Saturday, 5 May 2007

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Lisa Snowdon: Dating George Clooney was not a career move

Model and TV presenter says they simply hit it off

Many cynics have suggested actress Lisa Snowdon went out with George Clooney to jump up a few rungs on the career ladder.

But the down-to-earth star from Welwyn Garden City says that's nonsense.

'That's not the truth behind it at all,' she protests. 'I love my career. If I had wanted to do something different, to use George's name to make contacts, I would have moved to Los Angeles, but I didn't.

'In fact, when I was with George, my career suffered, because people thought I'd moved to America, so I actually lost out on work. I'm not complaining, but...'

Lisa, 36, and George, 46, started their five year on-off relationship when they appeared in a Martini advert together in 2000.

'We hit it off immediately and got together and it was great,' she tells Stella magazine. 'He is a lovely man and a good egg and he taught me a lot about life.'

The TV presenter is fronting the next series of Britain's Next Top Model in July, and is now dating actor Gary Dourdan, 40, of CSI fame.