Denise Van Outen has said that she was “unfit, miserable and had given up a bit” last year, and that she felt she lost herself.
The TV star said that she is now feeling much better after giving up alcohol, changing her diet and “reinventing” herself, and that she intends to approach her late 40s with a more positive attitude.
Van Outen, 45, made it to the semi-finals of ITV singing contest The Masked Singer earlier this year as the Fox and is also set to return to Neighbours for the soap’s 35th anniversary.
She said that breaking her foot in 2018 “had a real negative impact” on her life, as it forced her to pull out of the West End production of Chicago.
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