BRIGITTE NIELSEN - NIELSEN'S LOVE TRIANGLE

The close relationship BRIGITTE NIELSEN forged with PUBLIC ENEMY rapper FLAVOR FLAV on American reality TV show THE SURREAL LIFE has left her young lover riddled with jealousy.

The Danish actress began dating Italian MATTIA DISEE - who is 15 years her junior - in April last year (04) following a chance meeting at a Swiss restaurant, and the pair quickly fell in love.

But Disee is struggling to accept her intimate bond with the REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE star, who was regularly captured in raunchy clinches with Nielsen on The Surreal Life.

The 41-year-old says, "They are both vying for my affections which is not cool. I wouldn't want to be in Mattia's shoes. I have something special with Flavor Flav.

"We are intimate - we have shared a bed naked, but we have never had sex. He and Mattia hate each other now."