Exclusive! Cheryl Cole has secretly been dating new man Tre Holloway since March last year!!

Cheryl Cole has been spotted on a series of dates with new boyfriend Tre Holloway, 27, but it turns out that Tre isnt such a new boyfriend after all.

heat has discovered that Cheryl and backing dancer Tre have been seeing each other since March last year!

Tre and Cheryl became friend when he danced with her during her performance of Promise This on The X Factor in October 2010.Then in March 2011, Tre updated his Facebook page to say In a Relationship but soon hid his relationship status after his friends began asking questions about who his new girlfriend was.

Since then, Tre who is based in LA and Cheryl have seen each other whenever they can, either when Cherylis in LA working on her music or when Tre has worked as backing dancer for Chezza.

There's Tre, right next to Cheryl...

Now, it looks like Cheryl is ready to go public with her (not-so) new man, having been seen out on three dates with him last week.

Earning Cheryls trust is no mean feat. Shes very cautious about relationships and rarely lets anyone into her life, so shes been taking it slow and keeping it under wraps for a long time, an insider close to Cheryl has told heat.

Its a huge statement that Cheryl has now stepped out with Tre, were told. It shows that shes really confident that shes got something special with Tre, and that theyll be seeing a lot more of each other. To be let into Cheryls circle, which is very tight, really means something.

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