ELLE & BRAD HOT HOOK-UP!

WELL, WE DIDN’T SEE THIS ONE COMING!

They’re the hot new pairing that has all of Hollywood talking – Elle Macpherson and Brad Pitt! Insiders tell New Idea that the surprise couple – who are both locked in messy, public divorces – have turned to each other, enjoying several late-night dates in LA.

During one recent hook-up, Elle and Brad were spotted tucked away in the corner of an exclusive Hollywood club – with their minders doing their best to keep them shielded from view.

‘They definitely seemed cosy together, like a couple on an intimate date,’ says an onlooker. ‘We couldn’t believe it when we saw them – the Body meets Hollywood’s sexiest man. It’s crazy! He was laughing at everything she said and leaning in really close.

‘She was touching his arm a lot and flicking her hair over her shoulder. There was a lot of flirting going on.’

It’s believed Elle turned to Hollywood’s hottest new bachelor to help her get over her shock split from billionaire Jeff Soffer. Sources say Jeff ’s wide circle of female friends annoyed the former supermodel at times during their four-year marriage.

But after spending time with Brad, ‘Elle would love to be his girlfriend,’ says a source.

‘She’s had her eye on Brad for years but there were complications – she or he were always attached to someone else.

‘But now Elle’s ready to find love again. She gave her marriage four years of her life and though it wasn’t always terrible it wasn’t what she wanted.

‘She’s sick and tired of having her heart broken by billionaire playboys and rich elitists. She moved from London to Miami to be with Jeffrey and professed her love just a year ago, only to be made a fool.

‘She felt so neglected. She hardly saw Jeffrey. They were living separate lives. Now she wants to get back on the horse, and she’s looking at Brad to be her new man.’

Brad and Elle, both 53, first met when she did a stint on Friends back in 1999 – when the actor was engaged to Friends star Jennifer Aniston – and it seems the chemistry was buzzing even back then.

‘Elle met Brad through Jen when she did a five-episode arc on Friends – and she developed a crush on him then, but she could never act on it because clearly he was with Jen,’ says the source. ‘Then he was with Angelina and having babies and adopting. Elle was in relationships too.’

And while Brad is now battling his own divorce from

‘We couldn’t believe it when we saw them – the Body meets Hollywood’s sexiest man’

OLD FRIENDS Elle and Brad (right) both guest starred on Friends – and now their bond has turned romantic. Elle and Brad got flirty in a quiet corner of a Hollywood club.

Double heartbreak Ange – and has struggled with alcohol and drugs – Elle wants to be a shoulder for him to lean on as well. ‘Elle can understand what Brad must be going through now in his own divorce from Angelina,’ the pal tells New Idea. ‘She can...