Apparently, Hollywood hunk Vince Vaughn, Jennifer Aniston's alleged new boyfriend, was quite a geek in high school, and just hopeless with girls.

"He was just hopeless with girls at high school," former classmate Todd Nelson told The Mirror.

They saw him as the class clown. He was tall and scrawny and always playing practical jokes on teachers. The girls laughed at him but never fancied him. He hid behind his pranks and I never once saw him with a girlfriend."

Nelson added, "He definitely wasn't the ladies' man he is today. He probably hid behind a lot of his tomfoolery when it came to girls. He played football but he was never really any good. He didn't have the physicality he does today, he was tall and skinny. Now he's got the beefy physique.

He was always popular because he made everyone laugh. He made jokes at the teachers and had witty comments that were a little saucy. His humor is very much like his movies, one-liners, fast, off-the-cuff stuff. He's always been like that."

During the last weeks, Vince Vaughn and his co-star Jennifer Aniston, were photographed cuddling on the set of "The Break Up" and at Vaughn's Four Seasons hotel in Chicago, where it is rumoured Jennifer spent the night with the actor.

Both Aniston, 36 and Vince, 35, repeatedly denied any romantic implication, declaring they are only good friends.