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The UK paper said it had seen messages which showed the TV star not only visited the 23-year-old’s home, but also sent money and demanded a picture.

In return he got a semi-nude picture.

According to the newspaper, the young man – whose identity was kept secret for privacy reasons – claimed the TV star traveled to another country to meet him at his flat in February 2021.

The source was quoted as saying: “He was always asking to meet and I found it quite coercive. There were restrictions and they got tighter but he kept meeting.”

The newspaper alleges that the visit to the second county took place on 18 February 2021 – during the third lockdown in Britain.