EastEnders star Charlie Brooks’ new TV producer boyfriend revealed as she finds love six years after heartbreaking split
EASTENDERS star Charlie Brooks has found love – six years after her heartbreaking split.
The 43-year-old, loved for playing Janine Butcher, made her new romance public as she cosied up to producer James Fuller during a walk in London.
James later added his own snap of him and Charlie holding hands alongside a love heart emoji.
The producer, who has worked on a series of high profile adverts, is thought to have met Charlie earlier this year.
It’s Charlie’s first public romance following her split from her boyfriend of six years, Ben Hollington, in 2018.
She has a daughter with Ibiza club owner Tony Truman, who she split from in 2007, and previously spoke of their unusual set-up – revealing in 2021 that he lived in a flat above her and Ben.
Charlie also revealed Tony “cried” when she split from Ben.
She explained how the trio were super close as they raised Charlie and Tony’s daughter Kiki together.
Speaking on Yahoo UK’s White Wine Question Time podcast, she said: “My ex partner Ben, who I was with for five or six years, who’s an amazing human being, you know, we woke up on Christmas Day together, all of us.
“Tony would come down, we’d all get into bed and open the presents together with Kiki, cos she adores Ben, and I think it can be problematic.
“I think he probably has more issues with that sort of thing than I do. I’ve been single for four years, so that’s the longest I’ve ever been single.
“Then I was with Ben before that for five or six years, who was just really accepting. Tony absolutely adored him, we all went on holiday together.
“Tony cried when me and Ben broke up. He actually cried.”