CAROL Vorderman has spoken out after rumours she and Gareth Gates are “having an affair”.
The 62-year-old and former Pop Idol runner-up Gareth, 38, were snapped getting close in the VIP area at Cheltenham racecourse this week.
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Carol and Gareth were seen in deep conversation during the event which set tongues wagging they’re more than friends.
In the snaps Carol looked sensational in a fur stole and feathered hat while Gareth was dapper in a sharp suit.
But the former Countdown host later took to Twitter to laugh off the rumours.
In a clip she told fans: “Also, by the way, I’m now having an affair with Gareth Gates.”
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Laughing and shaking her head, she added: “Really?”
The Sun revealed in December that Gareth had split from girlfriend Chloe McLennan after two-and-a-half years.
A source at the time said: “The writing was on the wall for some time, and it became clear there was trouble between them as Gareth has not liked or commented on any of Chloe’s pictures since November 11th.”
Meanwhile Carol has been very open about her colourful love life – admitting she has five boyfriends “on rotation”.
Asked if she’s in a relationship earlier this year, Carol told Michelle Visage’s latest Rule Breakers podcast: “No! I’m having the best time. I’ve spoken about this once.
“I have a system which I’ve had for 10 years. They’re called ‘special friends’.
‘I spoke a couple of months ago about having ‘special friends’ and it was like, again, the world had fallen in for some people but actually what I found was there was an awful lot of women who said ‘I’d never thought about it like this’.
“This whole assumption: ‘Have you got a partner yet? Have you got a man?’ Well, no actually I’ve got five’.”
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