Britney's 'Bollywood romance' riddle busted, Mills' 'nannygate' row deepens

Herald online

3 Jan, 2009 07:56 PM6 mins to read

In gossip: Britney Spears rumoured to be dating her choreographer. Photo / AP

KEY POINTS:

GOSSIP:

Pop juggernaut

Britney Spears

enjoyed a

romantic three-day Christmas getaway in the arms of a Bollywood choreographer in Jodhpur, India

- according to a tabloid report.

The singer, according to British tab the

Mirror

, had fallen head over heels for a dance instructor named

Sandip Soparrkar

- or

Sandy

as she reportedly calls him - and jetted her derriere over to Jodhpur so she could spend some quality time with her new beau.

The couple, who have 'been together for three weeks', then got down to business - "exchanging homemade pressies under the tree," so claims the

Mirror

report.

A snitch reveals: "It's early days but their romance is going from strength to strength.

"Britney and Sandip tried to keep their reunion in India hush-hush as they're determined to have a relationship just like any other couple.

"Sandip is very down to earth and keeps Britney grounded. He's also quite spiritual and sensitive, which is a side of him she adores."

The snitch adds, "For Christmas, Sandip presented her with a traditional Indian sari. She wore it during a candlelit dinner.

"The pair were whispering and giggling all night. Sandy ordered local delicacies including chicken tikka and a cottage cheese curry. Britney was nicking the dough balls from his plate. It was really cute."

Nicking his dough balls? Oh dear, that's just too tempting.

Meanwhile, back on Earth...

Myth busting

The same report claims Brit Brit and Sandy fell for each other on the set of her

Womanizer

video - which he reportedly choreographed. Wrong. As

E! Online

correctly points out, Brit Brit's

Womanizer

video was in fact choreographed by her longtime pal and collaborator

Andre Fuentes

Then there's

this picture of sweet

- Brit and Sandip supposedly snapped together, all porcelain smiles in a brazen display of puppy love. Said photo, which has been doing the rounds on the interwebnet and reportedly originated from Sandip's email, is a contender for the photoshop awards - it's a fake.

Here's the

original picture in its untinkered form

. Spot the BIG difference. Same Brit, very different guy.

Update:

A snitch close to the singer says, "Britney is not in India," while another snitch says the story is "a complete fabrication." Surprise.

And we breathe a collective sigh of relief as it transpires that Britney hasn't yet again been looking for love in all the wrong places.

Mills' nanny spits the dummy

The war of words between

Heather Mills

and her former nanny has notched up a gear.

News emerged this week that Mills' former nanny

Sara Trumble

taking her former boss to court

over allegations of sex discrimination and intimidation.

Trumble alleges that she was made to work all hours by the former model, and claims she was forced to

give Mucca regular spray tans - in the nuddie

. Exactly, the poor woman. Talk about a sight so devastating, it'd burn your retina. Look away!

Anyway, back to nannygate...the plot thickens.

Fellow gossips over at the

Sun

have unearthed a mystery video of Trumble - no, not denouncing Mucca, but praising her and slamming the press for spewing "so many lies" about her. Go figure.

The

video footage

, called

Sara Trumble: My Story

, was posted on YouTube earlier this week by an user named BraveNewFilm.

Neither Mucca nor Trumble claim responsibility for leaking the video footage. Mucca's mouthpiece says, "The claim that Heather posted this video on YouTube is patently untrue and false."

Another snitch says Trumble is reportedly unhappy about the leak. "Sara is absolutely fuming about that video.

"All Heather's staff are ordered to film a 15-minute interview when they join, saying what a wonderful woman she is and how evil the newspapers are.

"Sara agreed to do it, and didn't think much about it. Heather must have hours of footage of all her staff at home.

"A few seconds of footage from Sara's interview was stuck together with pictures of the story about her court case, to make it look like she's being interviewed today.

"Heather was in the room when Sara was filmed."

Blimey, what kind of insecure narcissist would make someone massage their inflated ego on camera like that? Time to leap off ego rock, Mucca.

Mucca and Trumble have 28 days to sort out their differences before the case goes to court.

Stay tuned...

Quote of the day

"I have always had the same New Year resolutions: To stop smoking, to start wearing a bra, and to stop shopping."

- Good luck with that one, Cameron Diaz.

Quite the buzz

Bizarre morsel of the day:

Former

Eurythmics

star

Dave Stewart

has created a buzz - by announcing that he's designed a diamond-encrusted sex toy worth £1,000 (NZ$2,500).

Stewart, 56, reportedly hooked up with specialist adults-only firm Jimmyjane to create the sex aid - aptly titled the Little Steel Tonight vibrator.

The

Sun

describes the phallus as being made of solid steel with a "satin finish" and a ring of 28 diamonds. Bizarrely, the sex toy also has a guitar pick attached and the lyrics to Stewart’s latest solo effort,

Let’s Do It Again

, etched on it.

Purchasers of the bling-bling phallus are also given a special code to download the singer's latest tune.

Firm Jimmyjane describes the designer item as "the ultimate backstage pass", and proclaims: "Our vibrators are the world’s quietest — all the better to enjoy the music."

I've heard of humming along to a tune, but that's ridiculous!

Happy New Year!

Darling readers. 2008 is coming to an end, so I take this opportunity to express my genuine and heartfelt gratitude for your continued support and readership - you're what makes this blog possible.

Enough of the Oprah Winfrey style soul searching. Time to celebrate:

God bless the 80s.

See you in 2009!

BBB

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