Mel Sykes reportedly wants a future with her Italian toyboy lover. The TV personality, 50, returned to Venice to rekindle the flames of her whirlwind six day fling with gondolier Riccardo Simionato, 23.
They have said goodbye again for the second time but it's said among friends that Mel thinks Ricky could be her perfect man. "After a crap year, Mel's hopeful this is her happy ending - she's in love with Ricky," her friends told new!
magazine. "She hasn't found lasting love before and she really wants that. "She's been wanting to find the perfect man and she thinks it could be him." Mirror Online reached out to Melanie Sykes' representatives for further comment.
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