Did David Walliams actually date ANY of his 'exes'? Comedian admits Natalie Imbruglia saw him as a 'gay best friend'

As a judge on Britain's Got Talent and half of the nation's most sucessful comedy duo, there was a time when David Walliams was seen as one of the most eligible bachelors in showbiz.
Scarcely a month would go past without him being linked to a gorgeous model, singer or TV star in the wake of his divorce from model Lara Stone in 2015.
Despite his career success, his popularity with women did occasionally raise an eyebrow thanks to his rather camp image and penchant for dressing up as a woman in his comedy sketches.
Not to mention the fact that he used to describe himself as Simon Cowell's 'Number one girl' on BGT, and was in the habit of leaping on the music mogul at red-carpet events
Now, however, the mystery may be solved after Walliams, who has an estimated net worth of £17 million, opened up about his rumoured romance with Torn singer Natalie Imbruglia.
The comedian, 53, told of his heartbreak after being friend-zoned by the former Neighbours star, telling how he fell for her 'like a ton of bricks,' but she saw him more as a 'gay best friend.'
Speaking on Australian radio show Fitzy and Wippa with Kate Ritchie, David said: 'She’s very much friend-zoned me.'
Walliams, who hails from suburban Banstead in Surrey, has in the past been tortured by crushes on unattainable women, and has experienced, by his own admission, a phase of being a sex addict.

Since splitting from Stone in 2015, he's failed to find a lasting realtionship and his TV career was left in tatters after comments he made on a 'hot mic' on the BGT judging panel three years earlier emerged in 2022.
Walliams is said to have described a pensioner who had auditioned as a 'c***' three times.
He also said of a departing female contestant: 'She's like the slightly boring girl you meet in the pub that thinks you want to f*** them, but you don't.'
He later added: 'I know, she's just like: 'Oh, f*** off!' I was saying, she thinks you want to f*** her, but you don't. It's the last thing on your mind, but she's like: 'Yep, I bet you do!' '
A long-time friend of Walliams on the London social scene said at the time: 'He is a very lonely man despite the career and all the connections. He's incredibly generous, kind and considerate but is quite a troubled soul. I think that he is just deeply unhappy, underneath it all.'
Here, MailOnline delves into Walliams' complicated love life and how his relationships with a string of fellow celebrities and models are now in question after his admission about Imbruglia - were they really dating, or did they too see him as the 'gay best friend'?

Abi Titmuss: 2004

The glamour model ex of TV presenter John Leslie described in her memoir how she clocked Walliams checking her out at a film screening in 2004.
'It was exciting and made me feel nice,' she recalled. 'He came over and introduced himself. I liked him instantly. He was nice and tall and I liked the way he was dressed.
She didn't want to give him her number in front of journalists, and he said that he'd get it from her publicist, who also represented his pal Jimmy Carr.
On their first date, he picked her up in his vintage car and she said he was 'great company' and a 'gentleman', who ended their outing with a kiss on the cheek.
'Not completely sure how much I fancy him either, so it’s probably best to wait,' she recalled thinking at the time.