It surprises few people when newspapers talk about Shane Warne's new love interests. The latest in the long list seems to be Kelly Landry, a model and TV presenter.
The Daily Telegraph revealed that the couple met at a celebrity poker night at Crown Casino in Melbourne late last year. Rumours are now rife that the two are more than just friends. Landry's manager, David Malina, however said that the two are "just mates".
"They are friends, they have been for a while and they are not romantically involved. They're not seeing each other, they're friends and that's all," Malina told the daily.
Landry's father, Owen Landry, said he did not pry into his daughter's private life and had no idea if his daughter was seeing Warne.
Warne's love life has always been the much talked about subject and his infidelities also led to his divorce from his wife of ten years Simone. The couple's marriage broke after a string of sex scandals involving Warne.
His escapades also saw him lose the vice-captaincy of the Australia team in 2000 when a nurse accused him of making lewd phone calls. Three years later, a married stripper claimed she had an affair with him.
In 2005, whilst the bowler was preparing for the Ashes series in England, another affair came to light and that finally broke his marriage. Then came the allegation that he had bombarded a young secretary with text messages. A young student then claimed the father of three had stripped naked in front of her and begged her for sex when they met at a London hotel prior to the Ashes. Just a year later, a tabloid published pictures of Warne in his underpants with two 25-year-old models and details of explicit text messages sent by the star.
July 21, 2008
