Spare a thought for poor Jack Tweed. Still grieving over the tragic loss of his wife Jade Goody, he had to suffer the indignity of being refused entry to a trendy nightclub in front of his female companions last night.

Big night out: Jack on his way home this morning

It's the last thing the poor lamb needs after recently being released from jail for battering a taxi driver.

Jack, 21, began his night at Movida in Soho with three girls, including club promoter Tara Rocks, and a male pal. But, as he left (with what looked like a smudge of lipstick on his cheek), he attempted to distance himself from the girls when he spotted waiting photographers.

Phone a friend: Jack tries in vain to get into Bungalow 8 this morning

An onlooker said: "He put some distance between himself and the girls, and when they tried to get into his cab, he physically pushed them out."

His next stop was Bungalow 8 in Covent Garden - where two of the girls reappeared (perhaps the third remembered the recent passing of Jade, who died of cancer on Mother's Day, and decided that a night out with her widower was in poor taste).

Triple trouble: Jack Tweed and his trio of women outside Movida

As if by divine intervention, the group was denied entry to the club. Our spy said: "It's an exclusive venue and Jack isn't a member. And he isn't the sort of clientele the club covets. He was pretty put out when he was told he couldn't come in, and tried to make a few phone calls to try and overturn the doorman's decision. But he didn't have any luck."

The group sulked off into the adjoining St Martin's Lane Hotel, where they hit the bar until 2am.

Even Jack's publicist Max Clifford has expressed concern at his partying so soon after Jade's death.

He said last week: "It's a disaster waiting to happen, but nobody can make him listen to sense."