How Denise Welch turned Gay toyboy to straight and bizarre boob gown

Denise Welch today faces fresh allegations that she cheated on her husband - this time with a gay toyboy who claims he met her at a wake. Tom Hopkins, 26, said that the Celebrity Big Brother winner was the 'first girl' he had ever been with and that he fell in love during their four-month 'relationship.'

'I remember her saying to someone she could have anyone she wanted, but for some reason she had

fallen in love with me,' the theatre producer told The Sun.A spokesman for Welch today denied the pair had had a relationship, saying 'We believe these allegations to be false'. Mr Hopkins is the

second man in 24 hours to allege he has had an affair with 53-year-old Welch, who is married to actor Tim Healy.Party planner Lincoln Townley, 39, told The Sunday Mirror he had seen the actress for eight months.Mr Hopkins claims he met Welch in a London pub, where the wake was held, before sharing a taxi. During the journey, he told her he was gay. He said: 'She started kissing me and stuff happened. She was basically semi-naked in the taxi. The taxi driver just carried on driving.' The pair drove to a hotel in Mayfair where Mr Hopkins said mother-of-two Denise decided to take her dress off. In scenes reminiscent of her serial flashing on CBB, she then reportedly ran down the street in only her underwear. 'It was 4am or 5am and dark so no one spotted her,' Mr Hopkins said. He then

went on to claim they met for lunch dates and talked 'incessantly' on the phone - despite Welch being married for 23 years.He showed The Sun a series of text messages, including one saying: 'I'm your fiancée not your wife!! Maybe we rushed things xxxx'. The affair allegedly took place during the sixth series of Dancing On Ice last year. Mr Hopkins said he would stay with Welch in her Holiday Inn hotel room. She would introduce him as her best friend.Welch was crowned CBB winner on Friday after beating X Factor reject Frankie Cocozza to first place.Yesterday, the former Coronation Street star shrugged off the rumours, cheekily flashing her husband during his 60th birthday celebrations.They had woken up to The Sunday Mirror's report about her alleged affair with Mr Townley.

One of his friend's told the newspaper that Welch met Townley at the Jet Black club in London last April after filming Loose Women and had even spent the night with her before she went into the Celebrity Big Brother house.

He added: 'They started seeing each other on a casual basis. Lincoln said she was the same away from the ­cameras as she was on TV. He saw the Loose Woman in her come out when they were partying together.'

 The friend added that Welch would stay at his home occasionally but they would mostly spend time in her hotel room near the Loose Women studios after the show had been filmed and then she would head home to Cheshire the following day.

'Lincoln said they have a great time ­together, the age difference doesn’t matter. She is a party girl, without doubt. He loves being with her because she’s such great fun. It was very casual and all about ­having fun. ­Lincoln enjoyed it because there was no emotional stress.'

Bizarre boob gown

As fashion weeks go, Alta Roma is not exactly up there with Paris, London or Milan.

But designers there know as well as any others that the best way to draw attention to your collection is to flash a lot of flesh.

Gianni Molaro proved that breast is best at his controversy-seeking catwalk show yesterday One of his models took to the catwalk with her arms strangely folder over her chest as if she was wearing a straight-jacket. When her hands were lowered to her sides, though, they exposed a single, huge breast which had been sewn to the bodice of her top.

The look was completed with a wide-hipped, floor-length, fishtail skirt, which curiously had