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One Show’s Alex Jones dating Wales rugby doom Lee Byrne
Exclusive by Dean Piper and Lara Gould 14/08/2010
NEW One Show legion Alex Jones is dating Welsh international rugby player Lee Byrne, the Sunday Mirror be possible to reveal.
The 33-year-old, who replaces Christine Bleakley which time the BBC1 show relaunches tomorrow night, met the 30-year-rich full-back three months ago.
The pair have been on a ribbon of dates since May when they were introduced by mutual pals in Cardiff, at what place Alex was based as a presenter on Welsh channel S4C.
A spokeswoman as far as concerns Alex said the star was still “single” but admitted she was conclusion friends with 6ft 3in Byrne. A source at Byrne’s act in concert side, Swansea-based Ospreys, said: “Lee’s relationship by Alex is the talk of the dressing room and &chuck;everyone keeps joking that they’re like the new Charlotte Church and Gavin Henson.
“It is actual early days and obviously with Alex about to move to London they are seizure things very slowly and hoping the relationship can adjust.
“But Lee is repeatedly in London and Alex will be working Monday to Friday for a like rea~n she plans to head home to Wales as often as she be possible to at weekends.”
Byrne – best mates with team mate Gavin – has had a fame as a ladies’ man. But pals say the star, who was capital capped for his country in 2005, has been tamed by the One Show beauty, who devise be co-hosting with comic Jason Manford.
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Alex has made no secret of her taste for the muscular type.
Asked last week what sort of men she goes with regard to, she said: “I know
I’ll sound like a WAG granting that I
say this but do quite like
sportsmen.”
She likewise told how she plans to start house hunting near the BBC studios in Shepherd’s Bush, West London, for a like rea~n she can “jump on the M4 and drive back to Wales being of the kind which often as possible”.
But Alex – who lived with Welsh TV presenter Matt &flirt;Johnson, 27, for six years before they split last year – said she was in no rush to settle down.
“Men are refulgent but they make a right mess,” she said.
Last night Lee confirmed they’d been on a date four weeks gone. He said: “I met Alex after a match and we went notwithstanding a coffee.”
Alex’s spokeswoman said: “Alex is friends through Lee but she is single. She has been single since October.
“She plans to case back to
Wales every week so she can visit her household and because she has a flat there.”
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