Howard Donald busted for shagging & drugs as Take That band mate Mark Owen enters rehab

Jason Orange might be getting a little nervous... Howard Donald has become the second Take That member to get the the love-rat branding after it was reported that he wooed a married woman behind the back of his partner WHILE HIGH ON CANNABIS

As John Terry knows, there's nothing like your colleague getting busted and disgusted to take the pressure off yourself, so we're sure it was with great relief that Mark Owen read about his band mate's sex and drug SHAME from his rehab bed yesterday morning - hopefully he's still willing to budge up and let Howard Donald climb in alongside him though...

The News of the World reports that Donald had an 8-month affair with a married Dutch woman called Merith Van Onselen while he was with Marie Christine Musswesseles, the mother of his daughter. While the singer clearly has a thing for ladies packed full of Es, it was apparently cannabis that got him in the mood for shagging, with Van Onselen telling the paper:

"He made it clear that he fancied me. But he smoked a joint to get the Dutch [geddit?] courage to tell me.

 

"The first time I met him I told him I was married and he pulled a sad face and shrugged. I thought that was the end of it."

If she'd seen Star Stories, she might have known that this was Donald as his most articulate. Anyway, she continued that he relented, sending her a picture of him smoking a spliff at a DJ gig in Berlin, obviously a big turn on:

"One day I gave in. It was the start of a passionate relationship. He has a very high sex drive. He wanted exciting sex and he sure got what he was looking for."

"He said to me he was worried about what I was telling my husband. He told me we shouldn't throw ourselves in too deep to start with and said, 'I hope your husband doesn't find out'."

But in no time he was reportedly dishing out £300 on a regular basis (presumably less than the NOTW), so their relationship flourished, with her leaving her husband and landing an introduction to the rest of the band:

"I met them all and they were all lovely to me. None of them appeared bothered that I was with Howard despite him already having a girlfriend.

What, Mark Owen turning a blind eye to infidelity?

Talking of Owen, Van Onselen's now estranged husband added:

"I always thought Mark Owen was her favourite."

If only Mark Owen hadn't been in a relationship... Oh.