Sophie Reade 'cheated on by footballer'

Sophie Reade has revealed that she has been cheated on by her footballer lover Mario Balotelli.

The Big Brother winner claimed that the Manchester City star slept with her best friend Faye Evette at his flat on New Year's Eve, and that she was then thrown out barefoot in the middle of the night by Balotelli's friend upon learning the truth.

She told the News of the World: "I feel utterly betrayed by Mario. I really cared for him and he insisted he felt the same way about me. I would never normally date a footballer because they have such bad reputations. Mario seemed very different.

"We were in his downstairs bedroom when I noticed Mario and Faye weren't there. I got suspicious because his friend seemed to be standing at the door as if to stop me coming out. I ran upstairs to the living room to look for Mario but he wasn't there. Then I came down again to see Faye coming out of the other bedroom. I knew something had happened.

"I confronted him but then one of his friends came up to me and said, 'I think it's about time you left.' I was literally shoved out of the flat with no shoes on and left barefoot in a little black sequined party dress in the freezing foyer. It was 4am and I had to call my mum and ask her to pick me up. I was devastated."