Danny Cipriani’s playboy lifestyle…from Kelly Brook ‘punch’ to ‘threesomes with porn stars’ & Cheeky Girl’s cheating row
HIS talent on the rugby pitch is undisputed, but Danny Cipriani is just as famous for his romantic adventures as his sporting prowess – and over the years it seems he’s taken the mantra work hard, play hard very seriously indeed.
Drunken antics and a rollercoaster dating life have given the fly-half quite the bad boy image.
He’s bedded his way through dozens of relationships, including stars Kelly Brook, Kirsty Gallacher and Katie Price, who dubbed him “Danny Chipolata”.
Now, his ex-wife has lifted the lid on their two-year relationship in a series of dramatic allegations, including that he suddenly walked out without explanation.
Victoria Rose, 44, also claimed that they were in thousands of pounds of debt when he left her in November 2023.
“I do not know to this day why Danny left. There was no row, no red flags” she said.
“I’ve still got his toothbrush, his clothes, underwear – he only took a few jogging bottoms.
“We were sat on the sofa watching telly and he stood up and said, ‘If I go now can I come back?’
“Danny took a lot of drugs and had mental health issues, so I tried to just go along with him.
“I just said ‘OK’ and he left.”
But it would be a few days until she heard from him again – an announcement on Instagram announcing their split.
“That was the first I’d heard of it,” said the mum of two.
The breakdown of his marriage also led to Danny pulling out of appearing on I’m A Celebrity, losing out on a six-figure appearance fee in the process.
Hollywood romance
After splitting from his ex-wife Danny moved on with American actress AnnaLyne McCord, 38, who he met on dating app Raya.
He launched their relationship by saying: “My miracle… loving you is the easiest thing in the world.”
In September 2024 Danny moved to a Beverly Hills mansion just a stone’s throw from the houses of stars like Cameron Diaz and Timothée Chalamet.
Their nine month relationship ended in January this year as the long-distance set-up was taking its toll.
They remained on friendly terms and in July confirmed that their relationship was back on.
She said: “I would say he’s territorial and sexy. You know, as women, we love that.”
But it was way back in 2007 that Danny first enjoyed a celebrity romance, when he dated Cheeky Girl star Monica Irimia.
The pair split after it was reported he had cheated on her with model Larissa Summers – and Monica had a warning for his future partners.
She said: “He doesn’t want a steady relationship. He just wants – dot dot dot – let’s put it that way!”
After his breakup with Monica, Danny enjoyed a two year relationship with star Kelly Brook – but it was anything but stable.
Both accused the other of cheating, and Kelly later wrote in her autobiography that Danny was so busy chasing women he couldn’t even find time to flush the loo.
Speaking to Weekend magazine in 2016, she said: “He is drama, drama, drama.
“If it’s not women, it’s getting arrested. The guy’s a car crash.”
However, behind the scenes, Danny was struggling.
“It was overwhelming,” he said.
“Paparazzi outside my house every day when I was with Kelly.
“I was only 20, and just didn’t have the emotional maturity to cope. Everything I said, everything I did, seemed to be misinterpreted.”
In her autobiography, Close Up, Kelly revealed how she attacked Danny after he danced with a stripper at Spearmint Rhino club in Las Vegas and allegedly gave her his number.
She admitted to “punching” him as he made his way towards her, adding: “At that point, four bouncers leapt on me. They picked me up like the crazy, drunk, betrayed woman I was. It had all gone very Jerry Springer.”
In his own memoir, he admitted dancing with the stripper and “chatting some cheesy lyrics to her.”
He went on to suggest the couple were heading for a split and said he would be back in Vegas the following week – which the dancer told her friends in the bathroom in Kelly’s earshot, leading to the “slap.”
He also revealed how he cut his wrists following the row.
Nightclub spat
While they split in 2010, and Kelly moved on with Thom Evans, they briefly reunited in 2013 before breaking up for good.
In between, Danny enjoyed a short-lived romance with Lindsay Lohan.
During one awkward exchange, the pair crossed paths with another woman Danny was linked with – model Jasmine Waltz.
Jasmine later said: “Danny introduced me to Lindsay. He turned to her and said, ‘Meet Jasmine, I am in love with her and we’re going to get married.
“From that moment on she was incredibly hostile to me and was making nasty comments.”
Addiction claims
Things then escalated, with onlookers even claiming Jasmine slapped Lindsay in the nightclub, a claim she denies.
If one thing was certain, Danny had no trouble getting women into his bed – but it would leave him feeling “dejected”.
Writing in his memoir, he said: “When sex is one of the few things in your life that provides relief, you end up trying to find more and more unusual ways to get your hit.
“I’m sleeping with everyone from porn stars to actresses to girls I meet at the coffee shop.
“Threesomes have become the norm, but I just feel dejected when it’s over.
It’s not unusual for me to sleep with three different women in one day
Danny Cipriani
“It may sound like every man’s dream, but the art of life is finding the right balance, and in that respect sex is no different to food or drink.
“Sex for me has become a form of self-harm.”
“It’s not unusual for me to sleep with three different women in one day,” he added, detailing that he would organise a new rendezvous shortly after the previous one ended.
Pricey’s revenge
Amid all this, Danny started dating model Katie Price in 2011 – but this too ended after she claimed he cheated on her.
In her explosive autobiography written just a few years after their split, Katie didn’t hold back either, claiming she walked in on him in bed with another woman.
Katie wrote: “In my experience, he was a bit – erm – lean in the most obvious departments.
“That’s why I nicknamed him Danny Chipolata. He can no longer hit the right spots on the rugby field, and he certainly can’t find them on a woman.”
In response, Danny later told The Sun: “I have no ill feeling towards that and it’s just how it is. At the time it was frustrating.”
Katie and Kelly’s shared romance with Danny would prove a catalyst for their infamous bust up in 2013.
Attacking Kelly for her body shape, Katie said: “Rumour has it she’s been hanging out with our mutual ex Danny Cipriani.
“Knowing him, I guess she’s probably been doing a bit of comfort eating.”
He dated Aussie model Lara Bingle for a few weeks in 2011, only for this to end without warning – just like how his marriage ended.
A romance with the late Love Island star Sophie Gradon also ended abruptly.
In reality I was heartbroken, I was upset and hurt
Sophie Gradon
She told The Sun: “I was never sure where I stood with him. Things came to a head when I saw an article that he was dropping a girl off.
“My mum rang me at work and said ‘there is something you won’t like.’ In reality I was heartbroken, I was upset and hurt.”
Danny then embarked on a six-month relationship with sports presenter Kirsty Gallacher in 2015, before ending “because of their 12 year age gap.”
However, it was meeting Victoria via a mutual friend in 2019 that would lead him to finally tying the knot in 2021.
The former couple tragically lost their son in June 2020, at 23 weeks.
Yet things would get worse for Victoria following their split – with the trauma of the fallout leaving her so stressed she had a heart attack and had a stent installed.
She also alleged that his “psychotic episodes”, brought on by the use of hallucinogenic drugs, contributed to the end of their marriage.
Danny also opened up about his drug use in his memoir, and he went to rehab after injuring his head while on magic mushrooms.