WESTLIFE singer Kian Egan is relieved his relationship with "strange cookie" Liz Mcclarnon is in the past - and insists he was the one who broke it off.

The WORLD OF OUR OWN crooner dated ATOMIC KITTEN Liz in between her two attempts to maintain a relationship with Blue heart-throb Lee Ryan.

And despite reports that he'd been plaguing Liz with drunken phone calls, Kian insists she was the one who did all the chasing - and exhibited all the bizarre behaviour.

He huffs, "Liz is one strange cookie. I wouldn't go back there. From the day we broke up I've never called her number in my life, and believe me, she's called mine.

"When we ended, it was splashed over the papers that I'd been pestering her and calling her when I was drunk, begging her to take me back - but it was quite the opposite. I was certainly not obsessed with her."

But pretty Liz is unlikely to be upset by the pop romeo's vicious claims.

A pal giggles, "Liz knows she is the one who broke it off with Kian. She just laughed it off."

10/09/2003 01:53