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Les Dennis made Bob the Builder reference when discussing marriage breakdown with Amanda Holden

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Updated 16:22 16 May 2023 GMT+1Published 15:46 16 May 2023 GMT+1

Les Dennis made Bob the Builder reference when discussing marriage breakdown with Amanda Holden

The Coronation Street actor had been married to presenter Amanda Holden before her affair with Neil Morrissey.

Katherine Sidnell

Katherine Sidnell

Les Dennis certainly has a sense of humour when it comes to his past, especially the breakdown of his marriage to Amanda Holden.

The Coronation Street star got married to the presenter in 1995, after having originally met during a production of The Sound of Music.

However, the marriage ended with the-then 23 year Holden had an affair with actor, Neil Morrissey, leading to the couple's separation in 2002 before divorcing a year later.

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Les Dennis and Amanda Holden separated in 2003 after Holden's affair with Neil Morrissey.
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Since their divorce, the pair have both moved on, with Dennis marrying Clare Nicholson in 2009 and Holden has been married to Chris Hughes since 2008.

Holden has admitted that she regretted the affair and told the Express in 2009 that she struggled with the 'fall from grace' that happened after news of her affair went public, calling it the 'worst time of her life'.

But, despite how the marriage ended, Holden called her former husband her 'saviour' in an interview with the Daily Mail.

"I brought it on myself, I appreciate that, but nothing will ever be as bad again. It was a very dark time. It got to the point where I felt I could hardly breathe." she told the publication.

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"Les proved to be my saviour. Ironically. So the person I'd hurt the most in the world was the one who was there for me."

In 2013, she defended Morrissey, who she says got 'loads of stick', and said that she didn't believe that women had affairs 'for no reason'.

Though both have remarried, Dennis has taken the chance to poke fun at his ex-wife on a couple of occasions.

Most recently, he appeared on Christopher Biggins’ podcast Show And Tell, and reflected on his marriage to Holden.

Holden later said that she didn't believe that women 'have affairs for no reason'. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy
Holden later said that she didn't believe that women 'have affairs for no reason'. ZUMA Press Inc / Alamy

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Having spent most of his career in panto, Dennis was reminded of the time he worked with the iconic actor, Mickey Rooney in the early noughties.

It was during Christmas time, with the pair gathering each night before a show to listen to some festive classics together.

Whilst it sounds wholesome, the Breakfast at Tiffany’s actor would soon lose his cool if Frank Sinatra was played.

“Mickey would get very angry, because of course, Frank Sinatra ran off with [his first wife] Ava Gardner,” Dennis revealed.

“It would’ve been like me having to listen to Bob The Builder every night,” he joked, in reference to Neil’s role as the iconic BBC cartoon character.

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That's one way of looking at it.

Featured Image Credit: Stephen Butler/Shutterstock/CBeebies

Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Amanda Holden

Katherine Sidnell
Katherine Sidnell

Katherine is an entertainment journalist with a love of all things nerdy. Starting out writing Doctor Who fan fiction as a kid, she has gone on to interview the likes of Matt Damon, James May and Dua Lipa to name a few. Published in The Sun, The Daily Mail and Evening Standard - she now joins Ladbible as resident nerd in chief.

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