EASTENDERS star Jacqueline Jossa and husband Dan Osborne are “sh0cked, hurt and upset” over rumours claiming they are to split.
The celebrity couple, whose eight-year marriage has been beset by allegations of his cheating, are said to be “still very much together” and have no thoughts of separating.
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Jacqueline Jossa and husband Dan Osborne are “shocked, hurt and upset” over rumours claiming they are to splitCredit: Getty
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Jacqueline and Dan are “still very much together” and have not thoughts of separatingCredit: Instagram
It comes as we can reveal that Jacqueline, 32, has a sale agreed on her six-bed “forever home” — the family home — and Towie’s Dan, 33, has bought a property in his name.
Jacqueline, who plays Lauren Branning on the BBC1 soap, put the gated Essex mansion on the market last year for £1.6million. She only bought it in March 2021.
A source told The Sun on Sunday last night: “Jacqueline and Dan are both shocked, hurt and upset about the rumours of a split.
“Yes, it’s true they are selling their house, but that doesn’t mean they’re not together.
“They’re busy juggling day-to-day family and work life like most parents across the country.
“This week alone they’ve been inundated with questions about the state of their marriage.
“People are obviously talking about the property changes going on in their lives, but they’re still very much together.”
The couple made a show of unity on Friday when they went to the cinema with their daughters, Ella, nine, and six-year-old Mia, along with Dan’s 11-year-old son, Teddy.
But it has been a tough six months for the couple after a horrifying kidnap scare at their holiday village in Marbella last August.
Jacqueline feared masked raiders who bagged £20,000 of jewellery, including her diamond engagement ring, had also taken one of her girls.
I feared robbers snatched my child…it was most scared I’ve ever been in my life, says Jacqueline Jossa on raid ordeal
She said at the time: “I was the most scared I’ve ever been . . . and I instantly thought, ‘Oh my God! The kids! Did he have a child in his hands? Did I see a little girl’s leg?
“I couldn’t think straight and was panicking. I was trembling and I couldn’t really speak.”
Their marriage has also been rocked by cheating allegations. It was rumoured Celebrity Big Brother (CBB) star Dan was having a fling with Love Islander Gabby Allen, 32, in April 2018 after they were seen cosying up on a yacht in Marbella.
A month later, it was reported that a then-pregnant Jacqueline confronted a mystery girl to quiz her over allegedly having sex with Dan just months after their wedding.
She sent a text demanding to know if it was true, and insisted she would not be angry with the woman.
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Jacqueline has put the couple’s ‘forever home’ mansion on the market for £1.6millionCredit:
In September 2018, he was accused of having a threesome with CBB model Chloe Ayling, 27, and US reality contestant Natalie Nunn, 40, after boozing. He denied it.
Six months later, he was snapped kissing Love Island star Alexandra Cane, 33.
Later in 2019 Jacqueline threatened to leave I’m A Celebrity . . . after fellow campmate Myles Stephenson, 33, told her he believed Dan had cheated on her with Gabby.
She told producers she did not want to continue without talking to Dan and she was allowed to leave the jungle temporarily to send him a voicemail and receive one back.
Gabby then told The Sun on Sunday that Myles, her former boyfriend, was a “compulsive liar”.
Jacqueline, who went on to be crowned Queen of the Jungle, walked out on Dan in 2020 after he sent a flirty message to Gabby, who did not respond.
Split rumours emerged last year when he failed to appear in her Easter family photos and she was not wearing her wedding ring.
Sources claimed they were “happier than ever” and that he was just “busy with hosting duties”.
The couple are also believed to be feeling the pressure as Gabby returned last week for the new Love Island All Stars series.
Earlier this month, Gabby said she no longer had any contact with Dan.
She said: “I’m so far removed from that situation now. Me and Dan were just mates. I feel like everybody’s moved on and I hope they’re really happy.”
Jacqueline has also spoken of using lockdown as an opportunity in order to rescue her and Dan’s marriage.
The pair had bust-ups during the period and in July 2020 Dan confessed to having made “mistakes”.
He said: “I’ve done things I shouldn’t have done.”
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EastEnders actress Jacqueline’s character Lauren Branning has played a key role in the soap’s big recent storylinesCredit: BBC
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The former I’m A Celebrity winner has held her marriage together – overcoming Dan’s past cheating allegationsCredit: Rex
Jacqueline said: “Lockdown was a really good time and place for Daniel and I to go through everything — an opportunity for us to talk through it all.”
She decided to turn to therapy and moved out, telling Dan she needed “breathing space”.
She said: “There was no big argument or bust-up, and there were no other girls.
“Moving out was how I had to deal with it. It was like when you wake up after a bad dream about someone — you need space. That’s what it was like with therapy.
“Some of the stuff I was dealing with wasn’t even all about him. There were other things I needed to address. It really, really helped.
“Therapy is a really good thing, whether for yourself or for a couple. I don’t understand why it’s still frowned upon. In America they use therapy like they go to the dentist.”
