Monday, 12 July 2010

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BB Ben Duncan's secret dates with Leona Lewis

Yes, really. The TV toff's best mate reveals all about the unlikely couple

Big Brother contestant Ben Duncan has not been evicted - yet!

Leona Lewis is a global superstar with a legion of male admirers; BB's Ben Duncan is a bumbling toff.

So you'd imagine that their paths would never cross.

But according to Ben D's best pal Ben Strange, the writer and former public schoolboy - who claims to be 27 - enjoyed several secret 'dates' with singer 

‘He's interviewed a number of girls and Leona's one of them,' Ben tells Now exclusively.

‘He liked her, obviously, and she liked him, but he didn't actually know who she was at the time.'

According to Ben S, 19, who's known the Big Brother star for more than three years, the pair first met in 2008 at Elton John's White Tie And Tiara Ball.

‘Leona said to him: "Do you know who 
I am?" says Ben.

‘Ben thought she was a lovely person and yes, they did meet up for dates two or three times, but she had a boyfriend.'

At the time, Leona, 25, was still with childhood sweetheart Lou Al-Chamaa, so Ben's mate is keen to point out that nothing sexual happened.

But he also claims
 the only reason the friendship didn't continue was because Ben's ‘an extremely busy boy' 
and Leona ‘an extremely busy girl'.

He admits, though, that this is purely based on what he was told by the reality TV star.

See the full story about Ben Duncan and Leona Lewis in Now magazine dated 12 July 2010 - out now!

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