Geri Halliwell spotted with mystery Italian man, known only as Walter, at the launch of fashion designer Roberto Cavalli’s nightclub in Florence.

With regards to her ex a source told Closer magazine: ‘She called Flipz when she returned  to the UK from LA and confessed that things just weren’t working for her.

‘Geri said she’d hoped it would be an amazing love-of-her-life romance, but that the spark just wasn’t there.’

‘She couldn’t deal with the distance between them and thought it was best to end it before he got even more hurt.’