Celebrity Big Brother winner Denise Welch accused of 'cheating on husband Tim Healy with party planner'
Last updated at 2:00 AM on 29th January 2012
After winning Celebrity Big Brother on Friday, Denise Welch is looking forward to spending time with her family.
But the actress's 23-year marriage is set to be rocked by new claims Welch has been having an eight month affair with a party planner.
The Sunday Mirror alleges the mother-of-two, 53, has been secretly seeing party organiser Lincoln Townley, 39, since last year.
Trouble? Denise Welch, pictured last November in Manchester, has been accused of cheating on her husband Tim Healy
A friend of Townley told the newspaper that Welch met Townley in a bar after filming Loose Women and had even spent the night with her before she went into the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Viewers of the CBB final would have noticed Healy was not in the front row when she was being interviewed.
A friend told the Sunday Mirror: 'Lincoln said they have a great time together, the age difference doesn't matter. She is a party girl, without doubt. He loves being with her because she's such great fun.'
News of the alleged affair comes two months after Healy, 59, was rushed to hospital for surgery on his blocked arteries.
Celebration: Welch winning Celebrity Big Brother on Friday night
At the time, Welch said: 'I didn't need reminding how much I love Tim but something like this has made us both stop, think and re-evaluate everything.'
Fans of Welch will know the actress has been open about her previous affairs on Loose Women and in her autobiography.
Wedding bells: The couple at their 1988 wedding at Haringey Registry Office
In an interview last May, Welch said: 'There is a perception that Tim is the long-suffering husband and I'm bad Denise. It's not true. We've both, by our own admission, strayed.
'But we have both chosen to remain together because it's what we want. Marriage is tough...We've admitted our mistakes and have been together 22 years.
'Tim's not easy, I'm not easy but we understand each other, we have a lot of good times and we are a unit.'
In her 2010 autobiography, Welch admitted to an affair with a toyboy named Steve Murray, while her husband was away filming Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
She recalled her affair being found out by Healy when she accidentally left a message for Murray on her husband's answermachine.
She wrote in her book Pulling Myself Together: 'I called him back and left a message: "Hi, darling, it's me. What a nightmare that we can't get together, I will try to nip off if I can. Speak to you later. Thanks. Love you!"
'Then Tim phoned half an hour later: "Hi, darling!" I said. "I want a divorce. You have left a message for your boyfriend on my answer phone," he replied.
'My insides turned over and I wanted to be sick. Instantly I realised my mistake: I had dialled Tim instead of Steve and left a message that ended with "Love you!" It was clearly for someone other than Tim, and clearly directed at a man.'
But the couple decided to put the affair behind them for the sake of their family.
She said: 'I think our marriage became stronger after that. It was a turning point in as much as we realised we had to make more time for each other.'
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