Denise van Outen has admitted she was once due to embark on a secret date with racing car driver and Formula 1 star Eddie Irvine, but she stood him up.The 47 year old former Big Breakfast presenter initially shared that a mystery celebrity had repeatedly tried asking her to go out with him during her appearance on Steph’s Packed Lunch on Monday.
Now the star, who is continuing to move on from her break-up from Eddie Boxshall, has had gone all the way into revealing the story, as she explained the 56 year old Grand Prix star Eddie Irvine first approached her several years ago.
Eventually giving in to a date with the suave ladies’ man, Denise cheekily planned to play an April Fool’s Day joke on him instead, as he she wanted to make him realise that not everyone “fancied him”.
At the time, the mum-of-one, who shares daughter Betsy, 11, with ex Lee Mead, was living in Los Angeles, California, while Eddie was residing in New York, but he didn’t realise and instead turned up to a restaurant in Manhattan expecting to see the blonde beauty in person.
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