Celebrity Gogglebox star Denise Van Outen has reportedly moved on from ex Eddie Boxshall and has new boyfriend with a reality TV past. Jimmy Barba rose to fame on Big Brother in Italy in 2010 and the already-famous hunk appeared in an iconic music video.
He also appeared in a string of music videos - and has been seen tweeting singer Cheryl before. “Wanna be my Valentine?!” she wrote to Jimmy in a tweet. He replied: “Yep.”
Denise, 48, has spoken about her and ex Eddie Boxshall’s break up in her new autobiography, A Bit Of Me: From Basildon to Broadway and Back. Denise spoke about the moment she discovered Eddie was cheating.
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She said: “I quickly found the woman’s profile by her screen name, only to discover I’d previously blocked her on my Instagram account – which struck me as odd.
“This was a woman who I didn’t know, who’d clearly had an online connection with my boyfriend.” The TV and radio presenter said straight away she unblocked the woman and was then sent a message which said: “Oh, you’ve unblocked me then.”
Denise replied she didn’t even know the woman, so why would she have blocked her. “She suggested that Eddie had probably gone into my phone and blocked her so she couldn’t message me,” she continued.
Basildon-born Denise and Jimmy attended the 12th annual Grand Prix Ball this week. The charity gala was Denise’s first public appearance with her new man after splitting from her fiancé Eddie earlier this year.
She is said to have been introduced to Jimmy by a mutual popstar friend, All Saints singer Shaznay Lewis. According to his social media posts, Jimmy is 51 years old and owns London property development company Whiteditch Lane Development LTD.
He is an avid Arsenal FC supporter and, based on posts added to his Facebook page, is a father to a young daughter. Denise also has a daughter — 12-year-old Betsy whom she shares with ex partner Lee Mead.
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