New dad Brendan’s night out – without his wife
TWO days earlier his exhausted wife had tweeted about spending six hours trying to get their newborn son to sleep.
And here’s Brendan Cole having a late night of his own – cosying up to singer Jenna Lee- James in the early hours of Friday.
Cole, 42, who was dropped from Strictly Come Dancing this year, was seen hugging and talking intently to her as they left Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho at 1.30am.
His wedding ring was visible as he apparently rested his left hand on her bottom while she put an arm around his neck.
At one point Miss Lee- James, in six-inch heels, was seen putting her hand in the father of two’s coat pocket.
It is thought Cole’s wife Zoe Hobbs, 37, was at their home in Buckinghamshire, looking after their daughter Aurelia, five, and son Dante, who is less than two months old.
Miss Lee- James, 41, who bears a resemblance to Miss Hobbs, sang in Cole’s touring dance show Brendan Cole All Night Long, which ran from January to March – while Miss Hobbs, his wife of eight years, was pregnant.
An onlooker said Cole and Miss Lee-James stood outside the club for some time. ‘They were flirting together, with Jenna playing with Brendan’s scarf and holding hands,’ they told The Sun on Sunday.
‘They looked like a couple to be honest, and I don’t think his wife would be too happy with his behaviour. You would think they were together if you based it just on the body lan- guage. Brendan was getting recognised by fans and one woman came up to chat.
‘But he only seemed interested in Jenna. They were very touchy feely and intimate.
‘After a while they walked off together and that was when he seemed to pat her bum.
‘They were then both on their phones, so perhaps they were ordering cars.’
Two days earlier Miss Hobbs had tweeted about trying to get their son Dante to sleep.
She wrote: ‘Thank goodness for Ewan the dream sheep and a NZ baby hammock a friend lent us. It’s 2.15 and I’ve finally got the baby to sleep having tried since 8pm! #parentingfail #omgsotired.’
Cole was hit by the ‘Strictly curse’ in 2004 when he split from fiancee Camilla Dallerup amid claims of an affair with newsreader Natasha Kaplinsky. They have always denied the rumours.
Representatives for Cole and Miss Lee- James were approached for comment.
‘They looked like a couple’