Mario Lopez Regrets Not Dating Eva Longoria

Eva Longoria’s close friendship with Mario Lopez has been put into question, after the Saved By The Bell star revealed that he would have liked to date her.

Newly single after splitting from his Dancing with the Stars partner Karina Smirnoff, Lopez reveals he has reluctantly had to settle for being friends with Desperate Housewives beauty Longoria Parker

And he confesses he's jealous of the actress' basketball star husband Tony Parker.

Lopez says: "We never dated. Unfortunately. We met a long time ago, and she was always with somebody or I was with somebody. But we hit it off and I have the utmost respect for her.

"Tony Parker is a lucky guy. I was in (sic) her wedding. I walked her mum down the aisle."