(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Cat Deeley has spoken out for the first time about her romance with long-term friend Patrick Kielty.

The pair have been pals for over a decade after working together on BBC talent show Fame Academy several years ago.

The So You Think You Can Dance host told talk show diva Kelly Ripa that she has been with Patrick for a few months now and loves being nicknamed either Pat-Cat or Catric.

"I have finally seen the light," Cat said of finally getting together with Patrick. "Ladies just like to take their time."

"I am no longer a single lady. I am dating a really old friend of mine. I have known him for 10 years."

The 35-year-old blonde beauty made her public debut with the 41-year-old Irish comic at last week's Glamour Women of The Year Awards and they have been seen strolling around Los Angeles together arm in arm.

The couple are now said to be renovating Cat's $3 million Beverly Hills mansion and are planning on moving in together.

Cat split from True Blood star Michael McMillian last October after four months together and had also dated Angelica Huston's nephew Jack for two years. (C) Cover Media