Movie beauty Jessica Alba was reduced to an embarrassed wreck on her first date - when the restaurant she booked was full of people in fancy dress.

The pregnant actress - who is engaged to longtime love Cash Warren - suffered a knock to her confidence as a teenager when her first foray into romance ended in disaster.

She says, "The guy was a friend and it was awkward as we weren't really sure if we wanted to date each other. I picked a restaurant I thought was an intimate, five-star place where people wouldn't recognise us.

"It turned out to be a themed restaurant - all the waiters were dressed as pirates and the customers were senior citizens. It was so embarrassing." (TN/WNTRE/MT)

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