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Les Dennis makes rare admission about ex wife Amanda Holden 21 years after cheating ended their marriage
LES Dennis believes ex wife Amanda Holden could play herself in a movie about his life.
While hatching ideas for a hypothetical biopic, the 69-year-old star said: "I suppose Amanda would have to be there."
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He opened up to Kate Thornton on her podcast White Wine Question Time and added: "It's a chapter in my life that was huge, and I have no idea who to cast in that role."
suggested: "I think she could probably pull that one off herself."
To which Les replied: "Maybe, maybe yes."
The comedian and ex-Family Fortunes host married Amanda when he was 40 and she was 23.
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They were wed from 1995 until 2003 following her highly publicised affair with Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey.
He also told Kate how he bizarrely met Amanda's future husband Chris Hughes when the record producer was just a child.
Chris' dad Michael was Les's agent in the 70s, and Les recalled: "When Mike became my manager in 1973 and Lynne and I were about to get married, my first wife, Lynne, we were excited that Mike had become my manager.
"She said, ‘let's drive past his house’ because he lived on Queens Drive in Liverpool…we passed, and the curtains were open, and I went, ‘look, there he is’, and we saw Mike Hughes picking up a little child and swinging the child around."
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The child was Chris, and Lynne, who was married to Les from 1974 until 1990, remembered the moment well.
Les continued: “Lynne, later, after a lot of things had happened in my life said to me, ‘Just think, if we'd known then, had somebody tapped on our shoulders as we were sat in the front of the car and said to us then that you two are going to marry next year, but your marriage won't last.
"And you Les, will marry a younger woman who will one day then marry the child that is being swung around in that room."
Les recently opened up on being estranged from Amanda but said his pain has healed.
He told The Sunday Times: "Amanda was in the papers recently, saying some nice things about me.
"That was very kind of her. Maybe with time she has been able to look back and see things differently."
He added: "We're not in touch but I am happy that she's happy. I can watch Britain's Got Talent without getting angry. To be honest, it's like watching a different person, someone I've never met. All the hurt that has happened has been healed."
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