ITV Dancing on Ice's Charlie Brooks' joint holidays with 'super close' exes and 'twin' daughter
Charlie Brooks is best known for playing villainous Janine Butcher in EastEnders, killing three out of her four husbands while on the soap (who can forget poor Barry Evans being pushed off a cliff).
Her portrayal of supervillain Janine on the BBC soap bagged her a number of awards, including Villain of the Year at the British Soap Awards in 2004. Tonight she is set to take to the ice for the first time in ITV show Dancing on Ice.
The 43-year-old soap icon is performing on the 2025 series with professional partner Canadian figure skater Eric Radford, 39.
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But what else do we know about her life away from her career? Below we look at what she has said about her new boyfriend, and how her ex Ben Hollington became super close to her previous partner.
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Charlie Brooks' new romance
Charlie has addressed her romance with her new TV producer boyfriend. It is her first public romance since her heartbreaking split from ex Ben Hollington.
She made her new romance public as she cosied up to producer James Fuller during a walk in London last month, sharing photos on Instagram. James later added his own snap of him and Charlie holding hands alongside a love heart emoji.
Charlie spoke about the relationship recently after being asked if he would come to watch her perform on Dancing on Ice. She said: "Maybe, we're still early days!"
Charlie Brooks' two exes 'super close' relationship
Charlie Brooks was with her ex Ben Hollington for six years - and the pair were super close with her previous partner Tony Truman, who she shares daughter Kiki with. He even lived upstairs and when Charlit told them they had broken up, she revealed Tony had cried.
The soap icon said the trio were super close as they raised Charlie and Tony's daughter Kiki together – thanks to Tony living in the flat upstairs. On Kate Thornton's White Wine Question Time podcast, she revealed they opened Christmas presents in bed together and even went on holidays together.
Charlie said: "My ex partner Ben, who I was with for five or six years, who’s an amazing human being, you know, we woke up on Christmas Day together, all of us. Tony would come down, we’d all get into bed and open the presents together with Kiki, cos she adores Ben, and I think it can be problematic.
"I think he probably has more issues with that sort of thing than I do. I've been single for four years, so that’s the longest I’ve ever been single. Then I was with Ben before that for five or six years, who was just really accepting. Tony absolutely adored him, we all went on holiday together.
"Tony cried when me and Ben broke up. He actually cried."
Speaking about her relationship with Tony, who owns a nightclub in Ibiza, she added: "And it’s not always been easy, he’s in Ibiza for eight or nine months out of the year and bringing Kiki up on my own a lot of the time was tough and we’ve really had to navigate our way around that. But whatever happens, no matter how much we fall out, which we have done, big time, it’s not always plain sailing, but 80 per cent of the time it is and he’s a good man and he’s looked after us.
"He’s a character, I love him to bits, he can be an a******e sometimes, but nobody’s perfect are they?"
Charlie Brooks' lookalike daughter
Charlie gave birth to her daughter Kiki, who is currently studying
She celebrated her 20th birthday recently, and Charlie gushed as she celebrated her on Instagram. She wrote: "20 years ago today I birthed this wild thing @kikitruman.
"So pleased the frontal lobe is starting to form. What an adventure. Thank you for choosing me to be ya mamma, and your dad @tonytrumanibiza .
"We are here for all of it and we love you more than you could know. Happy birthday baby."
Fans couldn't get over how much the pair look like each other, with one writing: "That last pic she is the spit of you!," and a second saying: "She is your twin!" Another added: "Such a beauty just like your mama."
Dancing on Ice's second episode airs tonight on ITV1 at 6.30pm.