20100307_BOY012_e1_NWSNorth 26/02/2010 10:46 Page 12 First-timer EXY star of the small screen Leigh Arnold is looking forward to falling in love again. The 30-year-old actress has "been in many serious relationships" - so knows that romance is fun and fulfiling. But having come out of a very public relationship with failed businessman, Marcus Sweeney last August, she now thinks she'll aim for someone who isn't a well-known face. "I have to admit, I'm enjoying single life, but I absolutely love being in love so I don't want to be single very long," the former Clinic star reveals to SWM. "I'm not actively seeking a man who's not in the public eye, but if I want more privacy in my next big relationship I should steer clear of men who already have a public persona. "I know there is a fascination with celeb couples, and I don't mind that, but if I meet the man of my dreams some day soon and he's an unknown then I will be happy out with that. "On the flip-side, if I hook up with someone who is well-known I'll have to deal with that too. "I'm not one of these women who claims to be happy being single in a women's lib kinda way. I don't mind saying that I want to be in love again. And soon," says the beauty from Dublin's Foxrock. Leigh set tongues wagging a fortnight ago at the Meteor Awards. While presenting the gong to Best Irish Male, she and her co-presenter, Virginia Macari, threatened to do a Britney and Madonna with a snog. "It wasn't planned," says Leigh. "We just decided to go for it, but Virginia pulled away before I got a chance to kiss her. So I'm not a lesbian just yet." On top of breaking up after a two-year relationship with Marcus, Leigh also got the news last November that her TV show, The Clinic, is to be axed by the national broadcaster despite it being a ratings smash hit for seven seasons, five-and-a-half of which starred the petite actress. "I'm kind of indifferent about The Clinic at this stage. I was shocked when I got the call alright, because I think we had a bit more to give. But now that we ended on a high, I'm happy S The Clinic beauty Leigh Arnold is on a sex tour of Ireland - and is looking for love Daragh KEANY `Way too many people in Ireland have popped their cherry in a hayshed' that it will always be one of those shows that did so. "It is better to finish like that than if we'd been given another few series and it just ran its course. The only thing I'm annoyed at is that we didn't know the current series was going to be our last when we were filming. If we had I would have been able to properly celebrate the show with my friends who I made through the years. "It just would have been great to say a proper goodbye to the cast and the team." Since landing the role of Dr Clodagh Delaney on RTE's medical drama, Leigh has been Exclusive Pics by Lili Forberg (www.misslili.net) at Lillie's Bordello Nightclub in Dublin (www.lilliesbordello.ie). Dresses from Lara Boutique (www.larasfashion.com). 12 The mag