Lock up any fans of easy listening crooners - Enrique Iglesias says he’s easy and ready for lust.

He said: “Sex and love are so different that, of course, you don’t have to be in love with a woman to sleep with her but it’s amazing when you get them both together. I’d say I’ve been in love about 10 times in my life, although those feelings usually turned out to be lust.

“I’ve had my heart broken a few times, but really, I’ve only been in love once. Love is lust that lasts and develops into trust and friendship.”

While you don’t have to get Enrique to fall in love with you before he’ll bed you, he says he isn’t planning on emulating his father Julio Iglesias’s legendary sexual past. Which is probably good news for his girlfriend of five years Anna Kournikova.

He said: “I wouldn’t say I’ve learnt anything about women from my father, although I did decide that sleeping with 3,000 women was not the way I wanted to live my life.

“Anyway, I think a lot of his Lothario image was an act and I don’t know whether he was any happier than I am now.”

New Zealand Herald

Now, if you do happen to answer to the call of lust with young Iglesias, or even the senior Iglesias, I can tell you what he’ll be wearing: a red g-string. Apparently this is his private (or not so private) way of celebrating the festive season. Some of us just put up a tree and drink egg nog, and avoid the festive themed clothing altogether. Still, I’d rather have a pair of red knickers then wear a reindeer t-shirt anytime.

It seems to be far more acceptable for a man to say he doesn’t need to be in love to have sex, while a woman seems more likely to be branded a slut. Julio Igelsias seems to have a made a career from being a ladies man, but you very rarely hear a woman claim sexual prowess in numbers. Probably because we all know it’s not how often you do it, but how well.

Picture note by Celebitchy: Enrique Iglesias is shown on 6/19/07 at MTV’s TRL.