Article: Interview CLAIRE SWEENEY: People started saying I was with child .. to be honest I was with pasta!; CLAIRE SWEENEY ON THAT TUM-PATTING MOMENT.(Features)

Byline: BARBARA DAVIES

IT WAS an innocent enough gesture, but one which started the rumour mill grinding frantically.

On the coast of southern Spain last month, Claire Sweeney sat back after a leisurely lunch, stretched her legs and patted her stomach appreciatively.

The moment was spotted by a keen-eyed passer-by - and before long the actress-turned- singer's "baby joy" was being announced in gossip columns across Britain. Her agent in London was inundated with calls.

Claire's reaction was one of astonishment: "Claire's with child?" she ...

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