How Matt LeBlanc is the real-life Joey Tribbiani
AS Joey Tribbiani on Friends, Matt LeBlanc was the ultimate ladies’ man, leaving women all over New York swooning as he uttered his famous catchphrase, “How you doin’?”
The 54-year-old actor was popular with women off-screen too, with rumoured flings with the likes of Jennifer Aniston, porn star Jenna Jameson, a teenage Kate Hudson and British actress Minnie Driver.
Today we revealed he has split from his Top Gear producer girlfriend of six years, Aurora Mulligan – who is 17 years his junior.
Last year the “besotted” couple appeared to be going strong, with Matt telling Graham Norton they were living together in London.
He said: “It’s half and half. I have a flat here with my girlfriend, but my home is in LA.”
A source said the couple struck a “clean break”, but it’s still “very raw”, with Matt taking the news “particularly hard”.
It’s the latest in a string of long-term romances which have failed to go the distance.
It could be he’s taking after his dad, who Matt described as a “ladies’ man” who’s been married “eight, nine, 10 times”.
Here we took a look at the actor’s love life and dating history…
Marathon sex sessions with Playboy Playmate
For three years in the 90s, Matt enjoyed a passionate on-off relationship with Playboy Playmate Tonya Poole.
And Tonya was very complimentary about his love-making – drawing comparisons between Matt and his on-screen persona.
In a chat with The Sun, she revealed: “Matt is everything a woman could want and more.
“With him making love is about quality, not quantity. He takes his time to woo you and seduce you.
“He would run me huge, deep baths and gently massage every inch of me with oil. Or we would have long, steamy showers together.
Matt takes his time to woo and seduce you… we would have long, steamy showers together. My friend told me he should be called Matt LeBonk
Tonya Poole
“Matt loves making love and he’s the best. When he focuses those big, dark eyes on you, it makes you feel like his entire universe revolves around you.”
“I’ve got an English friend who told me he should be called Matt LeBonk. When she explained it to me and I told him, he cracked up. He thought it was hysterical.”
Tonya recalled how she and Matt would have sex “marathons”, making love up to four times a night, and would romp on the beach so often that they had a “favourite cave” which had “amazing acoustics”.
Dates with teenage Kate Hudson
Around the same time he was dating Tonya, Matt, then 28, was spotted in a bar kissing Kate Hudson – who was then 17 years old.
Neither have ever confirmed or denied anything happened between them.
