak gets in the way of relationships