Shanna Moakler flirts with Gerard Butler at nightclub

We told you yesterday how Travis Barker recently blogged that ex-wife Shanna Moakler has been MIA since her initial rush to his bedside following a plane crash that left him badly burned. Moakler was quick to release a press statement that employed generous use of the word 'we,' implying that the couple was back together, but Travis nipped that in the bud. Now, it seems that Shanna has her sights on a new guy: 300 hunk Gerard Butler.

New couple alert?

Shanna Moakler and Gerard Butler were photographed getting cozy at the Hollywood opening of Shin nightclub on Monday.

Throughout the night, Butler also served guests drinks behind the bar.

At one point, a patron told him, 'Thanks,' and he said, 'I have no idea what the f–k I'm doing.'

When asked if he's taken any ladies to lunch lately, Butler recently joked with Usmagazine.com, 'Oh, you know, Jennifer Aniston, Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts, Cindy Crawford - and I may even get together with a single one.'

His flirty behavior with Moakler comes days after her ex, Travis Barker, blogged that she hasn't visited him in the hospital in L.A.

[From Us Weekly]

It sounds like Gerard was a little bit drunk here, doesn't it? Moakler is a former Miss USA and Playboy Playmate with a penchant for dating famous men. Before her marriage to Travis Barker, she was in a relationship with boxer Oscar de la Hoya. So this isn't all that shocking. I'd be more surprised if I saw Shanna cuddling up with some regular Joe. But I do wonder how much of this flirtation is just Shanna trying to retaliate against her ex. Neither one of them seems very mature, but at least Travis is up front about it. All I can tell Gerard is, put down the martini and RUN!

Shanna Moakler is pictured outside an LA club in June 2008. Photo credit: Fame. Gerard Butler is shown at the premiere of 'Rocknrolla' in London in September 2008. Photo credit: Bauergriffin.