TV host Melanie Sykes seems to have cast her gondolier lover adrift — after she was pictured enjoying a cosy day out with tattooed model Jake Smith.
Mel, 50, was deep in conversation with the hunk, 39, as they strolled in a park last week. The pair are said to have grown close over their love of fitness.
An onlooker in Hampstead Heath, North West London, said: “They seemed very comfortable in each other’s company and were lost in conversation.