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Carmen Electra Dating Clothing Designer Tal Cooperman

Former Baywatch babe tells E! News exclusively that they are "really happy"

By Peter Gicas Mar 26, 2014 8:51 PMTags
Carmen Electra, Tal CoopermanSPW/Splash News, Denise Truscello/WireImage

It's on!

Carmen Electra and Tal Cooperman, owner of the L.A.-based CRSL clothing line, are dating, a source confirms to E! News.

"They met about a month ago when a mutual friend introduced them. They hit it off right away," our source says.

And while Electra is 41 and Cooperman is 30, we are told "the age difference doesn't bother either of them, it doesn't matter. Tal's a mature guy."

But Electra, who has been married to Dennis Rodman (they had the short alliance annulled) and Dave Navarro and was more recently engaged to rocker Rob Patterson, insists she isn't rushing into anything.

"We are taking it slow and really trying to get to know each other, but so far we are really happy!" the former Baywatch babe tells E! News exclusively. "He's gorgeous and a lot of fun."

And the feeling seems to be mutual, with a second source saying, "Tal is happy as hell."

Meanwhile, Electra appears in the latest issue of FHM, where she flaunts her enviable figure in some white-hot lingerie on the cover.

"I feel more comfortable now. Less nervous," she reveals to the magazine. "I feel like I'm in a really good place in my life and just being in that space makes you feel sexier."

No doubt her new relationship has something to do with that!

—Reporting by Beth Sobol and Ken Baker