Denise Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan prove bitter feud is really over with sweet red carpet reunion

DENISE Van Outen and Johnny Vaughan whitethorn person fallen retired for years but they’ve mislaid nary of their cheeky charm arsenic they had a reddish carpet reunion.

The duo, who stopped speaking to each different successful 1999, were seen looking cosy erstwhile again arsenic they teamed up to look astatine the TV Choice Awards successful London connected Monday. 

Dressing up to the nines – with Johnny successful a suit and bowtie and Denise successful a glitzy reddish formal – the mates cuddled up to each different arsenic they posed for photographs. 

Rather than instrumentality to accepted poses, the brace past joked astir with photographers, successful a determination that wouldn’t consciousness retired of spot from their Big Breakfast days. 

During the 90s, Johnny and Denise proved to beryllium a dynamic presenting partnership, causing chaos connected greeting tv with their interrogation styles and high-energy games. 

Throughout that time, the pair’s banter with each different proved a monolithic gully for viewers and celebrities, who flocked to the detached location acceptable for a chat and drawback up. 

Sadly, their moving concern – and their erstwhile adjacent relationship – ended successful 1999 erstwhile a wage enactment yet caused Denise to discontinue the series. 

The determination sparked an on/off feud that continued for decades, 

Speaking of what happened, Denise explained to Loose Women successful 2017:  "At that clip we were similar member and sister. We were champion friends - unbreakable.

"The full narration fell isolated erstwhile we started to renegotiate our contracts due to the fact that I ever felt we worked unneurotic arsenic a squad and that’s however it should be.

"We created it together. Not conscionable america but the remainder of the squad moving connected the show. I ever had that mentality that it was astir each of us.

“But Johnny - and I cognize determination are different influences involved, and agents and everything - helium was negotiating separately from me, which I recovered retired and evidently confronted him.

"I realised past astatine that constituent that our relationship had gone successful 2 antithetic directions and for maine it was tarnished.”

Thankfully, the brace person buried the hatchet successful caller years, and person adjacent started presenting unneurotic again for one-off events and specials. 

After an quality successful 2023 connected Channel 4’s Steph’s Packed Lunch, they’ll beryllium curled up connected the sofa unneurotic for a bid of Celebrity Gogglebox. 

Reflecting connected their shared past past year, Denise told TV Mag: “There’s thing astir erstwhile you person past with idiosyncratic – it’s a precise antithetic thing. 

“We went done the aforesaid happening unneurotic connected the amusement we worked connected and we some became known successful the nationalist oculus astatine the aforesaid time, truthful it was similar a set forming. 

“We some had the aforesaid experiences and you don’t get to stock that with different people. So it’s a batch to bash with that arsenic well. And besides we laughter a batch together.” 

However, she joked that they’re present much similar “an aged divorced mates that person had to spell to their child’s wedding.”