Strictly Thomas' lover: It wasn't just a fling...

She claims he spoke of future together

- BY LUCY NEEDHAM

THE woman who had an affair with Thomas Skinner has hit back at the Apprentice star, claiming he tried to downplay his cheating.

Over the weekend, Strictly Come Dancing contestant Skinner admitted to a "fling" with mum-of-three Amy-Lucy O'Rourke just weeks after his 2022 wedding.

The former pillow salesman, 34, said he had a "moment of madness" with an attractive single mum who gave him a free cosmetic treatment after they met in a pub.

But Amy-Lucy claims it was a three-month affair and he acted like a boyfriend. She also alleges Skinner, who has three children with wife Sinead, told her he was in a "loveless relationship of convenience".