Celebrity's shock secret liaison with unnamed celebrity

A male celebrity, whose name we cannot reveal for legal reasons, has been secretly conducting a steamy affair with a female celebrity who has chosen not to name herself, we can exclusively reveal.

The revelation has sent shockwaves through the industry that we can't name, and could threaten the careers of both involved.

The precise details of the relationship have been kept quiet at the request of both parties, but both were keen to stress in an anonymous statement that the relationship was now finished and both were going back to their former partners.

The liaison appears to have lasted for a length of time and involved activities that we have chosen not to reveal. The relationship appears to have broken down in circumstances we will not divulge in order to protect the identities of those involved, and at a time that you will just have to believe us was particularly significant.

News of the liaison leaked out when a Fleet Street editor accidently splashed details on the front page of his paper. A number of other newspapers picked up the story and published the names of those involved, and by yesterday Sky TV had revealed that both parties had had proper naked sex with several other people before sleeping with each other. None were famous however.

Both celebrities involved have been quick to draw a line under the affair once the £100,000 cheque cleared. Both parties' lawyers released an identical statement that we have chosen not to report to safeguard their anonymity.