It's over - Lembit's love affair in tatters
We've all seen celeb relationships break up and we've all shed a tear...
Brad and Gwyneth, Brad and Jen, Tom and Nicole, Jordan and Gareth Gates.
We all thought they were for keeps, the perfect match made in heaven (or a spaceship in Tom's case), but they all fell apart, shattering the dreams of millions.
Today, another devastating blow for the old romantics among us - Lembit Opik and Gabriela Irimia have split up!
Lembit, of course, is the Lib Dem MP while Gabriela is one half of the Cheeky Girls, whose hits include the epic The Cheeky Song (Touch My Bum).
Perfect symmetry you might say.
But, I'm sad to report, the strain of life in the limelight has taken its toll - Lembit apparently finding it increasingly difficult to combine his work as an MP with the demands of dating a global megastar.
Gabriela, meanwhile, is said to have suffered a bout of writer's block recently and has temporarily shelved work on the Cheeky Girls' forthcoming album, provisionally entitled 'Bum Touching and All That'.
The couple - rather unfairly if you ask me - were constantly having to fend off suggestions that their relationship was really really weird and things came to a head recently when Gabby stormed off after a particularly heated row.
I do hope they can patch things up although Lembit may find some comfort in the fact that the other Cheeky Girl looks and sounds exactly the same...
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