Personal Life

denise van outen personal life

Denise Van Outen’s personal life has been subjected to the sharp glare of the British tabloid media. In the early 1990s, she had a relationship with glam rock star Gary Glitter, who would later achieve notoriety for sexual abuse of children. In 1996, Van Outen dated Dodgy guitarist Andy Miller. From 1998 to 2001, she dated Jamiroquai lead singer Jay Kay. They were reported to be on the verge of marriage, but split up in 2001 – his album “A Funk Odyssey” is mostly about their break-up, with the song “Little L” expressing his fight against cocaine addiction during their break up.


From 2003 she dated ‘Brown’s’ club owner Richard Traviss, but split up with him in May 2005, moving out of the Marylebone home they shared and back into her own garden flat in North London. After appearing on Channel 4’s “The Friday Night Project” and describing her first real kiss with fellow “Sylvia Young” student James Lance, he got in touch and they shared a short romance in 2007. As of November 2007, she has been dating Any Dream Will Do winner, Lee Mead, who is seven years younger than her. It was announced on January 29 2009 by the Daily Mail that the two are engaged and plan to get married later in the year. On the 19th February Denise appeared on the Radio one breakfast show with Chris Moyles and confirmed that indeed she is engaged for a second time, the first time being to Jay Kay.

Van Outen has lent her support to design limited edition T-shirts or vests for the ‘Little Tee Campaign’ for Breast Cancer Care which donates money for breast cancer research. Denise Continues to support Breast Cancer Charities and Great Ormond Street Hospital.