From working late to boring marriages and just not being in love any more, there's no end to the excuses deployed by cheating spouses to get themselves off the hook. But one man has taken the art of the creative excuse to a new level and  claimed his sexually transmitted disease was the result of car exhaust rather than cheating, according to his ex. 33-year-old Stuart, had, said ex-girlfriend Sophie, offered up the novel excuse when accused of cheating after discovering that she had mysteriously contracted chlamydia. Scroll down for video . Car exhaust: Stuart, pictured with 'wife' Linda, claimed to have picked up chlamydia from a car exhaust . ‘I got a test for chlamydia because I’m sure he cheated on me,’ fumed Sophie during an appearance on the Jeremy Kyle Show. ‘I’ve stopped him seeing the kids because he hasn’t paid for them, and he keeps threatening me.’ ‘He said he caught chlamydia from the car – from the exhaust pipe of the car.’ Unbeknown to Sophie, Stuart was sitting backstage with his new 'wife' Linda and burst onto the stage to deny he had ever used the bizarre excuse. 'I never said that!’ he insisted. Unfortunately, Stuart's appearance didn't quite go as planned with host Kyle unearthing a series of lies that belied his denial. Furious: The claim was made by ex-girlfriend Sophie who was outraged to find she also had the STD . Falling apart: Stuart's many falsehoods were swiftly unpicked by host Jeremy Kyle . Along with falsely claiming to be a paramedic, he also accused Sophie of attacking his new love Linda when in fact neither were true. Linda, although described by Stuart as his 'wife', turned out to be a girlfriend instead, having changed her name by deed poll rather than tying the knot. After going on an extended moan about his lack of access to his and Sophie's children, it also transpired that he had run off with his young son for five weeks. Adding to Stuart's pain was Sophie's mother Kathy who accused him of refusing to pay child support and instead proffering a £20 note every two weeks.
33-year-old Stuart made the bizarre excuse to ex-girlfriend Sophie . She told of the creative excuse for cheating during a TV appearance . But a red-faced Stuart stormed on to the Jeremy Kyle Show to deny it . The Jeremy Kyle Show, weekdays at 9.25am on ITV .