Cheryl Fergison: 'I'd marry in Asda'

Cheryl Fergison has revealed that she is "so excited" to be marrying her Moroccan fiancé Yassine Al-Jermoni.

The EastEnders actress, who met the 25-year-old on an internet chatroom last April, said that she never thought she would be in love again after her divorce three years ago.

She told Closer: "Check out my bling engagement ring! Isn't it beautiful? Yassine proposed in a very romantic way. On Christmas Day he made a path of tealights and rose petals leading from the hall to the bedroom.

"He'd written in rose petals on the sheets: 'Will you marry me?' He's my angel. I never thought I'd feel this way again but he's made me feel like a new woman. I'm so excited!"

She added: "My EastEnders co-stars haven't really spoken to me about my engagement - they've got their own lives to worry about."

The 46-year-old explained that the fact Al-Jermoni has little money doesn't bother her in the slightest.

She confessed: "It's not about money. I don't care if we don't have a big white wedding. I'd get married in Asda if it meant I could spend the rest of my life with Yassine."

Fergison plans to move Al-Jermoni, who currently lives with his parents in Morocco, into her house in Kent and explained that she "can't wait" to live with him.

The star, who has a 12-year old son, Alex, by her ex-husband Jamshed Saddiqi, admitted: "It's tough having a long-distance relationship so I can't wait until we're both in the same place. I already have a fantastic son so I don't want any more kids with Yassine. We're already a happy unit."