Turkish TV personality and Adriana Lima having alleged affair

Turkish television personality Acun Ilıcalı and Brazilian top model Adriana Lima are allegedly having an affair, according to Turkish media outlets. Ilıcalı will leave his wife of 11-years wife for his new love, media outlets claim.

The television personality Ilıcalı is known to be an admirer of the top model and has hosted her many times on his television shows in Turkey.

The 45-year old television personality is allegedly trying to arrange a secret divorce protocol with his wife Zeynep Ilıcalı and will pay her 50 million TL (22.6 million USD) worth of compensation.

Top model Adriana Lima separated from NBA basketball star Marco Jaric a few months ago.

Turkish social media circles have been buzzing with the allegations, with most male users praising Ilıcalı for his "success", while some ridiculing him and saying that the affair is an element of "national pride."

Acun Ilıcalı, who left university and started his career as a sports reporter, currently runs one of the largest media outlets of Turkey. He came into prominence when he started a separate travel segment within the 1990's popular sports tabloid show Televole. This segment developed into a full TV show called "Acun Firarda" in the early 2000's.

Ilıcalı later found his own production company, which gained huge success with Turkish adaptations of popular reality shows. The latest addition to this idyllic story was the acquisition of Turkish channel TV8 in late 2013.

Ilıcalı was involved in a controversial affair with media personality Şeyma Subaşı four years ago and they had a child together.