Rhian Sugden bounces back after Vernon Kay texting scandal
Glamour model is back in the red top and hopes to launch a career in acting with starring role in hit soap Hollyoaks
PAGE 3 favourite Rhian Sugden is back in the red top as she looks to launch a career in acting.
Rhian, 29, who received flirty texts from married telly host Vernon Kay, 42, has been teed up for casting sessions by soap chiefs.
The Page 3 stunner — whose career seems to have benefitted from the drama — recently jetted off to Poland to shoot a new campaign and looked stunning in sexy lingerie.
Rhian was joined at work by her fiancé Oliver Mellor, who has stood by her following the scandal and rubbished reports he had dumped her.
Their united front comes after The Sun revealed that married Vernon arranged a get-together with the model behind his wife Tess Daly’s back.
When the news broke Rhian defended herself after Vernon, 41, said the messages were taken out of context.
She said: “He’s nothing but a liar. Enough is enough, I have to defend myself. The only person responsible for wrecking Vernon Kay’s marriage is himself.”
While Oliver and Rhian are as close as ever — Vernon has since held crisis talks with Tess after we told he was secretly texting Rhian again — six years after his marriage nearly ended when he was caught sexting her.
And the TV presenters even jetted off for a make-or-break holiday in the Bahamas last month.
An onlooker who spotted the famous couple on the beach said: “There wasn’t much interaction.”
Strictly Come Dancing host Tess, 47, is said to have ordered Vernon never to contact Rhian again.
Meanwhile Rhian has revealed she will dish the dirty on the scandal in a new tell-all book.
The glamour model will pen details about her fling with a Hollywood star — then is understood to be prepared to jot down an extra chapter about her antics with Vernon, according to a source.
Rhian has bounced back after the scandal and bosses are keen for the curvy blonde to spice up plot lines.
A source said: “She’s been one of the country’s top glamour girls for over a decade and is looking for a change.
“But she’ll still be in front of the camera, and has been taking acting lessons.
"One thing's for sure, she will send viewers' pulses racing."
Rhian, from Manchester, has been linked to Hollyoaks and the new Baywatch movie to revive Pamela Anderson's legendary lifesaver character CJ Parker. Looks like she is running for the Hollywood hills.
Sorry Vernon. She could become a real role model...