Cheeky Gabriela: I love Lembit

Cheeky Girl Gabriela Irimia has spoken about her year in a relationship with MP Lembit Opik.

The singer, sister and co-star Monica, and mother Margit gave an interview to the Mail on Sunday.

Gabriela said of the Montgomeryshire politician: "I think he is in love with me. He tells me so, so it must be true. And, yes, I love him."

The trio told how Opik had recently visited them at their home in Romania while Gabriela was suffering from a kidney problem.

"He came for five days and took care of me," explained Gabriela. "Treatment in London didn't work, so my father arranged for me to come to Romania.

"I convalesced at my grandmother's house and when Lembit arrived I looked very pale – no make-up and my hair all over the place. Monica stayed by my side all the time. So did Lembit. I was in such pain I couldn't really move and had to sleep on my back. He slept with me and took care of me."

And Gabriela insisted the unlikely pair do share interests: "Sometimes we have a weekend together. Or I might visit him in his constituency. We have lots in common. We like going to the cinema, walking, talking philosophically, playing chess.

"There are just two things we never discuss. One is money. It's way too early in the relationship. I don't think he has a lot of money but he is very generous to me. The other is politics. I am not and will never be interested."

Gabriela and Monica also spoke about how they became anorexic in 2004.

"We had had such a stressful life that I wanted to have control of something and chose my weight," said Monica. She said they had now recovered and were "happy with our bodies", although they recently underwent plastic surgery.

Gabriela revealed: "We were very flat-chested, so we both agreed to have breast implants. Unfortunately, the ones we had in London didn't work, so our father arranged for it to be sorted out in Romania. We are now 34C."