Holly Hester, who was an intern for David Letterman on The Late Show with David Letterman in the early 1990s, claims to have had a series of secret dates with the host. Letterman, now 62, and Hester, a student at New York University at the time, kept their relationship secret from the rest of the staff on the show, reports TMZ.

“I was madly in love with him at the time,” Hester said. “I would have married him. He was hilarious.” She says Letterman ended the relationship after a year citing the age difference between the pair.

Letterman has not commented on the allegations.

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Perez Hilton reports The Late Show with David Letterman has beaten The Tonight Show in ratings for four consecutive weeks. This is the first time in a decade that Letterman has stayed above the competition for so long.

Letterman has been hosting the show since 1993, while Conan O’Brien, the new host of The Tonight Show, only just took over for Jay Leno in June.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which follows Letterman on CBS, has scored higher ratings than NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for three weeks running.

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