TV STAR Chris Tarrant is enjoying a cloak-and-dagger affair with a sexy blonde ex-EastEnders star—and it could cost him a FORTUNE.
The Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host secretly spent the night with actress Debbie Arnold, 51 at his luxury flat on Thursday.
Now the revelation is set to bump up the price of his bitter divorce from wife Ingrid—who already wants £24million.
SNEAKY Chris Tarrant has been rumbled going to extraordinary lengths to keep his new lover a secret from vengeful wife Ingrid.
The TV quiz host was desperate for his romantic trysts with twice-wed ex soap star Debbie Arnold to remain hush-hush until his costly and bitter divorce settlement is finalised later this month.
Famous for the catchphrase "I don't want to give you that", Tarrant, 60, fears Ingrid—who is demanding two-thirds of his £35million fortune—will turn the screw even more if she finds out.
Sorry, Chris. When she sees our exclusive pictures she won't be phoning a friend...it'll be her lawyer.
We caught out the star and blonde lover Debbie—who looks remarkably like Ingrid—on Thursday. They attended a glitzy awards bash but staged an elaborate cloak-and-dagger operation to pretend they weren't together.
They WENT IN separately and LEFT separately. But astonishingly, as he hopped in the front seat of his limo, she was HIDING flat out in the back.
They sped off but, as soon as he thought they were out of sight, he ORDERED his chauffeur to stop and CLIMBED in the back with her.
They drove to his £800,000 luxury flat just around the corner from the Tarrant marital home in Esher, Surrey. Then he SNEAKED her up the stairs and they spent the night together.
Yesterday a close pal warned: "Chris is going to get an absolute bucketload from Ingrid over this. It will cost him dearly."
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"She'll be devastated. She already feels like she's been cast off and it's going to infuriate her even more. Ingrid will think he should have waited until the divorce was finalised before jumping into bed with another woman. If there was ever any chance of an easy financial settlement, this will scupper it."
We can reveal Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Chris has been dating the ex-soap actress since Christmas after another affair caused the split with Ingrid. It has developed and become serious in the past two months.
Debbie, 51, starred in EastEnders for more than a year playing April Branning—Carol Jackson's flighty sister who ran off to Greece with a toyboy lover.
In real life she has a history of starry relationships. She lost her virginity at 16 to rock legend David Bowie when she was running his fan club.
Then she was briefly wed to John Challis, Boycie from Only Fools And Horses, before marrying and having two girls with comedy actor David Janson. He played the replacement Herr Flick in the final series of 'Allo 'Allo. They divorced five years ago
Debbie lives with daughters Ciara, 19, and Talia, 14, in a £750,000 house in Cobham, Surrey, just around the corner from dad-of-four Tarrant.
She has known the star and his wife for years because their kids went to the same schools.
She first got together with Tarrant at a Christmas bash thrown by posh Drummonds Bank at their HQ in Trafalgar Square. Since then they have dated discreetly and spent cosy evenings at each other's homes.
But on Thursday their secret love was blown apart...
5pm: Tarrant's chauffeur picks up Debbie from her home in his Merc.
6.20pm: The car collects Tarrant from LWT studios.
7pm: Limo arrives at a star-studded sports awards bash in east London. Although they get out at the same time Chris hangs back to take a call on his mobile as Debbie, wearing a slinky, low-cut pink and black ballgown, walks into the venue alone.
They sit together at table No16. At a table a few feet away are the event's guests of honour, David and Victoria Beckham. The ex-England skipper gets an award for Outstanding Contribution to British Sport.
Tarrant presents the gong for Best TV Sport Commercial. Among the 1,150 other guests are Arsene Wenger, Thierry Henry, Al Murray, Lord Coe and Alastair Campbell.
A fellow reveller said: "Although Chris and Debbie sat next to each other all night they were definitely trying to make it seem they were NOT together."
11.35: Debbie gets her coat and leaves—alone. She walks outside and climbs into the back of Tarrant's limo. An insider said: "There were no goodbyes or anything like that. No kisses. Nothing. Chris just topped up his wine glass and carried on in conversation with one of his friends. It was as if she had simply gone to the loo. It must have been rehearsed beforehand." Tarrant continues to chat for another 20 minutes.
11.55pm: He leaves using mobile.
Midnight: Limo, which was being driven round the block to avoid photographers, picks him up. Debbie is lying down on the back seat to avoid being seen, so Tarrant gets in front.
12.05am: Half a mile down the road, out of sight near London's Blackfriars Bridge, he jumps out and climbs in the back with Debbie.
12.45: They arrive at Chris's flat.
7.45: Debbie leaves flat wearing same clothes as the night before and is picked up by Chris's chauffeur.
8am: Smiling Debbie arrives home.
8.10: Tarrant leaves for work.
A pal said last night: "Debbie is bubbly, blonde and fun—just the sort Chris likes. His mates have been calling her Ingrid Mark 2 because they are exactly the same age, look the same and both love a drink and a laugh.
"It's like he's just been to the shop and ordered another Ingrid.
"Chris says he loves being with Debbie. They both like getting p****d—and he says the sex is sensational. He's always been a randy old goat!"
Furious Ingrid, 51, kicked Tarrant out last year after he admitted a seven-year affair with married teacher Fiona McKechnie. She is demanding £24million—two-thirds of his estimated £35million fortune—in a settlement to be thrashed out on April 16.
Debbie started her career doing impersonations of 50s sex symbol Diana Dors. She had a nose job, lost three-and-a-half stone and has appeared in 300 TV shows, including Minder, The Bill, and Emmerdale.
Last night cricket fan Tarrant was on a lads' sporting hol in the West Indies to watch England in the World Cup.
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