Compared to the relatively pedestrian nineties, the noughties was a sexually turbo-charged era, with Christina Aguilera prancing around with her bum out and Britney going to school in her stockings.
It was a decade of hipster jeans, tramp stamps and VK cherry; of going to nightclubs and getting absolutely mortal and of the explosion of kiss and tells.
And it also brought us some of the most sordid showbiz affairs in modern history, with hearts broken, reputations damaged and marriages ruined by a string of flings and alleged trysts.
Big name stars including David Beckham, Jude Law, Wayne Rooney and Katie Price all found themselves at the centre of ‘sex scandals’. Here’s what happened…
Ulrika Jonsson and Sven-Göran Eriksson
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England boss Sven made his move on Ulrika while his unsuspecting partner Nancy Dell’Olio went to the toilet at a showbiz function.
Spotting the stunning fellow Swede at the next table, Sven introduced himself and arranged an ‘innocent’ lunch.
And in his autobiography, Sven: My Story, he said they fell into bed together in January 2002 after another ‘do in Manchester, kick-starting a torrid four-month affair.
But for Ulrika, the whole experience left her wanting. Describing their trysts as ‘devoid of passion’, she told the Daily Mail: “Sex with Sven was as ordered and functional as an Ikea instruction manual. Putting together a Billy bookcase would have probably left me more satisfied.”
She claimed Sven liked to talk dirty in ‘singy-song broken English’ and said she was forced to ‘do all the work’.
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Needless to say, Nancy was reportedly raging, but defiant Ulrika said the fiery Italian should just be ‘grateful’.
“She should be thanking me. Before news of our affair broke she was just the Italian girlfriend of Sven,” Ulrika, 52, previously told the Daily Mail.
“When it hit the headlines, Nancy was suddenly famous. And she used that to her advantage. She’d have never been on Strictly Come Dancing if it wasn’t for me.”
David Beckham and Rebecca Loos
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Amid rumours of a feud with Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, David got flogged to Real Madrid in 2003 and relocated to Spain while wife Victoria held the fort back in Blighty.
He was appointed a PA in the form of Dutch model Rebecca Loos, and in April 2004 she sent shockwaves around the world by sensationally claiming they’d had a passionate affair – claims he has always denied.
“There was an obvious attraction. We spent a lot of time together. We just bonded. We think the same way, made the same jokes, had some kind of connection,” she alleged in a TV interview with Kay Burley.
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“He treated me in a special way. Always made sure I was looked after. I began to feel very special.”
According to Rebecca, 40, David was ‘lonely’ living away from his wife and kids, and she alleged that friendship turned to fun after a boozy night out in Madrid in September 2003.
Stating they ‘were like magnets’, she claimed they blew off the rest of the group to head back to David’s hotel room for a night of red hot passion.
“I couldn’t wait to be alone with him and I knew he felt the same. We dropped off the other two people in the car and starting kissing quite passionately all the way back to the hotel,” she said.
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But as Rebecca grew to ‘adore’ him, she claimed David was only ever interested in sex which apparently left her feeling ‘like a whore’.
“It was clothes off, get the action done and out,” she added. “I felt really cheap, used.”
David vehemently denied the claims and remains married to Victoria to this day.
Jude Law and Sienna Miller
They were the prettiest couple on the block, and no-one was surprised when Jude and Sienna got engaged at Christmas in 2004.
But just a matter of months later, Jude sensationally issued a public apology for sleeping with his nanny Daisy Wright while filming The Kings Men in New Orleans.
He said: “I just want to say I am deeply ashamed and upset that I’ve hurt Sienna and the people most close to us. I want to publicly apologise to Sienna and our respective families for the pain that I have caused.”
It sparked such high drama that the saga became a joke in Sex And The City 2. When Samantha Jones said there should be a law against hiring hot nannies, Carrie Bradshaw replied, “Yeah, the Jude Law.”
Meanwhile, Sienna was also accused of cheating – with her Layer Cake co-star Daniel Craig.
Both initially denied the rumours, but Sienna later admitted having been ‘briefly involved’ with the James Bond star, adding: “It was not a relationship, it was a very brief encounter, and he was my best friend.”
Ashley Cole and a hairdresser
Ashley and Cheryl had been married less than two years when hairdresser Aimee Walton claimed she bedded Ashley after meeting him at a West End club in December 2007.
Sharing the gory details of the alleged tryst, she said Ashley threw up in the car on the way back to her friend’s flat, and once again when they were having sex.
Aimee said at the time: “We started having sex then he just rolled over and vomited on the floor all over the cream carpet, it was disgusting.
“He had some mouthwash then jumped back into bed. We started having sex again but his mates piled into the room.
“After they left we finally managed to get going again and tried several positions. Eventually he finished and collapsed. He was panting and clearly had a good time.”
Cheryl was so distraught that she needed to take tranquilizers to cope, and in her autobiography Cheryl: My Story, she told how she lashed out at Ashley in a fit of fury.
“I felt every emotion possible: confusion, sadness, physical pain, sickness and fury, like I’d never experienced,” she wrote.
“I hit him in the face – I couldn’t help it. I was shaking him, kicking him, scratching his face, pushing and shoving him like I was a lunatic, and he just took it as it was obvious I’d gone crazy.
“In fact, the more I pushed and provoked him, the more Ashley clammed up.
“’I hope you enjoyed it!’ I screamed. ‘I hope she was worth it! It’s the end of your marriage! You don’t understand what you’ve done. It’s f***ed!'”
Cheryl eventually gave the footballer another chance but left him for good when a second round of cheating rumours hit in 2010.
Wayne Rooney and ‘Auld Slapper’
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Back in the mid-noughties, Wayne Rooney was the hottest thing since Flaming Hot Doritos.
His fancy footwork and adorable romance with high-school sweetheart Coleen captured the hearts of the nation.
But in 2004 it was claimed he’d bedded a grandmother dubbed ‘Auld Slapper’ during clandestine visits to a £45-a-time brothel.
‘Auld Slapper’ – aka Patricia Tierney, then 48 – carried out her sex work in a rubber catsuit but denied she’d been anywhere near Wayne.
He, however, did eventually own up to employing the services of multiple unnamed prostitutes.
He said: “Foolish as it now seems I did on occasions visit massage parlours and prostitutes.
“I now regret it deeply and hope people may understand that it was the sort of mistake you make when you are young and stupid. It was at a time when I was very young and immature.”
Katie Price and Peter Andre
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One minute they were singing A Whole New World, the next Pete was marching down to his lawyers’ to file for divorce.
As fans desperately tried to work out what had gone down, it was claimed Peter had lost it after Katie had a secret night out with her hunky riding instructor, Andrew Gould.
Both Katie and Andrew denied any suggestion they’d been unfaithful, but in 2012 she revealed Pete ended their marriage because he thought otherwise.
“I never wanted the split. It’s unfortunate that he thought I was having an affair,” she told Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, insisting there was no evidence.
For Peter’s part, he has always refused to give any details but has hinted that whatever went down was big.
“Something big happened, which I won’t reveal as I don’t want my kids reading it. But when I tell them, I’ll come on your show and reveal what actually happened,” he told Piers Morgan in 2009.
“Katie knows 100 per cent the reason why I left her and I am 100 per cent sure that what happened definitely did happen.”
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