Denise announced that her 23-year marriage to Auf Wiedersehen Pet star Tim was over on 6 February, live on Loose Women.

The 53-year-old Celebrity Big Brother winner said:

"Tim and I separated some time ago and so I'm not having an affair, we've been living our own lives for some time now.

"But the press furore, if that's the word, after I came out of Celebrity Big Brother naively took us by storm but there has been nothing in the papers that my family didn't know about.

"We've actually become better friends since we made the decision but we wanted to have Christmas with the family without telling anybody... I'm not having an affair, I am officially separated."

The couple have two children together, Matthew, 22, and Louis, 10.