James Gooding says he's back with Kylie

James Gooding says he and Kylie Minogue are back together.

But the model says he's currently living with friends to escape media attention.

He told Heat: "We're back together but we're taking it slowly.

"It's just one step at a time because we don't want to rush anything and see it all go wrong again."

Gooding added: "I'm staying with friends at the moment to avoid the press as all the photographers know where I live which makes life difficult."

Gooding was spotted with a number of other high-profile women earlier this year.

That was rumoured to have caused a split between the pair.

But Kylie and Gooding both cited other reasons for the broken relationship.