Denise van Outen’s ex-partner Eddie Boxshall has been photographed with his business parter Julia Pinkney, amid reports they’ve “grown close”.
Celebrity Gogglebox star Eddie, 48, and 47 year old Julia were snapped walking together before jumping into a black cab in the early hours of the morning, in photographs taken last month.
Eddie, who appeared to make a subtle dig at Denise recently, wore a light blue shirt, which he paired with some denim jeans and a pair of dark Chelsea boots.
Denise’s ex had been DJing at a bar in Chelmsford earlier in the evening before he was seen withdrawing some cash and getting into a taxi with Julia.
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Eddie’s business parter Julia sported a striking red outfit, which consisted of a pair of red trousers, longline jacket and top.
She wore her blonde locks down in a straight style with a middle parting as she accompanied Eddie into the cab.
The pair are said to have “grown close” recently, after Eddie and Denise split following reports he had been messaging other women.
The Mail Online reports Julia is not understood to have been one of the women Eddie was allegedly unfaithful with.
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has contacted Eddie for comment.
It comes after Denise’s biography was released, where she revealed he had stole her phone and blocked a woman he’d been sexing to hide the messages.
Now, in her new autobiography A Bit Of Me: From Basildon To Broadway And Back, Denise has spoken out on their split as she explained how she tried to contact a woman who had shared “sexual” conversations with her ex, but her Instagram account had blocked the woman without her knowing about it.
“There were also Instagram messages alluding to phone sex with a third woman,” Denise wrote in her book. “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.”
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She went on: “This was a woman I didn’t know, who’d clearly had an online connection with my boyfriend. Why would I have blocked her from my Instagram account.
“Straight away, I unblocked her and sent her a message saying how she knew Eddie.”
Denise continued: “She suggested that Eddie had probably gone into my phone and blocked her so she couldn’t message me.”
The Only Way Is Essex VoiceOver star Denise and Eddie began dating in 2014, after the pair were set up on a blind date by Zoe Hardman.
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They then moved in together in 2019 and decided to progress their relationship slowly.
Denise and Eddie then began discussing plans to tie the knot, although there was no formal proposal.
But, their romance ended in January 2022, when Denise shared a statement to confirm they had parted ways.
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