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Interview & Video Exclusive: There’s no illusion here — Holly admits she’s already fallen in love with Criss
Robin Leach and Holly Madison -- we won't say a word!
Photo: Denise Truscello
For five days and nights last week, new lovebirds Criss Angel and Holly Madison were inseparable. The Girls Next Door star returned home to Los Angeles on Saturday night, promising her Mindfreak beau that she’ll be back again this week for another long weekend visit.
“I’m in love with him,” she admitted to me during an exclusive Vegas DeLuxe interview. “I’ll be back and forth now every week from L.A.” He told me: “She’s made my life a little more magical.” Holly added: “It is magical, but I don’t know how I’m in love with him so soon.” Said Criss: “I’m just really blessed. I hypnotized her.”
Reporters from other newspapers and magazines listened in on my chat with the love-struck couple -- and unfairly ran racy headlines without crediting me with the exclusive! Celebrity photographer Denise Truscello captured this photo of Holly and me, saying, “Our lips are sealed -- the secrets safe”!
First I chatted with them at a private party in Prive’s lounge at Planet Hollywood before the premiere of Paris Hilton’s new movie Repo! The Genetic Opera (click HERE for yesterday’s coverage, video and photos of Paris and Benji spilling their love secrets). Then I talked with Criss and Holly on the official red carpet, and here’s our Vegas DeLuxe video that proves it all!
Criss and Holly Talk Romance
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Afterwards we met up over their “dinner a deux” in the swank, Asian-themed Koi restaurant and then went on to Prive for Paris’ premiere party.
Criss told me they’d spent four hours of his day off from Believe at The Luxor quad-biking on mini-motorcycles in the desert. “I have a bunch of motorbikes and quads. It’s so peaceful, so beautiful out there, and we loved doing that. Vegas is not just about the Strip. There are wonderful parts of the desert that people don’t visit. Holly loved it, and it made a good match on my day off.”
A radiant Holly continued: “I love going fast and holding on for dear life. Next time I’m going to do the driving, though.” Criss chimed in: “If I’m holding on to you, then I’m not responsible for what happens.”
She confided: “I actually met Criss a year ago, but we didn’t go out then or hang out. So it’s not all so sudden as people think. He’s the most fun and the sweetest and the smartest and the hottest guy ever!” Said Criss: “She’s an intelligent, beautiful woman, and I’m fortunate to have her in my life. She has integrity, she has respect, she has class and dignity. She’s just an amazing person.”
Criss and Holly, in full smooch.
It was at Prive that Criss and Holly got involved in a lip-lock, and they didn’t seem to mind who saw them. “I’ve just never seen two people happier than this couple. They are simply all over each other. I don’t want to jinx it, but I’d say they are really in love -- and lust!” one pal of theirs said at the party.
Criss and Holly at Tryst.
While Holly was in town, Criss himself drove her around in his Rolls Royce, and our contributing celebrity photographers were everywhere they went. They dined at Social House in Treasure Island and also hit the dance floor at Victor Drai’s lavish Tryst nightclub at the Wynn and posed with managing partner Cy Waits. While there, and in between playful hugs and kisses, Criss fed her strawberries.
Benji Madden, Paris Hilton, Holly Madison and Criss Angel.
During the week, they also turned up at fellow illusionist Keith Barry’s hypno-magic show in Planet Hollywood and grabbed a VIP bed on the main stage of Pure at Caesars Palace. Criss stuck to his traditional Montecristo Rum cocktail and Holly stayed with her Belvedere Vodka drink.
Holly also told me that she’s been to see the Cirque du Soleil Believe show five times now: “I love it,” she said, and Criss commented: “I’m ecstatic about how it’s developing. We’re tweaking and will go on evolving right till the very last show in 10 years time.
“Cirque is a company of perfectionists, and I want it to be the best it can be. It will evolve and develop in the never-ending process. I’m hopeful we all learn to the day we die -- we’re like sponges and we absorb it all and must spend it wisely. Each and every performance will get better. Holly is here quite frequently, and I’m happy about that.”
Vegas DeLuxe will continue to monitor their continuing romance and their Vegas nightlife jaunts -- so always click back to us for the latest news!
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