Former EastEnders star Dean Gaffney has hit back at claims he is cheating on his long-term partner Sarah Burge.

The 35-year-old actor took to Twitter to defend himself after photographs emerged of him looking very cosy with dancer Maddie Stephens.

 

This is the dancer with whom Dean was spotted at the weekend.

After days of no activity Dean tweeted in the early hours of this morning. He wrote: “What a crock of shit!!!! Get your facts right.”

He then told one of his followers that it was “just papers talking shit as usual mate, I’ve lived through worse!”

 

It is not known whether Dean and Sarah are still together.

Dean has previously admitted to cheating on his childhood sweetheart with whom he has twin girls, Charlotte and Chloe (17). At the time he said: “She took it bad. I wasn’t going from bed to bed but I took her for granted.”

Over the weekend the soap star fuelled rumours he had split from Sarah, who is currently at their family home in Surrey, after he was snapped holding hands and heading back to a B&B in Blackpool with 24-year-old Maddie.