Post by Forever Xena on Aug 8, 2005 6:35:06 GMT -6
EVA: MY BIG LOVER Aug 7 2005
Her hunk gets OK from dad
Exclusive By Suzanne Kerins
IN Desperate Housewives she's man-eating temptress Gabrielle Solis who can't wait to fall into bed with her latest toyboy.
But in real life Eva Longoria, 30, is a bit more demure than that. She says the real reason she fell head-over-heels for her real-life boyfriend, basketball star Tony Parker, is that he shares the same religion. And like the good Catholic girl she is, she even took her DAD along on her first date with Tony, 23, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs in Texas.
Eva, 5ft 3ins tall, has been dating the 6ft 3ins star for four months. And despite being dwarfed by the 1ft height difference, she says: "Yes, I'm in love. Tony is a wonderful, amazing person. He might be much, much taller and bigger than me but it's not a problem. Love is blind."
But sexy Eva, who found fame as Wisteria Lane's scheming Gabrielle Solis, is still embarrassed by the way she first met her man - in his team's changing rooms. "Everyone laughs when I say I met Tony in the Spurs locker room," she says. "I'd taken my dad to a game as he has been a Spurs fan all his life, and so have I. Tony was very shy but he asked me out for dinner and invited my dad to join us. That was it for me."
Tony, based in Texas, has been jetting to LA regularly where Eva is filming the second series of Desperate Housewives. She said: "Luckily we have been able to make it work brilliantly. Tony and I have spent all summer together. When you want a relationship to work, it works."
Eva, who has signed a £1million deal as the new face of cosmetics firm L'Oreal, vowed never to wed again after splitting from first husband, US soap star Tyler Christopher.
Now Eva is considering a second try at married life. She added: "I love Tony. So who knows?"
s.kerins@sundaymirror.co.uk
Her hunk gets OK from dad
Exclusive By Suzanne Kerins
IN Desperate Housewives she's man-eating temptress Gabrielle Solis who can't wait to fall into bed with her latest toyboy.
But in real life Eva Longoria, 30, is a bit more demure than that. She says the real reason she fell head-over-heels for her real-life boyfriend, basketball star Tony Parker, is that he shares the same religion. And like the good Catholic girl she is, she even took her DAD along on her first date with Tony, 23, who plays for the San Antonio Spurs in Texas.
Eva, 5ft 3ins tall, has been dating the 6ft 3ins star for four months. And despite being dwarfed by the 1ft height difference, she says: "Yes, I'm in love. Tony is a wonderful, amazing person. He might be much, much taller and bigger than me but it's not a problem. Love is blind."
But sexy Eva, who found fame as Wisteria Lane's scheming Gabrielle Solis, is still embarrassed by the way she first met her man - in his team's changing rooms. "Everyone laughs when I say I met Tony in the Spurs locker room," she says. "I'd taken my dad to a game as he has been a Spurs fan all his life, and so have I. Tony was very shy but he asked me out for dinner and invited my dad to join us. That was it for me."
Tony, based in Texas, has been jetting to LA regularly where Eva is filming the second series of Desperate Housewives. She said: "Luckily we have been able to make it work brilliantly. Tony and I have spent all summer together. When you want a relationship to work, it works."
Eva, who has signed a £1million deal as the new face of cosmetics firm L'Oreal, vowed never to wed again after splitting from first husband, US soap star Tyler Christopher.
Now Eva is considering a second try at married life. She added: "I love Tony. So who knows?"
s.kerins@sundaymirror.co.uk