Owen said it was a tough one. He definitely doesn't want to dwell on it. He wants to put it behind him." Last week, it was claimed Kate and Owen had got engaged but the actress' representative quickly denied the claims.

Sources allege the pair - whose first split last June was said to have triggered Owen's suicide bid in August - had never been exclusive in their relationship. One said: "They've always had a loose and open thing? never serious, and definitely not monogamous." Despite their on/off relationship, Kate has always admitted to caring for Owen deeply.

She previously said: "Owen is such a lovely person, and I love him dearly. I wish him beautiful things - health and everything that he desires in life." Kate - who has a four-year-old son, Ryder, with ex-husband Chris Robinson - began dating Owen in 2006, after meeting on the set of romantic comedy 'You, Me and Dupree'.