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Eddie Boxshall makes cryptic dig at ex Denise Van Outen as she moves on with new man

Eddie Boxshall has appeared to make another cryptic dig at his ex-fiancée Denise Van Outen after she went public with her new romance.

Denise, 48, is dating property developer Jimmy Barba, 55, eight months after her relationship with Eddie broke down.

And now Eddie, 49, seems to have paid reference to the television personality moving on as he took to Instagram on Saturday.

The Essex businessman shared a video of the skyline from a plane with an empowering message about embracing 'being alone'.

The voiceover went: "You deserve someone who can't wait to talk to you, spend time with you, get to know you, fall in love with you.

"Please stop settling for half-hearted, lukewarm, hesitant and indecisive. It is so much better to be alone, than to be with someone who makes you feel alone."

Eddie Boxshall has appeared to make another cryptic dig at his ex-fiancée Denise Van Outen (Instagram)
He shared a message: "It is so much better to be alone" (eddieboxshall/instagram)

It comes after Eddie addressed the break-up on his Instagram.

The Essex events and club night promoter Eddie told his 65,000 followers he was “feeling positive” after making new music following his break up which had “helped me a lot personally”.

He wrote: “Since my break up last November I’ve been in the recording studio with my good friend and producer @markdedross and now I’m feeling positive and channeling energy into new music production and DJ’ing.

“We revisited our first edit of ‘NOW YOU’RE GONE!’ recently and changed our first structure to a more vibrant, higher tempo and liberating Nu-Disco version.”

Eddie and Denise split eight months ago (pictured in 2019) (Getty Images)
Denise, 48, is dating property developer Jimmy Barba (Dave Benett/Getty Images)

The former commodities trader continued: “It’s amazing how emotions and music run side by side together and what music can do to help with either sadness or to lift happiness even more.

“We can’t wait to finish this edit which is still raw, unfinished and unpolished but has helped me a lot personally.

“Hope you like what we’ve started... The acappella we used was from @jamesfreynolds vocal catalogue #music #dance #producer #artist #studio #friends #musicislife #musicismedicine #pioneer #ableton #WATCHTHISSPACE.”

Before Eddie’s sexting was exposed, he and Denise had planned to marry later this year.

Eddie also shared a glimpse of his abs as he lifted up his shirt at the gym (eddieboxshall/instagram)
Eddie and Denise had been planning to marry before his sexting was exposed (David Fisher/REX/Shutterstock)

But she broke off their engagement after discovering sexts – including a photo of another women’s breasts – on his iPad.

Describing herself as “utterly heartbroken”, Denise said finally announced their split in February this year.

She said: "Over the past couple of months, there has been much speculation regarding my relationship with Eddie. It saddens me to confirm that we are no longer a couple.

"I had to make the difficult decision not to continue in our relationship. I will always treasure the good times we spent together, and the memories made."

She added: "We ask that you please respect our privacy at this time, especially for our children" followed by a heart emoji.

At the end of June, Denise revealed the happy news she had found love again with new man Jimmy.

The Celebrity Gogglebox star is said to have been introduced to him by mutual friend, All Saints singer Shaznay Lewis .

The pair went public with their romance when they walked the red carpet together at the glitzy Grand Prix ball on June 29.

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