I made Joe wait a month for bushtucker

WANNABE Jungle King Joe Swash was desperate for some monkey business with his real-life Jane-sultry glamour girl Natasha Mealey.

But the legendary EastEnders womaniser was left going ape for sex-forced to wait A MONTH before finally passing the red-hot pin-up's bushtucker trial.

It was hard on the randy 26-year-old actor who once boasted he could bed THIRTY women a WEEK.

And 32D beauty Natasha told us: "Those four weeks must have felt like a lifetime for poor Joe.

"But I wasn't going to be just another of his conquests. And I made sure it was worth the wait!"

Basque

Natasha then revealed how Albert Square's cheeky Mickey Miller:

BEGGED for sexy text pictures to show off to soap co-stars,

LUSTED for his own private lingerie show,

OGLED down her famous cleavage the moment they met,

CONFESSED a massive secret jungle handicap-his greatest fear in life is big hairy SPIDERS.

"After waiting so long to bed me Joe was pretty much fit to burst," giggled Natasha. "And he finally propositioned me in a way I just couldn't turn down. He's an enormously confident boy, but never sleazy, and eventually just blurted out 'Come on! Let's get naked!' It made me laugh so much I couldn't deny him any more.

"He stripped down to his pants and I slid into some Agent Provocateur unies-a black lacy basque, stockings, suspenders and stiletto heels.

"It was like all Joe's Christmases had arrived at once-and he just couldn't wait to unwrap his presents. Joe's got a great little body, too, And I have to say his performance was very good in all departments."

The couple met in October 2004. Joe-who's also dated models Jessie Lezard and Charlie McDonaugh and has a 10-month-old son with his ex, Emma Sophocleous-was enjoying meaty story lines in the hit BBC1 soap. Natasha, 26, recalled: "We were both in our local All-Bar-One and it was clear from the first minute he fancied me.

"I was out with mates but he made a beeline for our group and started working his cheeky cockney charm.

"He was very flirty and flattering and I knew he was a boob man straight away-because I kept catching him staring down my cleavage.

"As a glamour model that's something I'm used to, but Joe made me laugh. And in real life he's just like a funnier version of his character on EastEnders.

"He's not my usual type physically. I like my men tall and dark. But being able to get me giggling is 90 per cent of the chemistry.

"But I was in a rush to get home so we swapped numbers and that was that for a couple of days."

Soon Walford's most prolific puller -axed from the show this year-was texting Natasha, pleading for steamy lingerie snaps to share with his pals.

She told us: "I sent Joe a few of my modelling pictures and his replies made it very clear he thought I was hot. I was appearing on Page 3 a lot at the time and I guess he liked the idea of being able to show me off to his mates on set. And I was more than happy to please him. With those dimples and lovely smile I found him so cute.

"He's great company too, but I knew all about his reputation and wasn't about to become simply another notch on his bedpost."

A week later the pair met again-for a marathon cocktail session at a bar near their homes in Islington, north London.

Sensual

"Before long we were both drunk and I have to admit I was expecting Joe to make a move," said Natasha.

"But I wasn't going to make things easy for him. I let him take me on a good few more dates before we found ourselves sharing a cab back to my place.

"He asked to see my modelling portfolio and his eyes got wider and wider as he leafed through the pages of topless and lingerie shots.

"He was like a kid in a candy store and after chatting and laughing for a long while we started kissing-and it was then that he really impressed me. Joe's a very rare thing among blokes, a really good kisser. Very sensual and lingering, but urgent too.

"As a red-blooded guy, he tried his best to take it further. But again I made it clear all good things come to those who wait. And reluctantly he went.

"Finally after a lovely dinner date we both knew what was in the script and Joe got his big love scene-and the slow build-up only made it that much sexier.

"I reckon he has what it takes to go all the way in the jungle, too-apart from his phobia about creepy crawlies.

"He's really laddish and gets on with blokes very easily. And the girls will either fancy him or want to mother him.

"And with Joe's gift of the gab nothing would surprise me-unless he pulls Martina Navratilova!"

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