According to a woman who briefly dated Mario Lopez while he was involved with “Dancing with the Stars” partner, Karina Smirnoff, he’s a jerk. Who probably likes wearing frilly pink panties:

Hooters gal Meagan Cooper tells E! she and Lopez carried on a secret romance for almost a year while he publicly dated Smirnoff (the Dancing duo recently split).

“He told me he lived alone,” recalls Cooper, “but I opened up [his] closet and saw a row of women’s shoes and said, ‘Either you are a cross-dresser or a woman is living here.’”

Can’t it be both?

The aspiring singer/songwriter, who is promoting her role in the ABC reality series I Survived a Japanese Game Show, says she and Lopez remained romantic up until March, but adds:

“We’re not friends anymore. He’s really pissed. He’s like, ‘You’re not supposed to talk to [press],’ but when you make me look like a total whore, I’m going to tell somebody about it,” Cooper says.

We guess fame-whoring is preferable to, like. Actual whoring. But, rewind one sec. “I Survived A Japanese Gameshow?” Is that some kind of sex move Mario pulls out after a few Fuzzy Navels and “Saved By The Bell” re-runs? Sounds fun.

Would you air out a guy’s dirty laundry after dating him? Especially if said laundry included a lace teddy, size XXL?

Mario & Hooters Hottie Danced Horizontal Mambo [E! Online]