Brad Garrett Slammed For 'Playing Single'

[Brian Damage]

Actor Brad Garrett has come under fire for trying to find love on his new online dating show amid allegations the star isn't really living the single life.

The Everybody Loves Raymond actor insists he's spent the summer screening female applicants with the help of his mother and ex-wife, Jill Diven, for his forthcoming web show Dating Brad Garrett. However photographs of the actor enjoying the company of an unknown female in New York and Los Angeles since May have fueled speculation that the program is purely for publicity.

According to the New York Post, Garret threatened to "pop" the photographer who snapped the pair enjoying a day out in the Big Apple at the weekend. The newspaper's photographer has accused the star of spraying him with bottled water in a bid to avoid the camera, after he caught them strolling through the city on Sunday.

A spokesperson for Garrett has declined to comment on the allegations.