After flirting back and forth, Mario and Nicola shared ideas over the mum-of-two’s potential date outfits, with Nicola suggesting a revealing black swimsuit in a Twitter picture.

One of Nicola’s followers then Tweeted at the singletons: “Didn’t take long #cringe,” referring to the model's recent split from husband Tom Williams.

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When Nicole responded with yawning emoticons- implying she was bored by the criticism- the follower then wrote: “Was on your side but this just isn’t the way… Have fun leave the players.”

The 32-year-old then went on the defensive, tweeting: “But he is fit.”

TOWIE star Mario, 26, became known as a ‘love rat’ after cheating on ex-fiancee and co-star Lucy Mecklenburgh.

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Nicola recently revealed that her marriage to husband Tom is over following cheating allegations.

The former glamour model appeared to ‘out’ her husband’s mistress in recent tweets, before accusing Tom’s ‘other woman’ of ‘stealing’ her clothes.

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Ex-footballer Tom, 34, had been spending time apart from Nicola due to work commitments in Las Vegas.

Tom and Nicola were married in 2009 and have two sons together, Rocky and Striker.

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