Neighbours star Stefan Dennis has claimed that he was one time involved in a secret romance with co-star Natalie Imbruglia.

The actor, 63, who played Paul Robinson, says the pair struck up a relationship despite him existence 17 years her senior.

While Paul dated Gayle Blakeney, 56, while she and her sister Gillian starred as the Alessi twins in the 1990s, he and Natalie besides had a relationship during their fourth dimension on the series.

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He told Stellar Magazine this calendar week: "Because of my relationship with Gayle, in a well-kept clandestine, I was also going out with Natalie Imbruglia, there was a rumour that I was making my way through the female person cast."

Information technology comes every bit the last-ever episode of the series, which featured Jason Donovan and Kylie Minogue, aired subsequently iii decades.

Stefan Dennis

Stefan Dennis at the Neighbours finale event yesterday in Melbourne, Australia

Stefan played Paul betwixt 1985 to 1993 and again in 2004, while Natalie starred as Beth Brennan between 1992 and 1994.

Aussie vocalizer Natalie, 47, was married to the Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns, 43, from 2003 to 2008.

She said on a podcast series last yr: "He was the love of my life and I think in time you realise that's a really special thing and yous look back on it fondly.

"It doesn't come around that often that you can both experience that style about each other... It's not something that is necessarily repeatable in that way. It'south a beautiful thing."

Natalie Imbruglia on Neighbours

Natalie Imbruglia became a pop star afterwards appearing on Neighbours

Natalie reportedly revealed she was significant in July 2019, after undergoing IVF with the aid of a sperm donor.

The singer welcomed her showtime child, son Max, two, at the historic period of 44. She has not publicly disclosed the identity of her child's father.

Paul, meanwhile, has been married to his actress wife, Gail Easdale, 49, since 2000, and they have three children.

Gail is too a Neighbours star, having appeared on the soap as scheming Julie Quill between 2016 and 2021.

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