Olympic diver Tom Daley has confessed to having an online tryst with another man during a secret relationship break – and has promised to his fiancé that it ‘will never happen again’.

Footage of the diving ace stripping for online sex has emerged, prompting Daley to confess a number of online relationships to his fiancé, 42-year-old Dustin Lance Black.

Daley admitted to being on a seven-month ‘break’ from his then boyfriend as the pair were tied up with demanding work commitments.

Olympic diver Tom Daley confessed to having an online tryst with another man during a secret relationship break

Footage of the diving ace stripping for online sex has emerged, prompting Daley to confess a number of online relationships to his fiancé, 42-year-old Dustin Lance Black (right)

During this time he messaged another man and send explicit pictures and video over social media.

Daley told The Sun: ‘This will absolutely never happen again now that we’re getting married. The date is set, and we’re raring and ready to go for that wedding now.’

The Olympic bronze medallist said his relationship with Dustin was now stronger than ever.

He added: ‘It was the distance. It’s not like I actually met up with anyone.

‘I’m 22 years old, and if you talk to someone through social media it is what it is. It was nothing more than that. We never physically met.

‘But in the modern world this is what can happen — things are more accessible online, and distributed, and they spread like wildfire.’

Daley revealed that the distance had made the couple realise ‘how fond’ they were of each other.

Daley admitted to being on a seven-month ‘break’ from his then boyfriend as the pair were tied up with demanding work commitments

Daley reportedly made contact with a Liverpudlian male fan in February last year, just months after he announced his engagement to Dustin

‘That’s why we’ve been enjoying planning our wedding so much in the last few weeks. We don’t have secrets in our relationship,’ he told The Sun, ‘we’re honest and open about everything. When we were back together I told him everything.

‘Lance and I had a period of time apart, and then coming back together and realising we’re meant for each other.

‘We’re soulmates — and the only way that we were going to get back to that point was to be honest, open and share everything that happened in our time away from each other.

‘It’s totally crucial to us that we are completely and totally open with each other.

‘I don’t think I’ve done anything more or less than any other 22-year-old has done. Lance and I have such a strong connection that again our honesty and openness is so important.’

The Olympic bronze medallist said his relationship with Dustin was now stronger than ever

Daley reportedly made contact with a Liverpudlian male fan in February last year, just months after he announced his engagement to Dustin.

He told the 23-year-old stranger he was ‘fit’ in a private Instagram message before passing on his mobile number.

According to The Sun, he repeatedly messaged the man asking him to come and visit in London over an 11-month exchange, as well as sending him explicit videos and pictures via Snapchat.

Daley met his Oscar-winning screenwriter fiance in March 2013, at a dinner in LA.

As well as being a screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black is a director, film and TV producer and an LGBT rights activist.