Inside Martine McCutcheon's feud with best friend that almost destroyed her wedding

Martine McCuthceon 's wedding to husband Jack McManus was almost derailed by some serious beef between her and her best friend.

It was back in 2012 and just 10 days before she was due to tie the knot that Martine's best friend sensationally quit as chief bridesmaid and branded the singer and actress "evil and vindictive".

Love Actually star Martine, 45, and Kim Crawford had been the best of friends for 14 years when their relationship crumbled in the run up to her big day.

It was reported at the time that it had all started when Martine told Kim that her husband Jason had kissed a woman on his stag do two years earlier.

Martine, Jack and son Rafferty (martinemccutcheon/Instagram)

They'd been celebrating over a glass of champagne in Paris after a fitting for Martine's dress when she exposed the supposed infidelity.

And Kim was far from happy.

Publicly speaking out against Martine, she told The Sun at the time: "I was distraught and it felt as if Martine was enjoying watching me in pain. But when I confronted Jason about it later he was devastated - he had never kissed anyone else. It was all malicious lies to throw a spanner in the works."

They married in 2012 (PA)

Furious at Martine, Kim sent her an email to tell her she was quitting the wedding and to accuse her of acting like a "spoilt child".

And Martine, who had believed her friend would laugh off the accusations, wrote that Kim was welcome to step down as chief bridesmaid if she couldn't bear seeing how happy Martine and Jack were.

Kim added: "This is typical Martine, stirring things up. She is a manipulative b***h, destructive and cruel.

Martine's chief bridesmaid quit 10 days before the wedding (Getty)

"Martine is just one of those people who is so demanding that she won't ever be truly happy. It's sad really."

She added: "We haven't spoken since and I don't want anything to do with her. She's evil, nasty and vindictive and I believe she's jealous of my relationship."

It's not known if they ever made up.

Martine and Jack went on to welcome son Rafferty, now seven, together in 2015, and most recently, she's been sharing her weight loss secrets after ditching 'crazy diets' and was revealed as Swan on last year's The Masked Singer.