Russell Brand dating Dita Von Teese?

Updated 09.31 Tue Feb 26 2008

TV funnyman Russell Brand has reportedly admitted that he could soon be dating model Dita Von Teese.

The presenter claims that he met Marilyn Manson's ex-wife at a pre-Oscars bash and within half an hour he managed to get her number.

The presenter claims that he met Marilyn Manson's ex-wife at a pre-Oscars bash and within half an hour he managed to get her number

Brand said: “I saw Dita von Teese at the Chateau Marmont Hotel. I was saying some brilliantly funny things, slowly tempting her into my web.

"It was going well and she goes, ‘Would you like my number? Call me any time you are bored’. So it’s all going well.”

Dita was previously married to rocker Manson for two years between 2005 and 2007.

Meanwhile, Brand is also reportedly in talks to make his autobiography, My Booky Wook, into a film.

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