DENISE Van Outen is "going back to her roots" as a TV presenter on Channel 4, The Sun Online can exclusively reveal.
The former Big Breakfast host, 47, will join the team of daytime show, Steph's Packed Lunch, in the very near future.
A source was first to tell The Sun Online of the big name signing, and said: "Denise is going back to her roots as a TV presenter and has been asked to join Steph's Packed Lunch.
"She is really popular with viewers and bosses can't wait for her to come on board.
"Katie Price has been a huge hit and they are hoping Denise will be too."
The West End star, along with Jonny Vaughan, were The Big Breakfast's best double-acts, hosting together from 1997 to 1998 and again from 2000 till 2001.
Denise's new telly gig comes shortly after she revealed her 23-year feud with her ex co star was finally over.
The Dancing on Ice star previously said they fell out after finding out his agent was trying to get him more money in contract renegotiations.
The Chicago star also hinted that the fall out was related to work pressure.
Speaking on the Sweat, Snot and Tears podcast, she said the pair have been talking lots during the recent lockdown.
Denise said: "We have been speaking a lot recently. We've been on-and-off as friends for years for various reasons."
She added: "I've got a lot of love for him as a person, as a friend, and I'm sure he feels the same.
"And we've started sort of talking again and we've started thinking of maybe some little ideas, so you never know."
In her time away from presenting, Denise has been a regular face on the small screen, coming a runner-up in the tenth series of the BBC One dancing show Strictly Come Dancing.
She has presented many TV shows including Who Dares, Sings and Something For The Weekend, Sunday Brunch (as a guest presenter), and she's been a judge on Born To Shine and Ireland's Got Talent.
Aside from appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox across both series, her other most recent TV role was on The Masked Singer, in which she sang disguised as a Fox.
She's been the narrator for The Only Way Is Essex since 2010.
Denise is also an actress and starred in EastEnders in 2015 and Neighbours for 19 episodes in 2019-2020.
In 2021 she competed in Dancing On Ice, but had to withdraw following injury.
Denise has also appeared in six films, including Run For Your Wife with Danny Dyer.
Denise has a strong theatre background, and fronted her own one-woman show, and also starred in West End musical Legally Blonde.
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