By James Nye

PUBLISHED:02:18 EST, 17  November 2012| UPDATED:09:13 EST, 17 November 2012

As far as degrees of separation go, it is  safe to assume that David Petraeus, the disgraced former director of the CIA  never in his life thought he would be connected with shock jock Bubba the Love  Sponge.

However, just like many other four-star  generals and national intelligence chiefs, Bubba had dealings with Tampa  socialite and some-time honorary consul for South Korea, Jill  Kelley.

Adding a tawdry new level to the Petraeus  scandal, it has emerged that 37-year-old Kelley and Bubba crossed paths when she  involved herself in a spat over the radio host’s claims that he was going to  deep fat fry a Koran earlier this year.

Jill Kelley tried to involve herself in a potentially  serious situation that occurred when Bubba the Love Sponge (right) threatened to  deep fat fry a Koran

Bubba, whose real name is Todd Alan Clem has  recently been in the news for settling a lawsuit with Hulk Hogan after he  allegedly filmed the legendary wrestler and his then wife Heather having sex and  released it online.

When the Florida shock jock threatened to  deep fat fry a Koran, General John Allen , the commander of the U.S. and NATO  troops in Afghanistan and CIA Director David Petraeus both spoke to social  climbing Kelley asking to help them with a potential threat to the safety of  serving American troops.

Emails released today sent between Tampa  Mayor Bob Buckhorn and 37-year-old Kelley reveal that she was indeed acting at  the behest of high-level U.S. government officials and implored the mayor to  act.

‘I have Petraeus & Allen both emailing me  about getting this dealt with,’ Kelley wrote to Buckhorn on March  7th.

Bubba the Love Spone and his then wife Heather who  allegedly appears in recent a sex tape with Hulk Hogan appear at Homestead Miami  Speedway on June 11, 2010 in Homestead, Florida

The previous day, Kelley told Buckhorn of  similar requests she had received from General Allen and Vice Admiral Robert  Harward, deputy commander of the U.S. Central Command in Tampa.

‘I just got off the phone with Gen. Allen & Adm Harward,’ she wrote. ‘I’m going to need your assistance, vice versa  with the potential crises we’ll be dealing with.’

When Buckhorn responded to say it was being  dealt with, she said ‘they asked me to get involved, like I did when it happened  with the Pastor last year’.

The emails offer proof that Kelley may not  have been boasting of her contacts with high level military figures and indeed  show that she was in regular communication with General John Allen and David  Petraeus.

This episode with Bubba the Love Sponge came  right before she complained to a FBI agent about threatening emails she was  receiving from Paula Broadwell who began an inquiry that uncovered her affair  with the retired four-star general.

Sex Scandal: Terry Bollea aka Hulk Hogan attends a press  conference to discuss legal action regarding a sex tape featuring him being  brought on his behalf October 15, 2012 in Tampa, Florida

In addition the resignation of the CIA  Director triggered a separate investigation that found ‘potentially  inappropriate’ email correspondence between General Allen and  Kelley.

At the time of Kelley’s emails about Bubba  military officials genuinely concerned that a Koran being deep fat fried would  have disastrous consequences for U.S. troops serving in Muslim  countries.

‘It was absolutely a concern,’ said Lt. Col.  T.G. Taylor, CentCom spokesman to NBC  News.

Revealing that he called Bubba himself,  Taylor said he told him, ‘Look Bubba, somebody’s going to get hurt if you do  this.’ He was ‘completely reasonable and said he understood,’ Taylor  added.

The disc jockey told the Tampa Bay Times that  he abandoned his plans to deep fat fry because a local law enforcement officer  told him of the dangers to U.S. troops.

A van, sponsored by shock-jock Bubba The Love Sponge,  blares loud music while driving around the home of Jill Kelley, a friend of  former CIA director David Petraeus’ family, in Tampa, Florida today

The potential intervention of Jill Kelley (left) to help  stop Bubba the Love Sponge from deep fat frying a Koran was uncovered when Tampa  Mayor Bob Buckhorn (right) released their email exchanges on  Friday

Social Climber: General David Petraeus, Jill Kelley and  Holly Petraeus (l.- r.) attending event in which Petraeus was presented with  community service award at the home of Jill and Scott Kelley during the summer  of 2011

Reveling in his new found connection to the  highest echelons of U.S. military power, Bubba ordered one of his radio shows  trucks to circle Kelley’s Tampa home today playing a parody to the tun of  Falco’s Rock me Amadeus about Petraeus.

At the end of October, former pro wrestler  Hulk Hogan settled a lawsuit with Bubba over a sex tape involving Hogan and the  DJ’s wife.

After the agreement between the former best  friends, Hogan’s publicist said the terms of the settlement were  confidential.

Hogan said in the lawsuit filed in October  that he had consensual sex with his best friend’s wife, Heather Clem, six years  ago in the Clems’ home, but he didn’t know he was being  videotaped.

The disc jockey, Bubba the Love Sponge,  apologised to Hogan and said that he’s convinced Hogan was unaware he was being  filmed.

A lawsuit is still pending against the gossip  website Gawker, which put excerpts of the video on its site.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2234324/Patraeus-scandal-How-Tampa-social-climber-Jill-Kelley-waded-diplomatic-row.html#ixzz2CVN8aVfq Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook