Girls Aloud’s Nadine Coyle reportedly dumped boyfriend Jesse Metcalfe over his temper and jealousy - before photos circulated this week of him holding hands with another woman.

A source told the News of the World this week: “Nadine dumped Jesse because he’s a complete control freak. She was fed up of his jealous rages and after thinking about it long and hard decided to get rid of him.”

“She really loved Jesse, but his rages got worse. He would cause huge rows and Nadine would back down, trying to make a joke of it at first.”

“But it was constant and in the end drove a wedge between them.”

The source added that Desperate Housewives‘ gardener Jesse was also incredibly jealous whenever other men paid attention to Nadine: “It was out of control. They would go out clubbing and Jesse would go ballistic if he saw Nadine dancing with another man - even if he was gay!”

“One of the turning points was when they were in LA and a British fan ran up to Nadine and asked for her autograph.”

“Jesse hit the roof and shouted, ‘Why is she asking for your autograph? You haven’t even released a single here.’ Nadine couldn’t believe it. She did everything for him but he was an idiot.”

“You can’t blame Nadine. He pushed her and pushed her.”

Jesse’s publicist has confirmed the couple have split, saying they “decided to part ways”, but refused to elaborate on the reasons behind the decision.