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Eva’s Other Man: Mario Lopez
Wednesday October 4, 2006


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The day news broke that Eva Longoria and boyfriend Tony Parker had split after nearly two years, the actress hit a September 29 party for hairstylist Ken Pavés in Beverly Hills.
 
In the past, Longoria has been happy to gush to reporters about her love life, but on this night, she avoided the press. She was also without her signature bling: a diamond No. 9 pendant given to her by the San Antonio Spurs star (it's Parker's number).
 
However, two days later, Parker, in Lyon, France, for NBA training camp, told a sportswriter that he and Longoria, 31, were still on. “Everything’s fine,” said the Belgium-born Parker, 24. “A couple of things happened, but that’s nothing.”
 
And Longoria’s rep, at presstime, told Us without confirming a split, “Eva and Tony are going through a very difficult time.”
 
However, sources close to the pair – who met when the Texas native took her dad to a 2004 Spurs game – tell Us that not only is the romance over, it actually ended three weeks ago, and Longoria has been seeing her longtime pal, Dancing With the StarsMario Lopez.
 
Lopez and Longoria, who have been on-and-off lovers for nearly six years, clandestinely rekindled in March. “They slept together as friends,” says a source noting that both have a history of unfaithfulness. (Longoria dated ex- ’NSyncer JC Chasez and Parker at the same time. Lopez’s 2004 marriage to girlfriend of six years Ali Landry ended after just two weeks, when, says a friend, she discovered “really strong evidence” of cheating.)
 
The breaking point, says a Longoria source, came when the actress learned Parker intended to propose and “freaked.” Soon afterward, during a visit to the L.A. set of her film How I Met My Boyfriend’s Dead Fiancée, Parker found messages to Lopez on Longoria’s Sidekick.
 
Post breakup, Parker and Longoria found comfort in others. According to the New York Post, Parker ran into an old girlfriend at NYC club Marquee September 26. Says a source, “Eva was devastated when pals told her he was hugging a blonde." That same night, she cuddled with Lopez at L.A. hot spot Les Deaux.
 
Says a witness, “She pretended to answer his cell, saying things like, ‘Mario can’t get to the phone because I’m sitting on his lap and he’s kissing my neck.'”
 
But now Longoria is filled with regret and has called it quits with Lopez, says a pal. “Tony and Eva are talking and trying to work it out.”
 
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