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Denise was in good spirits after confirming her cut up from Eddie (Image: Getty/Splash)

Denise Van Outen has recalled the time a ‘very well-known’ footballer requested her out in her first look since confirming her cut up from Eddie Boxshall.

The presenter, 47, was all smiles as she appeared on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Monday after saying she and her fiancé of seven years had cut up on Friday. 

Talking to host Steph McGovern, Denise revealed that she had as soon as had a well-known sportsman slide a word below her dressing room door – which should be the pre-social media model of sliding within the DMs. 

She defined: ‘A really, very well-known footballer slipped me a word below my dressing room door. That is simply earlier than we went reside on air.’

Steph then quizzed: ‘David Beckham? Was it John Terry?’, to which Denise replied: ‘I can’t say who it was.’

Denise added: ‘However all I'll say is he was single on the time, which is uncommon for a footballer. He had very good writing truly but it surely truly was fairly an extended letter, I used to be already seeing somebody.’

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Denise smiled as she arrived to the studio (Image: FARRELL / BACKGRID)
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Denise and Eddie referred to as off their engagement after seven years collectively (Image: Can Nguyen/REX/Shutterstock)

She then joked: ‘I needed to go on TV with him and it was actually awkward. We had been sitting there and he stored going to me…[raises eyebrows].’

Denise had confirmed on Friday that she and Eddie had cut up, writing on Instagram: ‘Over the previous couple of months, there was a lot hypothesis concerning my relationship with Eddie. It saddens me to verify that we're not a pair.

‘I needed to make the troublesome determination to not proceed in our relationship. I'll all the time treasure the great occasions we spent collectively, and the reminiscences made.’

Nevertheless, sources have claimed Eddie desires to ‘win her again’, telling ‘Eddie is satisfied he can win Denise again and isn’t prepared to throw away all of their reminiscences collectively. He’s pulling out all of the stops to save lots of their relationship.

‘He feels horrible and pained that she’s hurting… He’s not prepared to simply accept it’s over for good.’