I only caught the end of this as I left for work - does anyone know what is going on?

Apparently he is dating a contestant?

WHO? Please let it be Spikey - that would make my day!

dating a contestant??

Apparently so and I am desperate to know who the lucky devil is. Got to be someone recentish but not too recent - Rachel maybe, Kelly or Elizebeth and Mandy together of course!


If there is a God it will be Spikey though.....

Its in the Mirror - Kelly has sold her story

It's not really a spoiler, so if you're interested in sleezy tabloid style journolism of doubtful integrity then read below, as cribbed from the Mirror's website:-

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1 December 2006
EXCLUSIVE: DATE OR NO DATE
(Gotta love this headline!!!!)
By Stephen Moyes

NAUGHTY Noel Edmonds is using TV quiz Deal Or No Deal to pick up women contestants.

Noel, 57, has dated at least three hopefuls after flirting with them on the hit show.

He took Kelly Napper, 27, on a weekend away after sending her a card asking for a date during filming.

Cheeky Noel wrote his phone number - then scribbled: "Deal or no deal?"

Kelly said yesterday: "He flirted with me from the start. I could tell he fancied me. But I obviously wasn't the first to catch his eye."

Noel sent Kelly cheeky messages on the set of his Channel 4 show.

He doctored the words in a birthday card and asked her to choose from options such as theatre, cinema or "other" for their first date.

Kelly said: "It was an amazing gesture that blew me away. I didn't imagine he could be so romantic."

During filming, Noel brazenly slipped Kelly notes in front of other contestants.

He was so besotted with the Marks & Spencer girl that he promised her a private jet to fly her anywhere in the world.

He even rang the boss at her work in Belfast to request a weekend off for Kelly to spend at his luxury mansion.

But when it came to their date, Noel paid for her to fly to Devon economy class with no-frills airline Flybe.

And he took her to pubs where friends of his ex-wife Helen Soby drink.

Kelly said the veteran TV presenter was spoiling for a fight with her boyfriend.

When he got her alone he put on soft music, turned down the lights, filled her glass and, before kissing her, whispered: "Can I just do something?"

Kelly said: "It lasted at least a minute. I couldn't help but think, 'Oh my God!'

"I could feel his beard and it was itching my chin. I kept thinking how old he was, and at just 5ft 7in, how small.

"It was awkward. It wasn't happening for me but clearly he was very aroused."

Noel - who is only four years older than Kelly's dad and has four daughters of his own - first saw her when she arrived at the Deal Or No Deal studio in Bristol in June.

She said: "He looks a bit ugly on TV, but in real life there was something more about him."

Kelly agreed to see Noel after he bombarded her with texts at her home in Belfast.

But she added: "I know he went for dinner with two contestants as well as me."

A spokesman for Noel said: "It was just innocent romantic fun. It was just dinner dates."




Just as long as he hasn't been dating 50 shows Lucy. She's mine!

But the most important point of all as Geordie will tell you:



Selling your story to the tabloid newspapers is the biggest cardinal sin a former Deal or No Deal contestant can make. If you want to become really unpopular with your fellow contestants and become an outcast then fine. I don't know about anyone else, but in comparing the two, at least Geordie had a good reason to go to the papers. What's Kelly's reason?

It just adds more interest in the show and will help the viewing figures probably, but I think the papers should leave Noel alone, his private life is his own business. And there is no guarantee that what you read in the tabloids is 100% true. I'm not impressed with the contestant who sold her story either-very bad move!

All I can say is Lucky kelly, althought i don' agree with kiss and tells and I know Noel will be mortified, kel if you didn't fancy him you could of sent him to me! am jealous hun

I don't think I've ever been this disturbed in my life...I won't be able to watch Kelly's game again, that's for sure.

She played on bonfire night and had that stupid wooly hat and gloves didn't she? Has anyone got any pictures of Kelly (preferably without the hat and not stroking Noel's beard!)?

If this is true, I think it's damn right rude that she's gone to the press about this!!!

God, it really angers me!!!!!

I agree Steph feel sorry for the boyfriend

How dare she. First, she sells a private story to a tabloid; secondly, she steals Noel off Suez; thirdly, Kelly calls him ugly...; then fourthly, makes fun of short people.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrr...

I mean, Noel probably takes it with a pinch of salt, he's used to people kissing and telling, I mean he may well do it FOR the publicity to show that he's 57 and can still pull a young lady BUT I find it degrading and a tad desparate for the woman to actually go to the press about it!!

So what, Noel showered her with attention, romantic gestures and it's not like she's a silly little girl, she's 27!! I know if I was lucky enough for Noel to show me attention like that, there's NO WAY I would consider going to the press about it, it's personal and private!!!

Each to their own I spose but I think it's wrong.

Come to think of it, he was a bit flirty with June.

Haha, but seriously, Noel is only human... of course he's going to flirt with a woman if he likes the look of them; it's only because he's a celebrity that it's made it into the papers (yes, admittedly, there is a bit of an age gap between a 28-year-old and a 58-year-old, but that goes on in real life, and it doesn't always get reported in the press, does it?!).

What a bizarre story! Maybe Noel tried June first, but she turned him down as she prefers older men?

True or not (well, probably not), it was funny to read. And hey, Kelly was pretty, even though she's almost a decade older than me. At least Noel didn't go after Joey, she's mine, I tell you!

It'll be funny if the show sees a ratings increase after this.

You don't know that for certain! All it says is "two other contestants". You could play a guessing game all week as to WHICH two!!

With that in mind, Mental Mickey is prepared to take your money!

Well, Dan won't be pleased if it's Sarah!

Agreed!

Paper says it was Dawn and Donna. If that's the case it was very wrong of Kelly to drag them into it. I did laugh at the Elizabeth and Mandy theory, after all they did say they do everything together!