Jessie Wallace

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JILTED BY JELLY BELLY
By Jane Atkinson

THE disastrous love-life of former EastEnders star Jessie Wallace has hit a new low after she was dumped by a pot-bellied builder. It is just two months since Jessie ? who was Kat Slater in the BBC soap ? began dating Chris Osborn, excitedly telling friends: "He's the one." But Chris, 37, has now told the News of the World: "I don't want any more to do with her." Asked to explain, he replied: "I can't say any more. You don't want to get on the wrong side of Jessie."

But a friend of Chris told us: "Jessie turned into a control freak. She wanted to know where Chris was all the time and was a nightmare to go out with. He is a down-to-earth bloke and couldn't be doing with her being a drama queen. When they were friends she was a great laugh but as a girlfriend she was a neurotic wreck. I think he is pleased to see the back of her."

The couple got together in August after meeting through mutual friends in north London. Later that month they jetted off on holiday together to Spanish isle Menorca with Jessie's daughter Tallulah and Chris's two young children from a previous relationship. Four months earlier Jessie, 34, confessed to the News of the World that she had taken hard drugs and hit the booze. Friends hoped Chris would be the man to take her away from the partying lifestyle. But he became the latest in a long line of troubled relationships for Jessie.

Her problems began when she parted with Dave Morgan, father of Tallulah, 16 months ago. Before Christmas Jessie briefly dated Joel Beckett, 32, who plays Jake Moon in EastEnders. She then went out with rugged 38-year-old divorcee Mark Stannett but dumped him for Chris.

A source close to Jessie, who is set to appear in new telly drama A Class Apart, said: "Maybe it is because of her troubled love-life that she just can't relax into a relationship and enjoy herself instead of being so controlling. "I think she has been hurt too much in the past and it affects her. It is very sad but I don't think there is any chance of a reconciliation between her and Chris. He is definite it is over and he is moving on."

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[Skylace]

It sounds to me like she needs to stay out of any type of relationship. Instead she should maybe see about some counseling or at least work on being happier with herself.

[janbo1960]

Perhaps she could adopt an african orphan... very popular with the celeb set!!!

[eefanincan]

[HandoGod]

[cori]

Poor Jessie, maybe she should concentrate on herself and her daughter

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JESS OUT OF CONTROL
Exclusive by Grant Hodgson

TROUBLED TV star Jessie Wallace was so paranoid after a cocaine and booze binge she frantically searched her daughter's nursery for listening devices. The former East Enders star crawled around toddler Tallulah's bedroom because she was convinced her home had been bugged by spies. Jessie - who is currently filming new BBC drama A Class Apart - broke down in tears after finding nothing. The astonishing scenes were seen by her best friend, drag artist Stephane Rocco, who watched with mounting concern as Jessie's drink and drugs sessions got heavier and her behaviour became more erratic.

Stephane has now decided to speak out because he fears Jessie's life is in danger of spiralling out of control. He said: "It was terrifying to see her in such a state. Jessie was crawling around looking underneath Tallulah's toys. She had taken so much cocaine she was totally paranoid. She needs something or someone to stop her acting that way and anything like that happening again."

Gay Stephane, who met Jessie when he was an extra in an East Enders episode filmed in his home town of Brighton, also reveals how the star: Believed a pair of walkie-talkies he bought might also contain secret listening devices. Hit a man in a nightclub during a drunken night out because she thought it was a "laugh". Hoped to have a baby with Stephane and live together as a family - despite him being gay. Drove her last lover Chris Osborn away because he couldn't handle her feisty temper.

Stephane who appeared in the film Kinky Boots, instantly clicked with Jessie when they met in Brighton. He said: "We smiled at each other and exchanged pleasantries. A couple of months later we met by chance at a restaurant. We went to a bar. The night ended in disaster but it bonded us as friends. She'd parked her Mercedes illegally and it had been impounded by the police and I helped her get it back."

At the time Jessie was the Queen of East Enders, and one of Britain's best-loved stars. She won 12 TV awards for her role as brassy barmaid Kat Slater in five years on the show before leaving last December. At the same time, Jessie got together with Dave Morgan, who was the policeman assigned to looked after her amid huge Press interest when she was charged - and then banned - for drink-driving. Stephane said: "After she and Dave got engaged, Jessie would come to Brighton with him and stay at my flat, then after they split she would come down on her own." Jessie's turbulent on-screen love-life was mirrored in real life. Her split with Dave came less than six months after their daughter Tallulah was born in November 2004.

She then had a brief fling with Joel Beckett (Jake Moon in East Enders) before getting together with builder Chris Osborn, 37, in August. The couple have now split. Stephane added: "In the summer, she joked that she got together with Dave because she thought it might help with the drink-drive charge." Stephane knew Dave could not and would not have done that, and added: "It made me sad to hear her say what she did - especially as they had Tallulah, who's such a beautiful little girl."

Talking about Jessie's outrageous drinking habits, Stephane said: "Jessie loves the booze, always has. We'd spend most weekends together, either in Brighton or her place in East London. Even after a night out the first thing she would say in the morning was, 'I need a drink'. Once we were in a London nightclub when an older guy with a cap on was falling asleep - and she slapped him on the side of the head. He woke up and she did it again. I said, 'You have to stop this, you are going to get in trouble'. But she just said, 'I think it's funny'. She'd later joke, 'Oh I'm just a stupid old alcoholic'. But she would never do anything about it. One time she was in Spain with a girlfriend. She later told me that after a heavy night out, she woke up, saw a glass of wine with dead fly in it, scooped the fly out and drank it. She thought it was hilarious."

Jessie has confessed to taking cocaine, saying: "I've done drugs. But I've never been a complete druggie. It was a social thing for me." But Stephane - who performs in nightclubs as drag queen Stephanie Starlet - was stunned by the amount of drugs he saw her take. He said: "I move in the club scene so I'm not too shocked by drugs, but Jessie used cocaine so much it made her really paranoid. I saw her have a mini-breakdown at her home because of the cocaine. She started crying and insisted on looking for listening devices, in Tallulah's bedroom. I also had a couple of walkie-talkies which I'd bought to use at .a nightclub I was working at. She had to dismantle them to see if there were any bugs inside them, too. I was shocked and was desperate to help her"

"At other times she asked me to get her coke because she didn't want to do it herself. This started to happen more and more. She needs help." During their nights out, Jessie would also tell him about her fall-outs with fellow East Enders stars and her thoughts on the new one-off drama, A Class Apart, which she had been filming for the BBC. Stephane said: "She fell out with Steve McFadden, who plays Phil Mitchell, and convinced herself he was putting her off whenever they filmed scenes together. She also fell out with June Brown, who is Dot Cotton. Another time she had a stand-up row with Barbara Windsor. Jessie convinced herself Babs engineered the argument to create publicity for the show.

"It was crazy. I even spoke to her about the new drama she is making about being a single mum with a mixed-race baby. At first, she didn't like the script and thought she was being typecast - the usual feisty, council estate mum. She was very worried about leaving East Enders and was aware that her first project after she left had to be good." Stephane also told how Jessie asked him to get her the morning-after pill after she had a one-night stand with a nightclub DJ. She was really keen on this guy and told me how gorgeous he was. She even told me the website his pictures were on. She asked me to get the pill so she could take it when she got to Brighton. The problem was, being a man, I couldn't get it on her behalf."

Stephane and Jessie's friendship became so close they even talked about having a baby. "She said many times we should have a baby because we really did love each other, even though I'm gay. Whenever I was with her and Tallulah it felt like being part of a family. I even taught Tallulah to say words such as sea, it was wonderful. She is so special and means the absolute world to Jessie. I was touched by the idea of having a baby with her and I think it would have happened if we hadn't fallen out. I really regret that now it will never happen."

The friendship began to cool in August after she grew close to one of Stephane's best friends. I felt she was replacing me. I didn't get a call on my birthday, which upset me. We haven't spoken for a while." Earlier in the year Jessie confessed she has taken cocaine and had a problem with drink. The star, who has two convictions for drink-driving, said: "I've done drugs. But I'm not proud of it and it's in the past. I was never an alcoholic, but booze did cause me a lot of problems."

Stephane added: "Jessie still needs to sort herself out and I hope she realises that by talking about her problems I'm only doing what a true friend would do. I want to help her. She can be a wonderful person. She has a tough, Kat Slater-like public image, but underneath she is really as vulnerable as a child. I fear that unless she turns her life around, she could lose everything."

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[eefanincan]

She sure sounds messed up... .but then I'm not sure exactly how her supposed friend's "speaking out" is going to help her.

[Skylace]

If she really is going on these binges she doesn't need to have her baby with her. She needs to get herself sorted.

[carmelina]

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Soap news

Jessie is A Class Apart

Former EastEnders actress Jessie Wallace's latest role has been revealed - she will appear as a single mother on the BBC1 series A Class Apart.

Wallace, 35, who played Kat Slater in the soap, will star alongside George Cole in the drama.

The show tells the tale of Candy, a cleaner, and her grandfather (Cole) who desperately want her wayward son to attend an upmarket school, in the hope that a good education will set the boy straight.

In her role as Candy, Jessie returns to the small screen for the first time since her exit from EastEnders a year ago.



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This made me realise how much I miss Kat, she just lightened up the Square...

[Skylace]

I really miss her too. She was wonderful. I hope this works out for her.

[eefanincan]

She really was good in her role. I'm anticipating that she'll do well in this role as wel.

[cori]

I'm totally looking forward to seeing Jessie again

[Kezza]

Oh, I'll look forward to this -- Albert Square hasn't been the same since Jessie left!

[tasst]

Will keep a look out for this one. Thx.