[Leona]

Wednesday 10 January
Day 8, 10:03
Sixty-plus is not a good look, says Shilpa.

We'd hate anything to stand in the way of a good love story.


Disapproving parents, for example. Or bad breath. Or in the case of Dirk and Shilpa, grey hair.

The Montana man has expressed more than a passing interest in the Bollywood beauty. And while in the bathroom with Cleo this morning, Shilpa revealed she had feelings for The Face too. But sadly for us, the twain may never meet because Shilpa's noticed that Dirk, to put it politely, has a few more rings round his tree than her.

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Talking about the blokes, Cleo was stuck for words to describe Dirk. "He's so..."

"... sexy?" suggested Shilpa.

"... He's so relaxing, so funny... you think he's SEXY?!" said Cleo, suddenly realising what Shilpa has let slip.

"I think he's very sexy," confessed the actress.

"Then what's wrong with you then?" Cleo quizzed her.

"He's sexy and old," replied Shilpa.

Cleo was incredulous. "Maybe he's got a few more years than you, but that doesn't make him old. I know people who are younger than him who are really old."

"I agree," nodded Shilpa, amazingly understanding what Cleo was getting at.

"You're full-on fussy," chided Cleo, the old romantic. "He makes you laugh, he's gentlemanly. What's missing?"

"Age," deadpanned Shilpa.

"Oh no, that's terrible," stuttered Cleo. "Oh... oh... no you can't!"

But as she shoved her hair into shower cap, Shilpa wasn't budging. "He's sweet, I agree." And he's confessed a love of chopping wood and mountain air. How can you resist, Shilpa?

"Don't judge," scolded Cleo. "You can't be like that. I can't believe how harsh you are."

Neither can we, Cleo. Neither can we.