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Tamzin Outhwaite has stepped out for the first time since denying she was trying to sell posters and T-shirts of herself at a car boot sale.
Last week, the former EastEnders star, 53, was filmed at a car boot sale in Chigwell, Essex, and appeared to be selling memorabilia with her likeness to customers.
However, Tamzin later took to social media to clarify that she and her children had attended the car boot sale as part of an annual tradition with other parents to teach their families about the value of money.
Tamzin cut a casual figure in a cream sports jumper that aptly boasted a recycling logo, teamed with black leggings.
The star was noticeably focused on her phone as she headed out for a stroll in the London sunshine.
Tamzin Outhwaite has stepped out for the first time since denying she was trying to sell posters and T-shirts of herself at a car boot sale
Last week, the former EastEnders star was filmed at a car boot sale in Chigwell, Essex, (pictured) and appeared to be selling memorabilia with her likeness to customers
However, Tamzin later took to social media to clarify that she and her children had attended the car boot sale
After footage emerged of Tamzin at a car boot sale, the star clarified on X that she hadn’t been attempting to flog memorabilia featuring her face.
She wrote: ‘Our yearly car boot sale is a family tradition . Last Sunday 6 adults & 6 kids met up in our cars and took up almost a whole row. We had the best time
‘Teaching our kids who range from 15 down to 4 that selling your unwanted toys & clothes is a great way to save money.
‘We had the best time and we are already planning another.’
Adding that she wasn’t selling posters of herself, she wrote: ‘My kids made quite a bit of cash as did my brothers & cousin, and with my takings I got us a curry that night.
‘If anyone knows of a great car boot sale we can do next please holla!!!’
In video obtained by The Sun, the actress had been filmed attempting to sell items by her boyfriend Tom Child, 33.
Tamzin sorted through rails of clothing for bargain hunters to purchase, but one fellow seller had previously claimed she struggled to find any interested buyers.
Tamzin cut a casual figure in a cream sports jumper that aptly boasted a recycling logo, teamed with black leggings
The star was noticeably focused on her phone as she headed out for a stroll in the London sunshine
After footage emerged of Tamzin at a car boot sale, the star clarified on X that she hadn’t been attempting to flog memorabilia featuring her face
In video obtained by The Sun , the actress had been filmed attempting to sell items by her boyfriend Tom Child, 33
Tamzin took to X to deny claims she’d been trying to sell posters of herself, insisting she brought her children to the car boot sale so they could sell their unwanted items
The seller told the publication: ‘It was funny because she was selling weird-looking things including posters of herself. She had quite a few of them. They showed her dressed as Superwoman or something similar.
‘She had a load of T-shirts but people just weren’t interested. She had a big old industrial light and lots of blazers, too.’
It’s not the first time that Tamzin has sold off her things and she previously revealed that she ‘loves a car boot sale’.
Back in 2020, she revealed she had begun to sell her unwanted belongings after acting work dried up during the coronavirus pandemic.
She revealed she set up an online business where she sells clothing and homeware she has created or no longer needs in order to pay her mortgage.
Tamzin insisted she isn’t ‘snobby’ or bothered about how she makes money and is always looking for innovative ways to make cash.
Speaking on the Irregular B*tches podcast, she said: ‘I’m in a situation at the moment where I’m starting to sell things.
‘I’m about to set up a website for things that I’ve either created or bought and don’t need anymore. Home things, clothing.
‘I just think this is going to be probably how I’m going to pay my mortgage and exist for a while, until our industry comes back.
‘I’m not snobby or proud about what I do. I love a car boot sale, but everything is online. I’m thinking of ways of: ‘How do I do that now?’ I’m not proud. ‘Oh god, influencers make money, how do you go about doing that?’
‘I’m working out ways I could maybe do that. I’m in a decent situation. I can put my career on hold for a while and we will still eat.’
Tamzin shot to fame in 1998 playing fan-favourite character Mel Healy in EastEnders, until her exit in 2002.
She then returned to the BBC soap in January 2018, before finally being killed off in a dramatic high-speed car chase with Sharon Watts in November 2019.
Tamzin’s other big roles included Sgt. Jo McDonagh in Red Cap and DCI Sasha Miller in New Tricks.
She has been dating Tom – who is two decades her junior – for six years, after they met at a yoga class back in 2017.
He now lives with the star and her two daughters, as she has previously described him as ‘the best’ stepdad.
Back in 2020, she revealed she had begun to sell her unwanted belongings after acting work dried up during the coronavirus pandemic (pictured in 2019)
Tamzin shares daughters Florence, 15, and Marnie, 11, with ex-husband Tom Ellis, who she was married to from 2006 until 2014.
The marriage is understood to have ended in 2013 after the Lucifer star, 45, confessed to an affair with actress Emilie de Ravin, while they worked together on Once Upon A Time in 2013.
In July last year, Tamzin claimed that the actor had ‘walked out’ on her and their kids and that she was still uncovering ‘more infidelities and lies that he committed’ in a quickly deleted tweet.
She wrote: ‘Ten years since the father of my kids walked out on us for the final time. I still meet new people on jobs who reveal more infidelities and lies that he committed. But thankfully my heart and soul are clear and clean and I could not be happier right now.’
