Cristiano Ronaldo has been "warned off" messaging lingerie model Rhian Sugden by her former Coronation Street actor fiancé
Rhian Sugden has reportedly has to fend off advances from international football star Cristiano Ronaldo.
The lingerie model, who was caught at the centre of Vernon Kay's sexting scandal in 2010, is currently engaged to former Corrie actor Oliver Mellor, who played Dr. Matt Carter on the soap for three years.
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Kerry Katona and George Kay
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Steph Davis and Jeremy McConnell
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Katie Price and Leandro Penna
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Amy Childs and Bradley Wright
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Cara Kilby and Daniel Harris
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But since becoming friends with Ronaldo after meeting on the London party scene, Rhian, 31, has apparently been bombarded with messages from him since he left Real Madrid in 2009.
According to The Sun, Ronaldo, whose girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to their daughter in November last year, would text her asking her to meet him in his hotel room as well as trying to get her to ring him on Facebook messenger.
One of the texts reportedly read: "I will call in one hour if you send a number be private number. I'm at my hotel."
She then replied: "I'm just about to pick my fella up from work and then we are going for drinks. I don't think he'd approve of me talking to you at 11pm."
Oliver, 36, then sent Ronaldo a warning to back off.
A source told the publication that Cristiano, who also welcomed twins Eva and Mateo last year, "bombards Rhian with messages periodically."
They went on: "They're friendly enough, but sometimes turn a bit weird. She's mentioned several times that she has a fiancé, but he doesn't seem to take notice.
"In the end, Oliver found out and sent Ronaldo a polite message asking him to back off. Since then Ronaldo has deleted the conversations."
Rhian, who has been engaged to Oliver since 2014, released risqué messages sent by married TV presenter Vernon Kay in 2010, forcing him to publicly apologise to his wife Tess Daly on national radio.
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