Former Emmerdale actor Ben Freeman has reportedly been cheating on his wife Jennifer Biddall with his West End co-star.
Pictures have emerged of the soap star openly kissing and hugging Wicked actress Gina Beck on a crowded tube last week
Pictures have emerged of the soap star openly kissing and hugging Wicked actress Gina Beck on a crowded tube last week.
A source told a UK newspaper: “It seems discretion hasn’t been something either of them have been concerned about. It is no surprise they were caught. This has all been behind Jennifer’s back, she had no idea.” [ asset id="53209" class="rightBlock" ]
Ben,32, who met ex-Hollyoaks actress Jennifer on the set of Dreamcoats and Petticoats in 2009, has been working with Gina on West-end musical Wicked for three months.
Since beginning work on the production, the two have been spending a lot of time together with Ben’s Twitter bio reading that he is “currently having the best time playing 'Fiyero' in Wicked at the Victoria Apollo.”
31-year-old Gina’s reads: “spending most of my time as G(a)linda in Wicked at the Apollo Victoria Theatre.”
The affair has reportedly made other cast members uncomfortable, with a source revealing to a UK newspaper: “The cast aren’t happy though, it isn’t nice working in that sort of environment. It is very tense.”
Ben has a 15-month old son with 32-year-old Jennifer, who agreed to marry him two years after he was acquitted of a rape charge
“A lot of them know and there has been a lot of comments and sadness. In theatre-land you work very closely together and it isn’t nice to work with someone who is at it like this when you know they have partners at home.”
Ben has a 15-month old son with 32-year-old Jennifer, who agreed to marry him two years after he was acquitted of a rape charge.
The soap star has been accused of playing away from home with former flame and Emmerdale co-star Amy Nuttall in the past.
But sources say that the affair has come as a shock: “There were no signs of the marriage in trouble. They were blissfully happy and everyone thought they were the real deal and would last forever. The marriage definitely was not over.”
The newspaper’s source said: “It is despicable. The worst thing is Ben and Jennifer were so happy together. They even had a column together in Mother and Baby Magazine where he would sing her praises. They seemed so in love.”
Just months ago Ben was tweeting loved-up messages about the wife he is said to be been cheating on.
One read: “To my beautiful wife @JenniferBiddall who I owe most things to including setting me up on Twitter. I hope you and my boy have had a good day.”