With almost unseemly haste, George Clooney has replaced his longtime girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis with a new love... and this one really could tie him in knots.
The girl currently living her dreams with the attentions of the Oscar-winning actor, the run of his Lake Como villa (from where she messaged last week, "I'm in heaven") and the flock of paparazzi to her door is former wrestler-turned-model Stacy Keibler, previously best known for roles in Samurai Girl and How I Met Your Mother.
The pair are reported to have been friends for years, with one 'insider' telling US Weekly: "At this point they're pretty much exclusive"... (whatever that means in everyman speak).
To mark the occasion of Clooney's transfer of affections, we have compiled a gallery of women who have loved and lost. Keibler had better not start planning her hen night just yet - Clooney has made it increasingly clear over the years that he's not joking when he says he's not for settling down.
His previous girlfriend Canalis made the mistake of speaking out about their love, saying she was "perfectly happy as she was", but looked forward to marriage one day. It was all over within a month.
If Keibler's wise, she'll let her ripped arms and legs do the talking.
A LOOK BACK AT GEORGE'S LADIES IN OUR GALLERY:
George Clooney's Ladies
Talia Balsam(01 of08)
Open Image ModalSo far the one and only Mrs George ClooneyWas married to the ever-since singleton for four years from 1989 to 1993Now married to actor John Slattery, with whom she co-stars in Mad Men, with one child
Kelly Preston(02 of08)
Open Image ModalHad a short-lived fling with George Clooney before her marriage to John TravoltaLeft an indelible mark on Clooney's life, however, with a present to him - his pet pig, Max, who, before he died, seemed to have a more secure place in Clooney's affections than any woman.
Lisa Snowdon(03 of08)
Open Image ModalLisa Snowdon proved that some girls' dreams do come true, when she was whisked off her feet by George Clooney, back in 2000, after meeting him on the set of a Martini commercial.The pair dated on and off for five years, and have remained friends.Snowdon now co-presents a radio breakfast show with Johnny Vaughan, and remains single.
Mariella Frostrup(04 of08)
Open Image ModalRumours abound that George Clooney and Mariella Frostrup became more than friends after they struck up a rapport at Cannes Film Festival over a decade ago. Nonetheless, both have denied being any more than good friends, and Clooney is a devoted guardian to Frostrup's two children with her human rights lawyer husband, Jason McCue.The family has often holidayed with Clooney at his villa in Lake Como, Italy.
(05 of08)
Open Image ModalRenee Zellwegger is another of George Clooney's longtime female friends, who is rumoured to have dated him back around 2001. The pair co-starred in Leatherheads in 2008, by which time Renee had married, and split from, Kenny Chesney. George had made no such trip down the altar.
Sarah Larson(06 of08)
Open Image ModalIt seemed that George Clooney had finally settled down with former waitress Sarah Larson a few years ago - the pair survived a motorbike crash in the early days of their courtship, and Larson accompanied Clooney to the UN when he campaigned for Darfur. Their union was unceremoniously called off in 2008.
Elisabetta Canalis(07 of08)
Open Image ModalOnce again, it looked like wedding bells were ringing for George Clooney when he took up with Italian TV presenter Elisabetta Canalis, whisking her off to his Lake Como villa on the back of his motorbike - what's not to like? Two years later and, despite her Mediterranean charms being splashed over the press in the skimpiest of bikinis, she made the fatal mistake of mentioning that she'd like to get married one day. Splash, into Lake Como, went her dream of settling down with the eternal bachelor, and off she went to lick her wounds with her Italian family.
Stacy Keibler(08 of08)
Open Image ModalExit Elisabetta, enter Stacy - with almost unseemly haste, it seems Clooney has a new lady on his arm, this time former wrestler and model Stacy Keibler, whom it appears George Clooney has been friends with for years.Keibler was flown to - guess where - Lake Como - recently, where she tweeted: "I'm in heaven".Despite Clooney's protestations that he never wants to settle down, he may do well to keep on the right side of Stacy. Bearing in mind her former profession, she may not take any shoddy treatment lying down.