Amy Winehouse swaps bad boy Blake for Danny Cipriani's hunky clean cut friend as she holidays in Caribbean
on 06th January 2009
It seems a few weeks in the sun for Amy Winehouse is working wonders for both.The 25-year-old singer of such hits as Rehab has gained some much-needed nourishment on her Caribbean break - and also a healthy looking new boyfriend.
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Amy Winehouse frolics on the beach in St Lucia with Joshua Bowman
Playful: The pair were inseparable as they cavorted around together
The singer has started up an unlikely romance with a strapping young public-school educated actor.
The pair were pictured in a warm embrace on a Caribbean beach yesterday.
Joshua Bowman, 21, has spent the past year busking for work in New York after 'wanting to get out of London' following his private education at Wellington College in Berkshire, where boarding fees are £26,000 a year.
The new man: Joshua Bowman parties with friend Danny Cipriani
Superhero: Cipriani (c) and Bowman (r) and a male pal lark around at a fancy dress party
Mr Bowman, who counts rugby international Danny Cipriani among his friends, said yesterday that he met Miss Winehouse while holidaying on the island of St Lucia.
The couple soon struck up a close friendship and will remain there for another week.
Mr Bowman said: 'She's just a cool girl, very nice, and we're just very friendly. She's a good laugh - she is such a lovely girl and on great form.
'I can't say much more than that. I have been having a lovely time relaxing. It's not been all party-party. I don't drink much at all as it happens.
'It's true to say that I'm a budding young actor. But I'd rather get my name out there because of my acting rather than who I'm being photographed with. I wasn't waiting until there was a photographer on the beach to put my arm around Amy.
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Two's company: Amy cuddles up to Joshua as she smokes a cigarette
'I have been living in New York for the past year and have only just arrived back in the UK. I am just auditioning.
'I love the industry and I let's see what happened in the future. I haven't really done too much - just bits for TV but nothing major at all. Just bit parts at the moment. I am definitely not going to bring up as evidence of my acting credentials the sh***y stuff that I have done so far.'
He added: 'I'm not a typical public school boy. I have a very eclectic mix of friends and I don't like to be pigeonholed like that.'
Mr Bowman has spent the past year on the books of a New York acting agency, Gersch, studying method acting at the Lee Strasburg Institute and 'networking'.
His 23-year-old sister Scarlet Bowman is trying to get into TV presenting. Their parents have separated.
Cavorting on the beach in a bikini top, Amy Winehouse looked healthier than she has in years in the arms of Mr Bowman. The pair relaxed in each other's arms and Mr Bowman happily rubbed suntan lotion on the singer's back.
Looking healthier than she has in years, Amy appears to be making the most of her time in the sun
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