Apprentice candidate Kate Walsh has denied rumours that she had an affair with fellow candidate Phillip Taylor.

A rumour emerged last week that the pair hooked up whilst filming the show but broke up after the show ended. However Kate insists that they shared one snog only and not even a good one!

The Sunday Mirror reported that Walsh told a friend: “I did snog Phillip one evening but that was all that happened. I don’t know why I did it because he was a terrible kisser. There was definitely no affair.”

A source close to Taylor recently commented: “Phillip is a classic ladies’ man. He’s as smooth as glass with a nice North East brogue. If he hadn’t got hold of Kate, he’d have pounced on one of the others.”