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Troubled EastEnders star Jessie Wallace finds love again with divorced dad-of-five
Paul Keepin, 40, is the first man the soap star has been with since her four-year relationship with singer Tim Arnold ended in 2016
TROUBLED soap star Jessie Wallace has found love again with a divorced dad-of-five.
Paul Keepin, 40, is the first man the EastEnders star has been with since her four-year relationship with singer Tim Arnold ended in 2016.
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The new couple were spotted together at the Amy Winehouse Gala at The Dorchester hotel in London earlier this month.
An onlooker said: “Jessie and Paul were quite obviously a couple when they attended the event together.
“They were kissing throughout the night posed up for selfies to stick on social media.
“They made absolutely no secret that they were dating.”
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It comes only four months after Jessie, 47, was sent home from the British Soap Awards for being drunk.
The Sun told how the actress had arrived at the annual event already tipsy before hitting the bar.
But concerned bosses quickly ordered her to head home at 7pm before the main awards had even begun.
Jessie, who was heard slurring her words, was furious at the decision.
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The mum-of-one, who has appeared on the BBC1 soap since 2000 as gobby Kat Slater, is notoriously unlucky in love.
In 2011, she dramatically called off her wedding to catering boss Vince Moon with just hours to spare after he admitted sending an explicit picture of the actress to his ex.
He told former fiancee Karen Short he had doubts over his planned marriage and even suggested they run away together.
And Jessie and Tim, who started dating in 2012, split after he became tired of the attention her fame brought.
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Singer and producer Tim - whose stage name is The Soho Hobo - is the son of former EastEnders’ actress Polly Perkins, who played Dot Cotton’s half-sister Rose.
At the time of their split, he said: “People just want to know about the celebrities you know or have been with. I am tired of it.”
Prior to that she was with policeman Dave Morgan, who fathered her 13-year-old daughter, Tallulah Lilac Morgan.
EastEnders star Jessie Wallace filmed looking drunk on all fours in a street in Soho
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