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Zara Woodcock

Denise Van Outen recounts 'shameful' drunken rant at 'posh' Chris Martin and Tom Chaplin

Denise Van Outen recounted the moment she 'shamefully' and drunkenly ranted at Coldplay's Chris Martin and Keane's Tom Chaplin.

The former Strictly Come Dancing finalist had a few too many shots of absinthe at a wedding they were all attending.

During an appearance on Steph's Packed Lunch, she said: "They’re all from quite posh, private Eton-type schools. I was with my then-boyfriend who works in music and we were drinking absinthe. I’d never had it before.

"You know at weddings you don’t eat until late? So I’m doing absinthe shots with Tom from Keane, getting really really plastered and someone made a comment to me about my accent being a bit common from Essex.

"I can’t remember any of this but I completely went on the turn, I can’t even tell you what I was saying to them all there but I was going ‘You’re all a bunch of posh…’"

She added: "Someone said to my boyfriend, ‘You better take her back to the hotel room and get her out of here’, because I was just shouting at all of them going, ‘You’re all from Eton…’."

She 'had a go' at Coldplay's Chris Martin (Getty Images for SiriusXM)
Denise had a few too many absinthe shots (Instagram)

Denise couldn't remember anything the next morning and asked her boyfriend if he wanted to get breakfast.

Out of embarrassment, her boyfriend quickly told her it would be best if they immediately left.

"Apparently, I was having a go at Chris Martin… Terrible, shameful, I can’t remember any of it!" the star explained.

Tom was also ranted at (PA)

In November last year, she even revealed she no longer drinks to get drunk but has no regrets over her wilder days.

Speaking at the launch of Heineken 0.0 non-alcoholic beer as it goes on draught for the first time, Denise said: "Now I feel like alcohol for me is something that I pick and choose whenever I feel it's the right time to have a drink.

"I am definitely one of those moderate drinkers.

The star didn't remember anything the next day (Channel 4)

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"I don't go out now to get drunk but I think when I was younger we did, you'd go out with your mates with the purpose of just getting really drunk.

"But now when I go out I want to have a good conversation and I want to remember it the next day."

Denise explained when she went out in the past, she would make excuses when she didn't fancy a drink.

The star used would tell people she was on antibiotics, instead of just saying she didn't fancy any alcohol.

She continued: "Finally I can stand at the bar, I don't have to say I'm on antibiotics. No, I'm not pregnant."

Steph’s Packed Lunch airs weekdays at 12.30pm on Channel 4 and All 4*

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