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Denise Van Outen reveals extreme lengths she went to for privacy with new boyfriend-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
Eddie and Jimmy went Instagram official in June this year.
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Denise Van Outen has revealed the extreme measures she went to in order to keep her new relationship under wraps.
In June this year, Denise, 48, went Instagram official with her new beau, 55-year-old property developer Jimmy Barba.
The news of their budding romance came shortly after she split from longtime partner Eddie Boxshall, who she was with for seven years, with the former couple starring on Celebrity Gogglebox together.
Appearing on Steph’s Packed Lunch today, Denise explained: ‘When I started going out with Jimmy, we had to stay indoors for most of our first dates, because we wanted to get to know each other outside of the public eye.
‘So when we went on our very first date, it’s like we’d been let loose, we just went crazy!’
She continued: ‘We’d spent weeks sitting in my kitchen just chatting and having a lovely time and getting to know each other, and we went out, and it was like, “We’re out”‘, it was like coming out of lockdown!’
Denise then revealed how their first outdoor meal was kept so secret, detailing her strategy.
Denise and Jimmy went Instagram official earlier this year (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
She detailed the lengths she went to for privacy (Picture: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
‘The first meal we went for, we went to a Turkish restaurant, we sat in the car park, in separate cars, and then I said, it looks empty, we’ll go in.’
‘It was nice actually,’ she added, recalling the ’empty’ restaurant.
Speaking about the next time they ‘braved’ going out in public, Denise gushed: ‘To be honest, I was oblivious to anybody else in the restaurant because I was too busy snogging him.’
‘It was reverse!’ Denise added, saying their relationship started indoors when most couples would have been going out.
Denise and Eddie split after seven years (Picture: Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)
‘We just wanted to keep it private,’ she said.
‘Also he hadn’t seen me really dressed up!’ Denise added, saying at home she was ‘just casual’.
This comes after Denise saying she ‘wouldn’t change’ her ex Eddie cheating on her, as it’s led her to where she is now.
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In January this year, Denise announced that she had broken up with Eddie, saying in a statement: ‘Over the past couple of months, there has been much speculation regarding my relationship with Eddie. It saddens me to confirm that we are no longer a couple.’
She continued: ‘I had to make the difficult decision not to continue in our relationship. I will always treasure the good times we spent together, and the memories made.’
Steph’s Packed Lunch airs at 12.30pm on Channel 4.
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