Tiger Woods, you have some serious competition and an unlikely playmate in the infidelity sandpit.
Married Take That star Mark Owen has come clean and confessed to being a serial love rat after having had ten affairs behind his wife's back. Silly sausage.
The squeaky-clean singer has revealed all to Britain's The Sun newspaper (a pre-emptive strike before a planned expose by the tabloid no doubt). You can bet your granny it wasn't willingly.
Owen blamed his long battle with booze for his infidelities and says most of the liaisons were one night stands while he was on tour with Take That. But that one of the affairs with accounts manager Neva Hanley went on for the best part of five years.
The singer says he met Hanley at a train station and that he flew her to Hollywood three weeks later for a liaison. Classy.
"I don't know how many girls there were in all. Maybe ten," he told the tabloid.
"I have been an idiot, a d***head, a c***head. All of the above and more. It's about me, my mistakes. Nobody else is to blame."
He insists he's remained faithful to Emma Ferguson, the mother of his two children, since they wed in 2009.
"I have been living with the guilt. It has always been there - you carry it around with you," he said.
"It held me back in my relationship with Emma. I wouldn't have done any of this if I had my time again. "I am halfway through my life now and this, in a way, is a lesson. You've got to learn and that's what I am going to do."
Owen and Ferguson got hitched in a Scottish castle last year after dating for five years. They have two children, Elwood, three, and Willow Rose, one.
"It was a big moment for me, my wedding day," Owen said. "The wedding for me was a new slate and a new start. In my head there was never a time when I was doubting getting married. "I know that sounds really stupid but on our wedding day, for me the ring is really important and I want to be true to my word."
Owen has since released this statement via Twitter: "I'm so deeply sorry for the pain my actions have caused my family and friends. I'd like to ask the media to respect the privacy of my wife and children at this difficult time. No further comment will be made."
So another 'squeaky-clean' male celeb falls off the pedestal. Nice mea culpa though, and we've no doubt he's remorseful. But it's not us he has to convince, it's his wifey.
Will this affect Take That's burgeoning comeback? Doubt it. That halo above Owen's head may have turned into a smoke ring, but now it's all out in the open, today's sensational revelation will be tomorrow's chip shop wrapper.
Next!
She's here...
Gird your loins and hold on to your tickets, Lady Gaga has landed in New Zealand ahead of her two shows in Auckland this weekend. The sartorial chameleon tweeted earlier this morning: "just arrived in New Zealand, greeted at 7 am by all my beautiful fans, glitter faces + police. Can't wait to perform the show of a lifetime." Excited doesn't even begin to cover it. Brown paper bag anyone? If you spot Lady Gaga in your travels, drop us a line here or send your pics here
Friday is clearly the day for mainstream madness...
After much hype and brouhaha, here's the shiny new trailer for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Do you need a moment, Twihards?
Blogger's Briefs
* Kiwi tune gets a va-va-voom makeover. Mixers
Jolyon Petch
and
Sam Hill
have given Th'Dudes' 'drinking song'
Bliss
the spin treatment. Listen to a clip of the re-boot,
Bliss 2010
,
. What say you, hot or not?
* Jumping the gun.
Corey Haim
's longtime pal and co-star,
Corey Feldman
, guested on Larry King last night and asks us not to jump to conclusions about the actor's sudden death.
Feldman also took to his blog to
. RIP dude.
* Oily abs
Mario Lopez
is going to be a papa. The
Nip/Tuck
star released
yesterday. Glitter and unicorns everyone.
* Naughty
Gerard Butler
says he once trimmed rumoured romance subject
Jennifer Aniston
's bush. Before you speed-dial the taste and decency police, get clued up on the burly Scot's humour
.
*
Jessica Simpson
says
John Mayer
. Why? He's a bad egg, baby. Move on
* Quote of the day: "My top half is looking pretty good at the moment. But you should see my bum. It wobbles when I walk. Seriously, I have a lardy arse." -
Sienna Miller
thinks she has a wide load.
*
Lady Gaga
re-opens the same-sex files. She tells
Now
magazine: "Of course (I could fall for a woman). There are no rules or limits when it comes to love. I see love as separate from sex. "And I happen to love male sexuality. Men have something I lack, but that I really value."
*
Jessica Biel
, we'd be a little worried if we were you. That flick your bloke
Justin Timberlake
is starring in with his ex
Cameron Diaz
? It involves some
between them. Awkward much?
*
Renee Zellweger
is a
. She is a sweetie. One of the most down-to-earth celebs we've met, actually.
* We may need to adjust our goggles, but
Amy Winehouse
is looking like she's been
whacked with the healthy stick
.
*
Nicolas Cage
's financial woes escalate as he's sued for
.
See you next week, gossiplings. Going to Gaga? Shake a tail feather and bring the house down.
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