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LONDON - Suggestions Kylie Minogue's relationship with Olivier Martinez is on the rocks have resurfaced after the French actor was spotted out on the town with two other women in Los Angeles.
An unnamed source described as a friend of Minogue told Britain's Daily Mail newspaper Martinez had been trying to force the Australian pop princess into dumping him by behaving in an "increasingly challenging way".
"Olivier finds Kylie too controlling and neurotic," the source told the paper.
"But he feels he cannot dump her so soon after her recovery from breast cancer.
"Though the situation has become totally unworkable, he is concerned what the fallout might be with her still so weak."
The source added Martinez felt "too guilty" to finish the relationship himself.
Suggestions of a rift between the pair, who started going out in 2003, surfaced six weeks ago when Martinez was photographed in Paris with Israeli model Sarai Givati.
While Minogue, who battled breast cancer last year, was winding up her Homecoming tour in Britain, Martinez was seen at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont with Givati last Thursday.
On Friday night, Martinez reportedly had dinner at the same hotel with Lost star Michelle Rodriguez, who co-starred with Martinez in SWAT in 2003.
- AAP
