Kerron Has a Girlfriend - Shocker

I have an admission to make. I have a girlfriend. I know this will thoroughly shock most of you, but it's true.

It's something I've actually been suppressing for a while now, but I think the time is probably right to put the announcement in the public domain. Her name is Gemma.

There are many reasons why I haven't said anything, even though we've been dating for just over a month or so now. Firstly, it's none of your business - it's my private life - but there has been much speculation about my current dating status. Also, despite everything, I do still really care about my ex-partner and don't want to call her unnecessary upset by reading this sort of stuff on my site - not that she probably cares, but I don't want to be insensitive.

Furthermore, there is another twist in the tail. Gemma is a Tory. :-/ Not a card carrying Conservative, or activist or anything, but a Tory voter nonetheless. But living in Ruislip I guess most people are. Interestingly though, she does believe in redistribution of wealth. Taking away from the rich and giving to the poor. One wonders if she is in the right party. I mean she says she hates Tony Blair, but I think she'd fit in quite nicely with the Labour Party in that respect. ;-) I will keep working on her. I'm sure there's an inner socialist battling to get out from within that harsh materialistic exterior. ;-)

I now fully expect a barrel-load of abuse from Paul Burgin about cross-party relationships, but let's face it, at least she isn't a Lib Dem. :-)

Anyway, Gemma is a TV extra by day (pictured above) so you may have seen her occasionally if you watch Eastenders/Hotel Babylon/Prime Suspect - although she is obviously a woman of principle as she has repeatedly turned down appearing on T4 in a bikini for money. Not sure if her objection was to the bikini or T4 actually. ;-)

And at weekends she works at John Lewis...a famous workers' co-operative. See I told you there was an inner socialist battling to get out! I cling to that hope!

We met at church through the musical we are currently both performing, What Peter Wanted, as she was my salsa partner. And now she has progressed onto being my personal line helper-outer in her spare time, which has been very helpful. Tickets are still available for Thursday, Friday and Saturday this week, incidentally!

So why mention it on my blog now? Well, as I said, I realise not mentioning anything continues to fuel the almost legendary status I have for being single and being desperately unlucky when it comes to women - I've come to rather enjoy it actually!

Also as we have been dating a few weeks now there's less chance of it being a flash in the pan relationship that I mention and then flickers out leaving me looking a wally for mentioning it (but give it time!). And Gemma is an important part of my life now, so I don't feel that comfortable keeping it a secret (I like being quite open about everything I think, say and do).

I also want to post some pics up from rehearsals at What Peter Wanted, and I realise some will make it fairly clear that me and Gemma are close so I'd rather be honest about it right now. Finally, we are due to go to our first official Council function together in the next few weeks, so it will be fairly public then anyway.

There you are. Announcement over.