Denise Van Outen ‘has her sparkle back’ amid new romance with Jimmy Barba, pal Duncan James says

Duncan James is gushing over pal Denise Van Outen’s happiness together with her new boyfriend (Image: Eob Images Ltd/REX/Shutterstock)

The Blue star, 44, and actress, 48, have been shut associates for years, with Duncan even changing Eddie as her visitor on Celeb Gogglebox after the couple’s breakup.

Denise and Eddie ended their relationship in January this 12 months after seven years collectively.

Whereas each remained tight-lipped in regards to the cut up at first, it was revealed that Eddie had been sending express texts to different ladies, which he later admitted.

Six months on, DJ Eddie is reportedly within the studio mixing a track about their break-up – and Denise has moved on with property developer Jimmy Barba.

Denise and Jimmy first went public with their relationship final month, and have been on pink carpet dates, holidays to Marbella and concert events collectively, with Jimmy referring to her as his ‘love.’

Now musician Duncan has revealed how ‘blissful’ his pal is – and the way delighted he's for her.

Denise ‘has her sparkle again’ since assembly Jimmy Barba (Image: Denisevanouten/ Instagram)

Talking to The Mirror, Duncan stated he didn’t wish to go an excessive amount of into ‘her non-public life’ however added that ‘she’s actually blissful.’

‘And after the 12 months that she’s had, she simply deserves some happiness.’

He went on: ‘I’m simply actually blissful for her and she or he’s bought her smile again and her sparkle again.

Her new relationship comes six months after she and Eddie introduced their break-up (Image: Shutterstock)

‘It’s actually beautiful to see that.’

The star not too long ago spoke to OK! Journal the place he talked about how ‘nice’ it was to hitch Denise for Celeb Gogglebox, joking that his teenage daughter was way more impressed by that than his boyband profession.

‘I get to go to Denise’s home and sit on that well-known couch. Den and I get on so properly, we have now a superb outdated catch-up.’

Duncan and Dense have been associates for years and not too long ago teamed up for Celeb Gogglebox (Image: C4 )

Their ‘banter’ and having the ability to catch-up whereas forgetting the cameras had been really there filming is what makes the programme ‘so genuine,’ Duncan added.

In the meantime, Denise has fortunately been sharing loving updates on social media about her new relationship with Jimmy.

Final week the pair joined the thousands-strong crowd in London’s Brixton Academy to look at EDM legends The Prodigy.

One candy photograph uploaded to Instagram noticed Denise and Jimmy cuddled up collectively on the gig, together with her arm draped round his neck.

It’s the primary time Denise has been linked to a brand new romance since her cut up with Eddie, who himself had been her solely relationship since her divorce from Lee Mead.