Coog and the Gang - The Mirror

HE'S a single man again after a cocaine-fuelled threesome with two lap dancers finally spelt the end of his marriage this year.

So we expected our favourite funnyman Steve Coogan to be in a less-than-playful mood at the post-premiere party of his new Hollywood blockbuster Around The World In 80 Days.

But we couldn't have been more wrong!

To our relief, the Manchester-born womaniser was on top flirting form - inviting us to feel his muscles when we caught up with him in the VIP area of London's Cirque club on Tuesday night.

"Living in LA I've gone all Hollywood," he said.

"In one scene in my new film, Alibi, I've got to take my shirt off, so I'm seeing a personal trainer three times a week.

"I eat egg white omelettes and can't have any pies at all. I even have to have early nights."

Apart from on Tuesday of course, when he was among the few guests still there at 1am, along with Corrie's Sally Lindsay, aka Shelley, and Kate Ford, aka Tracy.

Steve, 38, is so impressed with his new physique he was keen for Jessica and Eva to give him their opinion.

"Go on - have a feel. Touch this," he said, before grabbing Jessica's hand and putting it under his jacket so she could feel his pec. And very big it was too.

And he didn't want to stop there.

"Feel these muscles!" he said, inviting Jessica and Eva to squeeze his bicep. What a whopper!

Steve - sporting a very dishy short haircut - has already spoken of his shame at being caught leaving a London hotel after spending the night with a lap dancer and her pal in April.

That episode led to the end of his marriage to 32-year-old Caroline Hickman.

But Coogan was on top form at the party and after he tenderly carried out his sleepy seven-year-old daughter Clare when it was time for her bedtime, he bounded back to us.

Funnily enough he was keen to talk about his body again.

"I've also got to have fake tan," he said. "No one wants to look at a pale white English bloke out in LA, so I've been using Mystic Tan spray."

And we've got a warning for Steve's Alibi co-star, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos.

The 31-year-old blonde US actress has just split from her husband, actor John Stamos.

Unsurprisingly, Steve is looking forward to getting to grips with all 5ft 10in of her.

"It would be great if she has to take her clothes off."

Lucky Rebecca - you have been warned!