"While it has long been blindingly obvious to the rest of us, Michelle has finally gone on the record to confirm their relationship

Itâ€™s official: Cara Delevingne and Michelle Rodriguez ARE dating.

While it has long been blindingly obvious to the rest of us, Michelle has finally gone on the record to confirm their relationship.

The happy couple, who have done everything together from tuk tuk racing and hanging out at London Zoo to getting vitamin drips, have also had the blessings of their respective families.

Michelle, 35, has opened up for the first time about her six-week relationship with supermodel-of-the-moment Cara .

Despite their 14-year age gap, Avatar tough nut Mich reckons the couple click because she loves us Brits â€“ and face-pulling Caraâ€™s â€œkookyâ€ sense of fun.

Gushing about the 21-year-old, the smitten Fast & Furious star said: â€œItâ€™s going really well. Sheâ€™s so cool. When we started hanging out I just thought she was awesome, and we have the best time together. Sheâ€™s hard though. You wouldnâ€™t want to mess with her in a fight.â€

Asked why she was dateless for the evening, Michelle replied: â€œCaraâ€™s at her own fashion week party tonight, so doing her own thing.â€ The independent types, then.

After meeting up ahead of the Brits tomorrow night, the inseparable â€“ except on Bafta night â€“ couple are reuniting in Los Angeles next month for Caraâ€™s older sister Poppyâ€™s hen do.

Iâ€™m told: â€œItâ€™s still really fresh and exciting for both of them. Theyâ€™re really happy and loved-up, and spending as much time together as possible.

â€œTheyâ€™re also forever texting and messaging one another.

â€œMichelle has been invited to Poppyâ€™s hen do in Los Angeles which is a big deal, and shows just how cool and accepting all Caraâ€™s friends and family are. No one has batted an eyelid.â€

Michelle and Cara, who were introduced in the States through mutual friends, have been dividing their time between London and California.

dailyrecord.co.uk"

Maybe that will spark some lesbian bellybutton fan fiction.