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Denise Van Outen has announced she has split from her property developer boyfriend Jimmy Barba after the couple’s whirlwind 18-month romance.<\/p>\n
The TV personality, 49, is still on good terms and the split is said to be amicable.<\/p>\n
Denise told The Sun: \u201cWe have decided to part ways but we remain great friends and our families and children are still in touch.\u201d<\/p>\n
She went public with the property developer, 55, last year shortly after her split from her cheating ex Eddie Boxshall.<\/p>\n
Denise and Jimmy still follow each other on social media and have kept loved-up snaps together on their profiles.<\/p>\n
READ MORE <\/strong> A Place in the Sun’s Jasmine Harman teases big ’20 years in the making’ change<\/strong><\/p>\n The former couple were initially introduced by All Saints singer Shaznay Lewis.<\/p>\n Speaking about their romance in September, she told the same publication: \u201cI am in a really good relationship now. Jimmy is lovely.<\/p>\n \u201cJimmy used to dance with All Saints and Diana Ross when he was on the circuit in the Nineties.”<\/p>\n Denise explained that pal and Blue singer Duncan James already knew Jimmy – who had previously worked as a professional dancer.<\/p>\n She joked her friends had already “vetted him”.<\/p>\n Denise remarked: “But him getting on with my friends wasn\u2019t really a concern this time because I was introduced to Jimmy through Shaznay [Lewis] from All Saints.”<\/p>\n\n