KYLIE MINOGUE - MARTINEZ'S LUNCH 'DATE' WITH CLOONEY'S EX

KYLIE MINOGUE's French boyfriend OLIVIER MARTINEZ has been caught wining and dining GEORGE CLOONEY's ex-girlfriend CELINE BALITRAN over an expensive lunch date.

The UNFAITHFUL actor was photographed flirting and giggling with the blonde beauty at Hollywood's Le Pain Quotidien restaurant - while the Australian pop star was busy rehearsing in London for her SHOWGIRL tour - which starts next month (MAR05).

An onlooker says, "They were laughing and joking around a lot.

"Celine tried to grab his sunglasses as she was desperate to get his attention when they left the restaurant."

Martinez's secret lunch date further fuels speculation about his relationship with the SLOW hitmaker - as the couple have only been pictured together twice in the past six months.

Clooney dated the then-French waitress Balitran for three years before splitting in 1999.