Melanie Sykes ‘has been chasing Olly Murs for six years’ after online flirting

Tweets from Sykes to Murs have been unearthed from as far back as 2012
Flirty: Melanie Sykes and Olly Murs are said to be dating
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Emma Powell21 November 2017
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Melanie Sykes has had her eye on Olly Murs since 2012, according to reports.

The TV star, 47, is said to have reached out to the 33-year-old singer with a handful of tweets of flirty tweets six years ago.

A series of messages unearthed by Reveal, show that Sykes has commented on his pictures and complimented his music over the past few years.

Sykes referred to the Troublemaker singer as “gorge” in a tweet from 2012 while another shows her telling Murs to “follow @SkySportsNews”.

Rumours: Olly Murs and Melanie Sykes
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Murs reached out to Sykes in 2015, tweeting: “Hope you're well, xx.” Sykes replied with four kisses and the kiss emoji alongside the message: “All good darling.”

In response to one of his singles she said: “Love this track @ollymurs you sound like an angel makes me want to cry x.”

A source told The Sun: “They were initially introduced through a mutual friend. They started texting for ages and some of the messages ended up getting quite saucy.

“They have both been determined for nobody to find out. It’s been a bit off and on and there’s a real physical attraction between them.”

In contact: Olly Murs appeared to address the rumours on Twitter
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Sykes appeared to shut down the reports with a Mark Twain quote, which read: “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.”

She captioned the post: “Don’t believe what you read.”

Murs also shared a gif off Anchorman’s Brick Tamland laughing next to the words “good one” before swiftly deleting it.

Sykes has two children, Roman, 15, and Valentino, 12 from her marriage to actor Daniel Caltagirone, which ended in 2008.

She married 29-year-old Jack Cockings in 2013 but filed for divorce less than a year later, describing it as a “difficult” time.

Murs previously dated Francesca Thomas for three years before calling time on the relationship in 2015.

Olly Murs at Manchester United

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