People are only just remembering Lucien Laviscount’s surprising fling as Shakira posts new photos with Emily in Paris actor

The worst thing about being famous is arguably that your private life doesn't exactly stay private.

After all, there's nothing the internet loves more than delving into celebs' relationships, breakups and everything in between.

And, as a series of sexy snaps of British actor Lucien Laviscount have been released, social media has had a field day discussing his rather colourful dating history.

The 31-year-old first made his name as a teenager, starring in Grange Hill, Coronation Street and Waterloo Road.

More recently, the Burnley-born actor has been touted as a potential candidate to be the next James Bond, and played Lily Collins' love interest on hit Netflix series Emily in Paris.

On top of this, he also stars in Shakira's latest music video - quite the departure from his Grange Hill days.

Laviscount has teamed up with the Colombian singer to work on the visuals for her track with rapper Cardi B, 'Puntería', which was released today (March 22).

To drum up some excitement for the single, Shakira uploaded a series of sexy snaps that show a shirtless Lucien draping his arms round her and we're not jealous at all...

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The 47-year-old captioned the post: "Fine-tuning the shot with @its_lucien in Puntería."

And, it's sent social media off on a tangent about the actor's past relationships.

The heartthrob once had a fling with none other than Kerry Katona after they met on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011.

The pair - who were 19 and 31-years-old at the time - were filmed kissing and cuddling on the reality show before launching a full-scale relationship when they finally left the house.

They even did an OK! Magazine shoot featuring the tagline: "We hope we’ll be together forever."

When the couple eventually split, Laviscount went on to date a whole host of famous women, including Jesy Nelson, Kelly Osborne, Keke Palmer and Leigh Anne Pinnock.

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But, none are quite as memorable as Kerry in the eyes of internet users, who took to Shakira's Instagram post in their droves to comment.

One person wrote: "Thought this was an old Lucien and Kerry Katona photoshoot."

Another said: "This man’s trajectory - from being on Celeb Big Brother and dating Kerry Katona to this, needs to be studied."

And a third commented: "The way this man has had Kerry Katona and Shakira in the same life cycle is CRAZY."

A fourth even joked: "Imagine Shakira doing the bridge in 'Whole Again'."