'It's my embarrassment, not his!' Martine McCutcheon insists she really did vomit in Mick Hucknall's hair during disastrous date... after he branded her tale a 'sad little fantasy'

By Ryan Smith and Dan Cain For Mailonline

Published: 15:08 EST, 22 November 2016 | Updated: 15:35 EST, 22 November 2016

In June, Martine McCutcheon generated headlines when she recalled how she vomited in Mick Hucknall's famous red locks during a disastrous date in the 1990s.

And now, after Simply Red frontman Mick, 56, shot down her claims and branded them a 'sad little fantasy', the 40-year-old Loose Women panellist is speaking out to insist that her embarrassing tale is true. 

'I haven’t seem him since [the online spat],' she told new! magazine. 'I got the length of his hair wrong but the rest of it is completely right and I stand by what I said.

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Standing by her story: Martine McCutcheon, left, is striking back at Mick Hucknall, right, after he shot down her tale that she once vomited in his hair during a disastrous date in the 1990s

'I don’t know why he wants to rewrite history, but there you go. It’s my embarrassment, not his, so I don’t know what the issue is. I thought I could just laugh at it and not take it so seriously.'

Soon after former EastEnders star Martine made her claims on Loose Women in June, Mick lashed back in a series of stinging tweets. 

Martine told the ITV daytime show's panel that after meeting the singer at a premiere she proceeded to throw up in a car, covering his dreadlocks in vomit. 

Bad combination: Martine blamed nerves and alcohol for the unfortunate vomiting incident

However, in an attempt to finally set the record straight once and for all, Mick took to social media to give his account.

He began by posting: '@loosewome time to stop dining out on a lie @martineofficial You vomited all over my drivers car, not my hair. He was furious.'

He continued: 'You were so paralytic we had to put you to bed. As he will attest to. It's a cheap, face saving story. 

Sick of it: In a series of stinging tweets, the soulful crooner, 56, accused the former EastEnders actress, 40, of embellishing her story for her own gain

Clearing it up: In an attempt to finally set the record straight once and for all, Mick took to social media to give his account

'So pls desist, show a little grace. You embarrass yourself with your sad little fantasy.'

And the star returned to the topic two days later, writing: '@martineofficial i havent spoken to you or met you in 20 years, and we have never been 'romantic' #fessup #fantasist #sickofit'

He then went on to share a picture taken on the day of the alleged incident to try and back up his point, captioning it: '#Hairgate the evidence: Oasis Knebworth Aug 10 '96 @martineofficial vomit day. See? dreads already gone #fessup'

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Mick and Martine and is awaiting comment.

Defiant: The star returned to the topic two days later accusing Martine of being a 'fantasist'

Evidence? He then went on to share a picture taken on the day of the alleged incident to back up his point

Hair today, gone tomorrow: During a phase of his career, he did actually sport dreadlocks

Mick's explanation is far removed from Martine's version of events, with the raven-haired beauty claiming: 'We met at a premiere. And I can't eat, drinking the champagne and I've gone in the car, engine goes over, I [grumbled] like something out of the exorcist.'

I [vomited on him]. He had dreadlocks. The dreadlocks flicked [into the vomit]. Not long after that, he had to cut his dreadlocks off!'

When asked what contributed to her oral expulsion, she clarified: 'Nerves and alcohol and I couldn't eat. And the fact that I was pretending that I felt like belonged there when I didn't. I was so nervous.'

Embarrassing: Martine has insisted that the story is more embarrassing for her than Mick

Despite the stomach-churning moment, Martine told the show's panelists that Mick remained the consummate gentleman.

'He took me home, made me a bacon sandwich and made me ring my mum to say I was safe,' she said. 'I was still flirting with him, then I looked in the mirror and I had Alice Cooper black make-up all down my eyes.'

And many may be surprised to learn that the brunette beauty did hear from the one-time chart-topper again, but a romance between them was not meant to be.

'We're basically friends,' said Martine. 'He was heartbroken over somebody else, so was I. And we were really great friends in the end that just had this chemistry and we still speak now.' 

A true gent: Despite the stomach-churning moment, Martine told the show's panelists that Mick remained the consummate gentleman

 

 

  

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