LARA TOASTS MICHAEL CLARKE AND KYLY BOLDY'S WEDDING AT SWISSE VITAMINS' LAUNCH

Lara Bingle last night raised a glass to the man she was engaged to for two years, Michael Clarke, and the woman he turned to in the wake of their tumultuous break-up, Kyly Boldy.

Causing a media frenzy at the launch of Swisse Vitamins' new skincare range, the swimwear model said she was told of her ex's wedding by her brother Josh yesterday morning.

"I'm really happy for him and wish all the happiness - I sincerely do," she told Confidential at the Royal Botanic Gardens cocktail party. Saying she was still "close friends" with the cricket captain, Bingle said she had not heard from Clarke since he tied the knot in a secret ceremony.

Flanked by her Being Lara Bingle film crew, the Shire gal, frocked up in an Armani LBD and Louis Vuitton stilettos, was at the end of a big day's filming following the Clarke/Boldy announcement.

On her relationship with Sydney fashion designer Gareth Moody - who she was snapped snogging at the weekend - she seemed to perk up.

"As weird as it sounds, I want to keep it sacred," she said, microphone strapped to her back.

"I don't think he will be part of the show. I don't want to jinx anything. I respect him a lot and he's got his own thing going on."

Although overshadowed a little by the diminutive Bingle, new Swisse ambassador Delta Goodrem was the real star of the night, arriving fashionably late in a blue floor-length gown with an Angelina-inspired thigh split.

Goodrem was supported by some of her The Voice cohorts including Seal and host Darren McMullen.

Source: Sydney Confidential
Date: 18th May 2012

LARA BINGLE REACTS TO MICHAEL CLARKES'S SECRET WEDDING

Lara Bingle has broken her silence over the secret marriage of her ex-fiancé Michael Clarke to Kyly Boldy.

Sitting in a car at the front of Bondi's Icebergs, the model told the Daily Telegraph she was happy for her former flame.

"I'm very happy for Michael. I'm happy for them both and I wish them a long, happy future," she said.

Looking relaxed in a black mini-dress which revealed her toned waist, Bingle refused to answer further questions about Clarke's wedding or her upcoming reality television series, Being Lara Bingle.

It is understood the starlet was on her way to a scheduled shoot for her TV show with her friend George, after a gym session at Icebergs about 10.30am.
 
Source: Sydney Confidential
Date: 17th May 2012

LARA: 2012 WOMEN OF STYLE AWARDS

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Wearing: Romance Was Born

Source: Zimbio
Event Date: 15th May 2012

LARA'S ROMANTIC WEEKEND AWAY WITH FASHION DESIGNER GARETH MOODY

Meet the latest man thought to have bagged himself a Bingle.

Sydney fashion designer Gareth Moody was spotted on the NSW South Coast at the weekend enjoying what Confidential's spies have described as "a romantic weekend away with Lara Bingle".

The pair were yesterday seen having breakfast at the Sourdough Bakery in Berry.

Onlookers said they could hardly contain their affection for one another - and provided a happy snap of the romantic moment.

"They were kissing and laughing and just looked like they were having a great time together," said our operative.

"It was all quite sweet."

Moody - a former model and keen surfer from the northern beaches - co-founded Ksubi with Dan Single and George Gorrow before going out on his own with upmarket menswear and jewellery label Chronicles Of Never.

Phone cameras notwithstanding, it's unclear whether a video crew were also on hand to capture yesterday's scene for the model's soon-to-be-launched reality series, Being Lara Bingle.

Bingle - who earlier this year was linked to surfer Dion Agius but has since said she was single - posted a photo of Moody driving her Mercedes truck with the caption: "Passenger!".

Bingle's live-in manager Hermione Underwood - who is set to be a main character of the show - did not wish to comment on the rumoured hook-up. They are scheduled to soon leave for India, where part of the show will be filmed.

Source: Sydney Confidential
Date: 14th May 2012

FIRST PROMOTIONAL TRAILER FOR BEING LARA BINGLE FOCUSES ON THOSE PHOTOS

The first promotional trailers for Lara Bingle's make-or-break reality series have focused entirely on the fledgling model's naked photo "scandal" of last week.



Put up on the Channel Ten website yesterday, the short clip sees 24-year-old Bingle and manager Hermione Underwood discussing the full-frontal shots, which went to air on Channel Nine one week after they were taken at her newly rented Bondi pad.

The video comes hot on the heels of talk the photos were part of a plot to manufacture content for Bingle's series, Being Lara Bingle, which is being fast-tracked through production for a premiere in the coming weeks.

Source: News.com.au
Date: 10th May 2012

LARA BINGLE FEELS 'VIOLATED' BY NUDE PHOTOS

Lara Bingle says she feels "violated" and "emabarrassed" by paparazzi photos of her naked on her balcony.

Explicit pictures of the 24-year-old model at her penthouse flat at Sydney's Bondi Beach were being offered to the highest bidder by Big Australia, a photo agency run by her friend, Darryn Lyons.

It is the fourth nude photo scandal to beset Bingle, and it has left her clearly upset.

On the Kyle and Jackie O Show this morning, she said: "It's a complete violation of privacy; I was so unaware of it.

"There should be a law against someone shooting inside your house... it's just not right. I wouldn't be walking around nude on the balcony. I'm so embarrassed."

Bingle was unsure whether Lyons bought the photos to protect her, or sell them on, but she said their friendship would be over if he sought to profit from the situation.

It is not known if someone has bought the photos.

The pictures are a further black mark against Lyons, who is already facing tough questions over the ethics of his photographers and his business.

Last year he was brought before the Leveson media inquiry to explain the relationship between the media and paparazzi.He admitted to the inquiry his own business did not have a code of practice, but his photographers all knew where to draw the line on decency. However, last month he was accused of having a secret deal with a Virgin Atlantic employee to tip him off on the movements of celebrities.

He's not ashamed of the word paparazzi - "it's only another word in the English language" - and runs a website called MrPaparazzi.com that invites members of the public to send in shots of celebrities.

Lyons and Bingle are partners in Growlers restaurant in Torquay, and it was suggested on TV this morning that the photos were staged to garner publicity for her reality TV show.

Bingle's agent Sally Brown was tight-lipped on the incident, which she said was now in the hands of lawyers.

"She's really upset and embarrased about this invasion of privacy," she told news.com.au.

A representative from Big Australia could not be contacted.

While Bingle is believed to be upset about the most recent shots, the drama surrounding their taking and attempted sale will only focus more attention on her reality show, which is being made for Channel 10.

Source: News.com.au
Date: 2nd May 2012