Shamming love

The great love affair between supermodel Claudia Schiffer and superstar magician David Copperfield is a sham, if the French magazine Paris Match is to be believed. The magazine has claimed to have obtained a contract drawn up between the couple designed to create the impression that they were lovers in order to forward Copperfield8217;s career in Europe. When their high publicity affair began three years ago, Copperfield, a superstar in America, a multi-millionaire who could fill theatres across America with 5,000 seats three times a day, almost 320 days a year at 30 a ticket, was virtually unknown in Britain and most of Europe.

The romance between the dark and slightly sinister magician and the blonde supermodel Snow White certainly made headlines 8212; 8220;Love is magic8221; said Today, 8220;How did Copperfield cop a girl like Claudia. It8217;s magic8221; proclaimed the Daily Mirror, while News of the World explained 8220;How superstar magician put love spell on catwalk queen8221;. However, Schiffer, while admitting that she was paid to appear at the event where she first met Copperfield, has angrily denied that their relationship was a cynical sham.