So that's why he likes Guy Ritchie so much...

The Sun's priapic showbiz correspondent Gordon Smart makes a surprising - well, actually, no, let's be honest, not that surprising - admission this morning:

"THOUGHTFUL STEVEN GERRARD would wax his 'back, sack and crack' if his pretty missus ALEX CURRAN insisted, despite his undercarriage being in a particularly unruly state.
The Liverpool skipper normally shuns the beauty regimes favoured by preening stars such as RONALDO but would make the sacrifice for Alex.

But he warned: 'Have you seen my a**e? It’s like an Alsatian’s. I don’t think I’ve got the pain threshold to do that but if the missus really wanted me to, I’d have a go.'

Stevie the Alsatian, I couldn’t resist it."