DENISE Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan may have fallen out for years but they’ve lost none of their cheeky charm as they had a red carpet reunion.
The duo, who stopped speaking to each other in 1999, were seen looking cosy once again as they teamed up to appear at the TV Choice Awards in London on Monday.
Johnny and Denise playfully posed on the red carpet at the TV Choice awards[/caption]
After a years long fallout, the pair are now back to being bosom buddies[/caption]
Dressing up to the nines – with Johnny in a suit and bowtie and Denise in a glitzy red dress – the couple cuddled up to each other as they posed for photographs.
Rather than stick to traditional poses, the pair then joked around with photographers, in a move that wouldn’t feel out of place from their Big Breakfast days.
During the 90s, Johnny and Denise proved to be a dynamic presenting partnership, causing chaos on morning television with their interview styles and high-energy games.
Throughout that time, the pair’s banter with each other proved a massive draw for viewers and celebrities, who flocked to the detached home set for a chat and catch up.
Sadly, their working partnership – and their once close friendship – ended in 1999 when a pay row ultimately caused Denise to quit the series.
The move sparked an on/off feud that continued for decades,
Speaking of what happened, Denise explained to Loose Women in 2017: “At that time we were like brother and sister. We were best friends – unbreakable.
“The whole relationship fell apart when we started to renegotiate our contracts because I always felt we worked together as a team and that’s how it should be.
“We created it together. Not just us but the rest of the team working on the show. I always had that mentality that it was about all of us.
“But Johnny – and I know there are other influences involved, and agents and everything – he was negotiating separately from me, which I found out and obviously confronted him.
“I realised then at that point that our friendship had gone in two different directions and for me it was tarnished.”
Thankfully, the pair have buried the hatchet in recent years, and have even started presenting together again for one-off events and specials.
After an appearance in 2023 on Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, they’ll be curled up on the sofa together for a series of Celebrity Gogglebox.
Reflecting on their shared history last year, Denise told TV Mag: “There’s something about when you have history with someone – it’s a very different thing.
“We went through the same thing together on the show we worked on and we both became known in the public eye at the same time, so it was like a band forming.
“We both had the same experiences and you don’t get to share that with other people. So it’s a lot to do with that as well. And also we laugh a lot together.”
However, she joked that they’re now more like “an old divorced couple that have had to go to their child’s wedding.”
Denise looked stunning in a red dress at the event[/caption]
After falling out for years, the pair have been able to bury the hatchet[/caption]
Johnny still proved charming as he arrived in a suit to the event[/caption]
