Denise Van Outen’s ex-fiancé Eddie Boxshall has broken his silence on their shock split.
The former couple, who appeared on Channel 4’s Celebrity Gogglebox, were together for seven years before they announced their shock split in January.
Eddie, 49, later admitted they broke up after Denise discovered he had been sexting another woman.
Denise is now dating property developer Jimmy Barba, and Eddie is happy she’s moved on.
In a new interview with The Sun, he said: “You know any break-up’s hard, for whatever reason, and it makes it worse, you know, certain things get printed in the press. And there’s two sides to every story.”
“There is no animosity. Life goes on, The world carries on going round. She’s happy. I’m really happy she’s moved on. And I wish all the love and luck in the world.
“You know, I’m still yet to start dating. I’m looking at career wise first. Once I’m ready to move on, I’ll move on. Thankfully, you see you want to try.”
Back in May, Eddie admitted he “hurt” Denise, and “broke her trust” by sexting another woman.
“I’m sitting here to say I hold my hands up to what I’ve done wrong. I deeply regret that I sent those messages,” he said at the time.
“I’ve tried to apologise to Denise. I’ve sent her untold messages on text, on email, saying that I love her and that I’m sorry for what I’ve done — that I’m embarrassed and I’m ashamed.”
“I’ve not been in a good place for six months — I’ve even turned to alcohol to help me cope.”
“I knew my actions had broken us. But I still hoped that our seven-year relationship was strong enough to withstand a mistake I made at a very dark time in my life,” he continued.
“As far as Denise is concerned, the trust be- tween us is broken and I have to respect that.”
Recalling the moment she threw him out of the house, the 49-year-old explained: “She was in a rage, screaming obscenities at me, that she didn’t want me in her life any more, and my life was going to be ruined without her.”
“Then she physically helped me out of the house. As I left I knew it was going to be the last time I would ever see her. I was absolutely gutted.”
While Eddie admitted to swapping up to 20 sex texts behind Denise’s back, he vehemently denied cheating on her.
Eddie added: “I have kept quiet for a long time about what happened between us, and I begged her not to speak publicly about the breakdown of our relationship.”
“But there’s been interview after interview. I’ve been slaughtered for five months because of the picture Denise has painted of me. I made one mistake, which I will regret for ever. But it was one mistake.”
“I will always love Denise. I hope she finds someone who will treat her right and not betray her trust. But I hope now we can both leave the past behind.”
