Calum Best is many things – the offspring of iconic footballer George Best, a reality star who has been on every dating show going, a man turning 40… and a hit with the ladies.
The star will mark his 40th today (Saturday), and though lockdown keeps the country cooped up inside for now, we can only imagine he’ll do the big day justice when he can reunite properly with mates.
And as he prepares to enter his fourth decade, Daily Star is taking a look back at his long list of romantic connections, from Playboy models and Kim Kardashian lookalikes to A-lister Lindsay Lohan.
Lindsey Pelas
Calum and Lindsey had an on-off relationship (Image: Instagram)
Stunning Playboy model Lindsey Pelas caught Calum’s eye in 2016, and they dated for several months before he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house back in 2017.
Calum declared his singleton status while in the house, telling his co-stars “anything could happen”.
But Calum and Lindsey are thought to have reunited in February of that year before splitting again in May.
Brandi Glanville
Calum and Brandi look back on their time together with fondness
Now one of the most popular Real Housewives ever, Brandi Glanville looks back with fondness on her time with Calum.
She told the Mirror that their “spark” when filming Famously Single made her “feel like a woman again”.
“He’s really helped me get through a few things, he’s made me feel like a girl again and I haven’t really let anyone in and so he’s definitely made me feel vulnerable and like a woman,” she remarked.
Their split was rumoured to be a fiery one, but Calum has since described Brandi as his “dear friend”.
Bianca Gascoigne
Calum and Bianca met on Celebrity Love Island
Calum and Bianca Gascoigne fell for each other on Celebrity Love Island in 2006, the show that would later become global hit Love Island, and they were crowned joint winners.
Bianca, the step daughter of another famed footie star Paul Gascoigne, described him as her “dream man”.
But it wasn’t meant to be and the couple soon went their separate ways.
Nowadays, blonde bombshell Bianca is dating Katie Price’s ex-boyfriend Kris Boyson, after growing close during lockdown.
Lindsay Lohan
Calum said they were a ‘combustible’ couple (Image: Jamie McCarthy/BNC/Bragman Nyman Cafarelli DUPLICATE ACCOUNT via WireImage.com)
Calum dated Hollywood royalty Lindsay between around 2006 to 2007 – though the exact date their romance flourished is hard to pin down.
He has since written in his autobiography that the two of them were “combustible”.
“At this moment in our lives, we’re both a bit nuts. We both like to party a lot and it makes things tempestuous,” he penned.
“When we go out I flirt with other girls, sometimes in front of her, and one day she catches me hanging out with another girl in my hotel room.”
Sarah Harding
Calum said kind-hearted Sarah supported him when his dad died
Calum described his time with Girls Aloud star Sarah Harding as “a whirlwind, an intense, full-on, fiery relationship”.
“But it was a good fire,” he added to The Sun.
He also recalled that Sarah had been brilliant in supporting him when dad George sadly died in 2005.
Calum and Sarah were together for eight months in the early Noughties – and it sounds like they had a lot of fun.
He said: “We went to this spa in the countryside and spend three whole days on our king-size bed – obviously we weren’t watching TV – as well as in the jacuzzi and in the steam room.
“We didn’t get dressed once, and the most either of us ever wore was a spa robe and slippers. That’s one of my favourite memories.”
Georgia Salpa
Calum admitted to cheating on Georgia
Calum dated Irish-Greek model – and Kim Kardashian doppelgänger – Georgia Salpa back in 2011 after they hit it off while appearing on Celebrity Salon.
Amid a flurry of cheating rumours, Calum denied he’d been unfaithful.
But after their split, he finally admitted that it “didn’t really work out… because [he] got caught cheating”.
Bizarrely, George went on to deny their relationship in 2013, saying: “We weren’t proper boyfriend and girlfriend. It was a brief fling. We went on a few dates.
“Why he’d be talking about it two and a half years later is beyond me.”
Kimberly Stewart
Calum and Kimberley are thought to have split sometime in 2007
Fellow celebrity offspring Kimberly Stewart, daughter of rocker Sir Rod Stewart and actress and model Alana Stewart, is believed to have dated Calum between 2006 and 2007.
They appeared inseparable in public, hitting up a number of events together.
But their romance fizzled out and both had moved on by mid-2007.
After their split, it was reported that Kimberly was concerned that secrets from their romance could be released by Calum, though it appears she had nothing to worry about.
Caprice Bourret
He’s thought to have briefly dated Caprice (Image: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
Rumour has it that iconic model Caprice Bourret – who did a short stint last year on Dancing On Ice – turned Calum’s head at the GQ Man of the Year Awards in 2001.
But nothing serious ever came of it, as Caprice has been with British financier Ty Comfort since 2011, and they tied the knot a few years back.
They share two children, Jett and Jax.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
