Gareth Gates Splits With Hayley Evetts

Pop Idol runner-up Gareth Gates has split with girlfriend Hayley Evetts, and she’s already dating Popstars: The Rivals winner Keith Semple, who was voted into One True Voice. A Popstars insider revealed to The Sun, “Keith is absolutely smitten with Hayley, he thinks she’s gorgeous. They’ve spent a lot of time together and there was always a lot of chemistry and flirting between them. Rumors started flying around the Popstars camp but now we know they have snogged. Now Keith has split with his girlfriend and Hayley has finished with Gareth, who knows what could happen?”

Gareth Gates Goes On Marathon Drinking Session

December 1, 2002 - The Sunday Mirror reports Gareth Gates was at it again at the Top Of The Pops awards, as the Pop Idol star once again tarnished his squeaky clean image by indulging in a marathon eight-hour drinking session at Manchester’s Lowry Hotel. “Gareth was really putting it away.” a fellow drinker revealed. “But he didn’t appear at all drunk. Every song was note-perfect.”