Amanda Holden addresses weird hearsay throughout her divorce from Les Dennis that she discovered ‘hilarious’

It has been over 20 years since they divorced, however Amanda Holden has admitted she nonetheless finds one hearsay which circulated after her break up from Les Dennis completely ‘hilarious’.

The Britain’s Received Expertise choose, 54, has instructed how one piece of tittle-tattle which was splashed throughout the tabloids nonetheless has her in stitches all these years later.

She received hitched to former Household Fortunes host Dennis when she was simply 24, though each admit that the wedding was destined to fail in hindsight.

Dennis confessed he ‘ought to have recognized’ him and Holden weren’t going to final after a plumber mistook his new spouse for his daughter – however they caught it out till 2002.

Their seven-year marriage finally got here to an finish after Holden’s affair with Line of Responsibility star Neil Morrissey got here to gentle within the press.

And amid their messy break up, Brits have been ready to see who may supply Dennis a shoulder to cry on – and in accordance with studies, Diana Ross did the honours.

Properly, that was in accordance with newspaper studies on the time anyway, who claimed that the Liverpudlian TV star, 71, had sought solace within the arms of the legendary soul singer.

Holden has now spoken out about her former husband allegedly ‘discovering consolation’ in Ross after their breakup, revealing the rumours have been really spawned from a case of mistaken identification.

Talking on the Tea at 4 podcast, the actress defined that though she ‘hates to carry it up’, the anecdote was too amusing to not share.

“After I was going by means of a divorce, my pal Jane Wall, who’s a mixed-race actress, was residing in my home,” Holden defined.

“We have been serving to her, she was residing there principally so she might save up for a mortgage, and it [reports] mentioned, my then-husband was being ‘comforted by Diana Ross’. In order that was hilarious.”

Wall, 53, is finest recognized by Brits for her position on The Invoice, the place she performed Detective Inspector Di Worrell from 1999 to 2002, whereas she additionally appeared in Dangerfield, A Contact of Frost, Medical doctors and Holby Metropolis.

Wall additionally went on to safe roles in Gray’s Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, and The OA – and apparently, she might have moonlighted as a Diana Ross impersonator too.

Dennis additionally addressed the accusations about his alleged liaison with the ‘Upside Down’ singer years in the past, describing the hearsay as ‘ridiculous’.

Requested about essentially the most weird tales he had examine himself within the paper, the ex-Coronation Avenue actor instructed the Unbiased in 2004: “Properly, there’ve been a couple of, however there was one occasion that was significantly ridiculous.

“When every little thing was going a bit loopy a couple of years in the past, a pal of mine, Jane Wall, was visiting my home.

“She’s an actress who’s been in The Invoice, amongst different issues. When she left, these two journalists chased her down the road in a automobile.

“The following day, the headline mentioned that I used to be being comforted by pop diva Diana Ross.”

Holden additionally spoke concerning the subject of dishonest whereas showing on the podcast, revealing her prognosis for a relationship when a betrayal has taken place.

“If the belief’s been damaged, it’s a must to restore the belief, and that may be robust,” she mentioned.

The mum-of-two beforehand alluded to the explanation behind her extra-marital actions with Morrissey whereas discussing the fallout which ensued after her break up from Dennis.

“I discovered the autumn from grace extremely laborious to take care of, she mentioned. “I can not bear to not be preferred. Then I had an affair and in a single day become this terrible individual.

“There aren’t any laborious emotions with Les. I want him one of the best, however we have each moved on. I do not imagine girls have affairs for no purpose. Ladies do not search intercourse – we search love and affirmation.”