Jennifer Ellison dating "lovely" new man

Jennifer Ellison has revealed that she has found happiness with a new man.

The actress enjoyed the single life after splitting from Tony Richardson in July last year. However, she is now dating a mystery businessman and feels "so happy" about the relationship.

"Oh, he's a gentleman. I've been seeing him for four months and he's absolutely lovely," Ellison told Celebs on Sunday. "He's not in the industry. He's a businessman. He didn't know what I did when I met him. And when someone told him I was famous he thought I was in Atomic Kitten.

"He's in a different world. He reads The Times and the FT. It's a case of opposites attract."

Jennifer dumped Richardson, her boyfriend of six years, after she discovered that he had cheated on her with Shalimar Wimble, who had previously dated England captain John Terry.

"He let himself down really, and I think he knows that," she explained. "I stood by him through thick and thin, but I was never going to stand by a cheat."