We LOVE a celeb romance. With the inevitable ‘are they/aren’t they’ mystery at the start, the glamorous dates, the oh-so-natural off-duty PDAs, the break-ups and the make-ups, not to mention the ridiculously attractive exes, they’re so much more exciting than real-life relationships. In fact, we like to think of Hollywood as one big, unnaturally beautiful office, with all the stars exchanging saucy emails, flirting over instant coffee and getting drunk and snogging each other at Christmas parties. Which it sort of is, except their office parties are the Oscars and Cannes.
Odd couples are sometimes the best couples
We worship Posh and Becks, we went wild for Justin and Britney, we’re crazy in love with Beyonce and Jay-Z. Heck, we’re even fascinated by all those soap stars that get together in real life. Sometimes, they fit together like pieces of a Hollywood jigsaw, and sometimes…they don’t. It is worth remembering that before he found the only person in the world as beautiful as him, Brad Pitt went out with Sinitta.
Every now and again, like a blue moon or an orderly queue in Primark, the two most unlikely celebs you can imagine come together and start getting their smooch on in public. And we do a little Mexican wave of celebration.
Whether we’re asking “How the hell did he pull her?”, “Where did they even meet?” or just simply “WTF??!!”, random celebrity pairings are waaay more interesting than the predictable Zac and Vanessa/R-Patz and Kristen sagas. And we can’t help but feel like they’re a tiny bit more real (because surely you couldn’t make this stuff up!).
Here are our Top Ten weird starry hook-ups:
Lembit Opik and the Cheeky Girl (Gabriela Irimia)
These two are pretty strange even as individuals so when they got together our heads nearly exploded in the face of the oddness.
With a name that sounds completely made-up (possibly by a sci-fi obsessed 7 year old) and that renegade face, Lembit Opik was never going to be a likely romantic hero.
We were always suspicious that the Cheeky Girls were either fembots or ladyboys - neither of which was actually dispelled by this relationship.
But, after meeting on Channel 5’s All Star Talent Show in 2006 (we don’t remember it either), the Lib Dem and the Transylvanian spent over two years together and even got engaged.
So they must have had something in common. We dread to think what it was.