Rachel in Club Heaven

She split with fiance Jeremy Edwards last month – but there was no way Rachel Stevens was going to miss out on a bit of romance on Valentine’s Day. So the singer hooked up with a handsome stranger when she went out clubbing on Saturday night

Rachel, 25, was with a group of four friends when she turned up at fashionable London club Opium. But once inside the sexy former S Club 7 star devoted most of her time to a mystery dark-haired hunk.

One insider tells us: “Rachel and her pals got there quite late and were mingling with other people in the club. But a lot of clubbers kept going over to talk to Rachel. She was being sweet about it and trying to keep everyone happy but in the end someone from the club moved them to the VIP section so they could have more privacy.

“Everyone was having a good time but it was Rachel who seemed to be having the most fun with this other guy. He had his arm around her and they chatted intimately as though they already knew each other quite well.

“And then for the last 40 minutes or so they couldn’t stop canoodling. Both were chatting to other friends but they kept taking breaks from the conversation for a bit of a smooch.”

Rachel split with Jeremy for the second time last month after a three-year relationship. Rachel and the Holby City actor, who turns 32 today, originally called time on their romance – and engagement – last summer. At the time sources close to the pair claimed Rachel was fed up with his boozing, but she insisted it was the pressures of work that had caused the split.

The couple then decided to give the romance one last shot at the end of December, saying their relationship was “stronger than ever”. But the rose-tinted glasses didn’t stay on for long and the pair split again in January, claiming the break was amicable and that it was for good.

Last night a spokeswoman for Rachel played down her antics on Saturday night saying: “She was in Opium with a group of friends and insists she didn’t snog anybody. In fact, one of her friends was Jeremy’s housemate.”

No wonder she’s keeping schtum, then…

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Credit: The Mirror

Posted: February 20th, 2004