Strictly Come Dancing star Ellie Leach has broken her silence on cheating ex Reagan Pettman in a tell-all interview with her mum as part of new ITV reality show, Drama Queens.
Ellie, 22, left Coronation Street and her Faye Windass character behind after 13 years on the cobbles but in an emotional interview she tonight broke her silence on the ex boyfriend who surfaced during her time on Strictly Come Dancing.
Ellie was paired with Vito Coppola on the hit BBC One dance contest but in January, The Sun on Sunday interviewed her ex Reagan Pettman, who told the title how he had cheated on her in a nightclub.
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Tonight, Ellie spoke to her mum in a segment on ITVBe’s Drama Queens, a reality show exploring the lives of several big name Emmerdale and Coronation Street soap stars.
There, she addressed the article as she broke down in tears.
She told her mum: “To think how much has happened since I left Corrie is crazy.
“I think doing Strictly opened my eyes to being like, okay I now feel like I’m really in a fishbowl.
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“When I was on Corrie I didn’t really get that much attention in the media, I think when I started Strictly, I knew it was going to be a lot of media but I didn’t realise every single thing you did would be put in the papers.
“So now like, we literally went to Nando’s and Jake was there, Dianne was there, they just got a picture of us two. It’s upsetting that people believe what they read because 9 times out of 10 it’s not true.”
She revealed the text with the email she received about the Sun article via her agent, as she read out on camera: “Hi Chloe hope you are well. Just letting you know Ellie Leach’s ex has chatted to us, he was really nice about Ellie and says she’s perfect. He also admits to cheating on her. Thankyou.”
She then said: “It was just a shock. It was a shock. I was like… what? It’s weird because… [she then broke down in tears as her mum held her].
Ellie added: “That article in particular kind of felt like all your dirty laundry is just like available for everyone to see. It’s no reflection of who you are but it still feels embarrassing. It still feels like you’ve done something wrong when you haven’t.
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“It just feels like wherever you go everyone’s talking about you.
“I can truly truly say that I gave someone everything. And if that’s not enough then, it’s not enough. But I’m sure it’ll be enough for somebody else.”
Mum said: “Your family and friends adore you for who you are and noone else matters. Noone else matters.”
Her ex-boyfriend Reagan Pettman, 22, told The Sun on Sunday that he regretted the drunken kiss which spelled the end of their relationship and wants to rekindle what he had with Ellie and he said: “I hurt her and broke her heart. I’m not proud of it.”
Drama Queens is on ITVBe at 9pm On April 10 and available now via ITVX
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