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Katherine Heslop

David Walliams' ex Lara Stone - how she was plagued by his fame and now found love again

David Walliams is known by millions for his children's books, Britain's Got Talent judging gig and his comedy partnership with Matt Lucas.

The actor, 50, is also known as something of a ladies' man, and since his divorce from supermodel Lara Stone in 2015, has been romantically linked with a flurry of younger women, including model Emily Agnes, Miss Norway contender Sylvia Flote and Made in Chelsea star Ashley James.

Lara, 38, who shares son Alfred with David, has since admitted that she found the amount of fame that came with dating David to be difficult.

She has said: "I'd been at his house and was walking back to the tube and this car was driving next to me and they were taking pictures the whole time. It was just so bewildering and terrifying."

David and Lara in 2012 at Royal Ascot (Getty Images)

After reportedly meeting at a Chelsea football match, the couple began dating in 2009.

Lara admitted she was "very nervous" on their first date but soon knew they shared a "very mean sense of humour".

Speaking to Dutch Vogue, she said: "I was in the cab home afterward and thought, I should text him and thank him for dinner. When I did, he texted back, 'Who's this?'"

The couple announced their engagement in January 2010 and got hitched in a lavish London ceremony at Claridge’s hotel with celebrity A-lister guests, including Sir Elton John, Russell Brand and Stephen Fry.

David was previously married to Dutch model Lara Stone, who got married again last year (WireImage)

David was said to be "devastated" at the split, which came less than two years after Lara gave birth to their son.

In 2015, Lara agreed to take the blame in the divorce proceedings to end their five-year marriage as the BGT star cited her "unreasonable behaviour" as grounds for divorce.

Nearly a year ago, Lara, who has appeared on magazine covers for British, French and Italian Vogue, wed for the second time, to David Grievson after the pair found love on dating app Tinder in 2018.

Lara and David reportedly met on Tinder (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Hublot)
The pair married last summer (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Alexander McQueen)

Lara confirmed that she and her husband were engaged in February 2020 after two years of dating, with Lara showing off her diamond ring at a VIP dinner in Mayfair.

In a series of sweet snaps on Instagram, the Dutch model announced that she had wed her fiance in a private ceremony.

At the time, she captioned a set of black and white photos as the newlyweds smiled as they made their way out of the church.

She wrote: "Got to marry my love this weekend!"

It has reported that David is looking for love, and has allegedly joined the celebrity dating app Raya, in hopes of striking up a romance.

The judge is supposedly using pictures of him with his two border terriers Bert and Ernie on his profile.

In one picture shared by The Sun, David is seen cuddling one of his dogs as another showed the star looking dapper in a black suit with a spotted pocket square.

A third showed him dressed up as a woman for one of his television sketches.

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