Former EastEnders actress Tamzin Outhwaite has revealed that toy boy lover Tom Child has made her feel "sexier than ever".
Tamzin, 51, has been dating 30-year-old fitness instructor and documentary maker Child for four years.
The mum-of-two, who played Mel Owen in the BBC soap, added that she is "very happy in her own skin", having admitted that she was "controlling" and always fighting hormonal battles during her marriage to Lucifer star Tom Ellis, who she spilt up from in 2013.
Ellis had been caught cheating on her with Lost actress Emilie de Ravin before the pair parted, although Tamzin confessed that she wasn't "the best version" of herself either during that relationship.
Tamzin went on to date guitarist Barrington Thirlway Jnr before finding happiness with Child despite the age gap of more than 20 years.
Outlining the impact her young beau has had on her life, Tamzin told The Sun: "I really have never felt sexier, and I think that’s because [Tom] really gets that about me, that I’m in a stage in my life where I’m really comfortable and I’m really happy.
"And I adore him, we have a wonderful time. But if he wasn’t around, I wouldn’t be in the corner, on the floor, sliding down walls, crying.
"I would still have my complete life and he just enhances that, and that’s what’s lovely."
On the contrasting emotions she experienced while married to Netflix star Ellis, who she shares two children - Marnie and Florence - with, Tamzin revealed: "I feel like there was always some hormonal imbalance going on, with childbirth, or miscarriage or whatever and not going full term with babies.
"So I feel like I was either pregnant, trying to get pregnant, just post-pregnancy for a lot of that marriage. So I wouldn’t say that I was the best version of myself."
Tamzin is currently taking part in Wim Hoff's reality survival show Freeze the Fear hosted by Holly Willoughby on BBC One.
But, addressing the topic of her career and ageing, she declared that she has no interest in striving to be "relevant", arguing: "I don’t feel like it’s important to be relevant or at the forefront of drama or television.
"I feel like I’m at a place where I’m in my own skin, very happy. The gratitude that I feel for even coming this far in this industry is so huge and I feel like yes, I know I’ve worked hard but I’ve also had luck. I don’t feel like this industry owes me."
She went on to tell Gabby Logan's The Mid-Point Podcast that she will not starve herself to land any role that requires her to be skinny.
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