Jennifer Ellison is happy with her weight gain

Ex Brookside star, and blonde bombshell, Jennifer Ellison has been talking to press about her recent weight gain.

‘I’ve put on so much weight – I’m a stone and a half heavier than I was,’ she tells Celebs on Sunday.

‘I desperately need to get back to doing something. But it’s because I’m happy, I’m like, who cares, just eat’.

After an awfull relationship with her ex, Tony Richardson, where Tony had attacked her with a bottle, Jennifer has been head over heels for her new boyfriend Rob Tickle.

‘Oh, he’s a gentlemen,’ she says

‘I’ve been seeing him for four months and he’s absolutely lovely’.

As for Tony Richardson, he has been photographed kissing ex Big Brother housemate Chantelle Houghton.

Tony, 28, was previously in a 6-year relationship with Jennifer, 24. They split when Jen claimed to a Sunday tabloid that he was abusive towards her.

Ooh! it’s like Hollyoaks.