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'''Abigail Evelyn Titmuss'''<ref name=birth>{{cite web|url=http://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/united-kingdom-records?firstname=abigail%20evelyn&lastname=titmuss&keywordsplace=nottinghamshire&yearofbirth=1976&yearofbirth_offset=2|title=England & Wales births: Abigail Evelyn Titmuss |publisher=FindMyPast|date=15 March 2013|access-date=15 March 2013}}</ref> (born 8 February 1976)<ref name=birth /> is an English actress, television personality, and poker player. She is also a former glamour model and nurse.


==Early life and education==
Abi was born in ], ], where she went to school. She lived in the village of Ruskington. Before becoming famous, she worked as a nurse.
Born in ] in ], Titmuss grew up in ], ];<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/lincolnshire/content/articles/2008/11/26/famous_yellow_abi_titmuss_feature.shtml|title=Famous Yellowbelly – Abi Titmuss|date=5 October 2009|work=BBC Lincolnshire|access-date=23 September 2019}}</ref> both of her parents were teachers.


At ], she played the clarinet, gaining GCSEs in Biology, English Language, English Literature, French, Maths, Physics, Religious Studies and Latin.<ref>''Sleaford Standard'' Thursday 3 September 1992, page 6</ref> Abigail did join the sixth form in September 1992, and by 1994, there is no record of her taking any A-levels at the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form.<ref>''Sleaford Standard'' Thursday 17 December 1992, page 26</ref>
She first became known to the public when her then-boyfriend, TV presenter ] was accused of ]. Her ]-friendly looks and naturalness in front of the camera earned her a presenting job on ] channel ], and later she became a presenter on '']''. She lost that job when a home sex video of Leslie, Titmuss and another woman found its way onto the ].


When she was 17, her parents divorced and her father moved to ], Scotland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.meidilight.com/abi-titmuss-bio-model-actress-lee-sharpes-wife/ |title=Abi Titmuss Bio: Age, Height, Model, Actress, Lee Sharpe's Wife |website=MeidiLight.com |date=22 October 2020 |publisher=MeidiLight |access-date=24 March 2022}}</ref>
Her other television work includes training as a chef on the ] series of '']'', and in ], she appeared on ]'s the ] as a regular guest feature, and later she took part in ]'s ] .


==Nursing==
Outside of television, she has also modelled in many UK men's magazines, such as ] (she was voted #7 in FHM Sexiest 100 Women 2005), and regularly appears on the cover of ]. She also receives coverage in tabloid and occasionally ] newspapers, and often stages ] photographs, for which she is paid ] if the pictures are printed.
Titmuss graduated from ] at the teaching hospital ] in 1998. She completed a ] diploma, because she "was interested in becoming a doctor, but hadn't taken A level ]"<ref>''Secret Diaries'' p.9</ref> and became a ] at London's ].


==Television and radio==
She is mentioned a lot on the ] morning programme, ], typically as an object of pure ].
Titmuss was hired as a roving reporter on the ] programme '']'', in late 2003, and stated at the time that the job was "an absolute dream come true".<ref name=bar> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726192522/http://www.freenewspos.com/news/article/a/514269/today/abi-titmuss-if-i-could-meet-john-leslie-in-that-bar-again-i-d-turn-my-back-and-walk-out |date=26 July 2014 }}, FreeNewsPos, 15 July 2013</ref> She lost her job in January 2004 following allegations of ] with her boyfriend ].<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.standard.co.uk/news/abi-titmuss-sacked-6940664.html | title= Abi Titmuss sacked | work=London Evening Standard | location=London | date=20 January 2004 | access-date=8 August 2015}}</ref> A ] from four years earlier emerged, in which she had been privately filmed having sex with Leslie and Aisha Abubakar, an aspiring ].<ref name=hell>, '']'', 7 November 2004</ref> The footage was downloaded without permission from a private computer and made public by "]" Jason Onabowale, subsequently convicted and sentenced to serve 18 years in jail for four counts of ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/leslie-sex-ring-rapist-gets-631780|title=LESLIE SEX RING RAPIST GETS 18YRS|first=Lucy|last=Thornton|date=30 June 2006|website=mirror}}</ref>

She appeared on '']'' in 2004 and the following year appeared on Channel 4's '']'' as a regular guest; in ''Abi Titmuss: A Modern Day Morality Tale'', a fly-on-the-wall documentary for Channel 4; and on ]'s '']''.<ref>, '']'', 1 March 2007</ref>

She starred on a celebrity edition of Channel 4's '']'' with ], ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/episode-guide/series-9/episode-14|title=Episode 14 – ''Celebrity Come Dine with Me'' – Abi Titmuss|publisher=Channel4|date=1 February 2009|access-date=21 December 2010}}</ref>

Titmuss appeared on the ] series '']'' with ] on ]. The show followed a number of celebrities as they attempted to produce a celebrity-based magazine each week, published as a supplement to '']''. Titmuss was the fourth celebrity to be sacked from the show.

She has guest-presented shows on ], ] and ].

==Glamour==
Titmuss took up presenting on ] channel ]; released a fitness video; put her name to an erotic novel published by Black Lace; and made personal appearances in nightclubs in the UK and Ireland. An initial offer of a photo shoot over two pages of '']'' morphed into a three-page spread and a cover.

In December 2004, Titmuss appeared on the front cover of ''FHM'' again, with Swedish model Victoria Silvstedt, "marking," as she wrote, "the first time a girl was on the FHM cover twice in one year". In 2004 and 2005, she made a total of 38 front-page appearances on British ]s, such as ''FHM'', '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''. She also appeared in the ''] Style'' section and in glamour pictures in several ] newspapers, including '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'' and '']''.

In 2005, Titmuss was ranked seventh by readers in ''FHM''{{'}}s list of ]. She started writing a regular ] for the magazine the same year. In 2005, Titmuss appeared in a ] shoot in '']'' magazine, which commented on her status as the "face of 21st century celebrity".

In her memoir, Titmuss states how she quickly realised that she wanted more control after seeing magazines pay her for one shoot and then sell the pictures many times over. Accordingly, she started paying for and directing her own shoots, thus owning the copyright over them and selling them herself, along with her manager.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/624139/Abi-Titmuss-John-Leslie-sex-tape-career-revival-actress-Days-Of-Our-Lives |title=How sex ruined Abi Titmuss again and again until Casualty restored her confidence |last=Pukas |first=Anna |date=4 December 2015 |website=Express.co.UK |publisher=Express |access-date=4 June 2024}}</ref>

After taking a break from modelling, Titmuss relaunched her glamour career in 2007, this time as a ], with an appearance on the cover of ''Zoo Weekly'' and the sale of the official "Abi Titmuss Calendar".

After announcing in late 2007 that she would take a break from her glamour modelling career to concentrate on acting, Titmuss returned with a ''Nuts'' shoot in April 2009 to promote one more calendar.

==Acting==
Titmuss first acted during her university studies and then took part-time acting courses at the ], paid for from her nursing work. After reducing her glamour model work, Titmuss took a further short acting course at the same establishment. She also trained at ].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/4283278.abi-titmus-pulls-in-the-lads-to-her-sister-act/ | title= Abi Titmus pulls in the lads to her sister act | first=Lorelei | last=Reddin | work=Bournemouth Daily Echo| date=10 April 2009 | access-date=11 April 2021}}</ref>

According to her memoir, the first ] producer to audition her for a role was ]:

{{cquote|'''25th February 2004''': Today I had my audition for Marc Sinden. Marc was really lovely and put me at my ease. Marc directed me and got me to do it a couple of times. He told me at the end that he hadn't known what to expect from me, but that I had really surprised him. I was recalled for a second audition. <br>'''5th March 2004''': Second audition – When I finished he sat me down and looked me in the eye and said "In my opinion Abi, you can do it. You can act. You've got that special something. I think you need someone to tell you that, don't you?" I was embarrassed to find I was crying. It was the sound of someone validating my shaky belief in my ability. I didn't get the job and he was right. I was far too raw. But I did walk out of there with my head held higher. Marc's kind words had encouraged me to follow my dream. He said that he would remember me. I wonder if he will?<ref>''Secret Diaries'' pp. 92, 96–97</ref>}}

In March 2006, Titmuss made her London theatre acting début at the Courtyard Theatre in ], playing a ] with a ] in ''Two Way Mirror'' (a combination of the one-act plays '']'' and '']'' by ]);<ref name=indy>, '']'', 25 February 2006</ref> for which she won a Fringe Report Award for Best West End Début.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fringereport.com/07awards.php|title=Fringe Report Awards 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222125658/http://www.fringereport.com/07awards.php|archive-date=22 February 2007|website=Fringe report}}</ref>

In 2006, Titmuss had a small role in the film '']'' and in the following year appeared in the second series premiere of '']'', which aired on ]; and as a character called Gezebelle in an episode of '']'', a ] series for ITV2.

Between 26 February and 23 March 2008, Titmuss appeared in the black comedy ''Fat Christ'' at the ] in Islington, London.

She has been cast in small roles in the British ]s ''Do Elephants Pray?'' and ''Mixed Up''. In 2008, she played the "Mysterious Girl" in the Beat 24 Films independent feature film ''Frontman''.<ref>'''', IMDB</ref>

In 2009, Titmuss was cast in the 25th anniversary production of ]'s play '']'' at the newly refurbished ], Hull. Titmuss played Hazel, the fitness instructor, starring alongside ] (formerly the Gladiator "Hunter" in the British version of '']'') and ] actor ] ("]" in '']''). She also had a part in the BBC TV series '']'', playing a nun.

In November and December 2009, Titmuss appeared in a production of Shakespeare's '']'' with the Seagull Rep, playing the character of ]. The production opened at the ] in ] before transferring to other ]n venues.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/6521307/Abi-Titmuss-Glamour-girl-to-Lady-Macbeth.html |title=Abi Titmuss: Glamour girl to Lady Macbeth |newspaper=] |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=7 December 2009 | first=Paul | last=Kendall| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091111001856/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/6521307/Abi-Titmuss-Glamour-girl-to-Lady-Macbeth.html| archive-date= 11 November 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

In January 2015, Titmuss announced that she had changed her name to Abigail Evelyn, in the context of her relocation to ], California and her attempts to establish a new career as an actress. She made her ] acting debut as a nurse, on ''].''<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishnews.com/magazine/entertainment/2017/03/23/news/abi-titmuss-i-tried-to-change-my-name-amid-bid-to-crack-america-975426/ |title=Abi Titmuss: I tried to change my name amid bid to crack America |newspaper=The Irish News |date=23 March 2017 |access-date=5 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Arnold |first=Ben |date=10 December 2015 |title=Abi Titmuss Makes US Acting Debut In Days Of Our Lives |url=https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/abi-titmuss-makes-us-acting-debut-in-days-of-our-111437416.html |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=uk.movies.yahoo.com }}</ref>

==Poker==
Titmuss started playing ] around 2001.<ref name=metro>, '']'' online, 7 July 2008</ref> In 2008, Titmuss played in "Ante Up For Africa", a charity side-event of the ], in ].<ref name=time>, '']'', 24 July 2008</ref> ] Poker started sponsoring her in 2005, when she appeared in the first Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship.<ref>, UK Poker News, 8 April 2008</ref>

==Publications==
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In 2005, Titmuss produced a book, co-written with Jayne Lockwood, called ''Ten Fantasies'', in which she revealed her "ten most secret sexual fantasies." She stated that she did not want her mother to read it.<ref>, FemaleFirst, 11 July 2005</ref>

On 24 July 2008, her memoir, titled ''The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss'', on which she ] with '']'' journalist Lucie Cave, was published by Headline Review.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/07/13/abi-titmuss-life-spiralled-out-of-control-after-lee-sharp-love-split-98487-20641226/|title= Abi Titmuss' life spiralled out of control after Lee Sharpe love split|newspaper= ]|date= 13 July 2008|access-date= 13 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080714013701/http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/sunday/2008/07/13/abi-titmuss-life-spiralled-out-of-control-after-lee-sharp-love-split-98487-20641226/|archive-date= 14 July 2008|url-status= dead|df= dmy-all}}</ref> It was written in the form of a diary and is a day-to-day summary of her life for the previous six years. It includes an indepth look into the trial of Titmuss' then-boyfriend John Leslie, who had been accused of rape; her rise to fame; and how she dealt with the tabloids invading her life.

==Personal life==
Titmuss first came to public attention as the girlfriend of TV presenter ], whom she met in a ] bar on 10 April 1999.<ref>''Secret Diaries'' p.8</ref> From 2007 to 2009, she was in a relationship with ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Van der Valk star Marc Warren's love life and relationship history with famous exes |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/film/495758/van-der-valk-marc-warren-love-life-relationship-history-famous-exes/ |website=hellomagazine.com |publisher=] |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Warren Biography |url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/marc-warren/bio/3000177882/ |website=tvguide.com |publisher=] |access-date=23 September 2024}}</ref> In 2017, she married '']'' co-star Ari Welkom.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/abi-titmuss-i-felt-my-unborn-baby-move-as-i-married-ari-welkom-a3539191.html|title=Abi Titmuss felt her unborn baby move as she married Ari Welkom|date=15 May 2017|website=Evening Standard}}</ref> The couple have a son.<ref>{{cite web |last=Carter |first=Hana |date=25 January 2022 |title=Love Island's Abi Titmuss looks so different after launching Hollywood career |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/love-islands-abi-titmuss-looks-26048031 |access-date=16 February 2023 |website=mirror }}</ref>

==References==
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===Sources===
* Titmuss, Abi and Lockwood, Jayne. ''Ten Fantasies'', ], July 2005, {{ISBN|9780753510377}}
* Titmuss, Abi and Cave, Lucie. ''The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss'', ], July 2008, {{ISBN|9780755317905}}


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English actress, television personality, poker player, and former glamour model

Abi Titmuss
Titmuss at the 2008 World Series of Poker
Born (1976-02-08) 8 February 1976 (age 48)
Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England
Alma materCity, University of London
Occupations
Spouse Ari Welkom ​(m. 2017)​
Children1

Abigail Evelyn Titmuss (born 8 February 1976) is an English actress, television personality, and poker player. She is also a former glamour model and nurse.

Early life and education

Born in Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire, Titmuss grew up in Ruskington, Lincolnshire; both of her parents were teachers.

At Kesteven and Sleaford High School, she played the clarinet, gaining GCSEs in Biology, English Language, English Literature, French, Maths, Physics, Religious Studies and Latin. Abigail did join the sixth form in September 1992, and by 1994, there is no record of her taking any A-levels at the Sleaford Joint Sixth Form.

When she was 17, her parents divorced and her father moved to Argyll, Scotland.

Nursing

Titmuss graduated from City University at the teaching hospital St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1998. She completed a nursing diploma, because she "was interested in becoming a doctor, but hadn't taken A level Chemistry" and became a staff nurse at London's University College Hospital.

Television and radio

Titmuss was hired as a roving reporter on the Channel 4 programme Richard & Judy, in late 2003, and stated at the time that the job was "an absolute dream come true". She lost her job in January 2004 following allegations of group sex with her boyfriend John Leslie. A sex tape from four years earlier emerged, in which she had been privately filmed having sex with Leslie and Aisha Abubakar, an aspiring model. The footage was downloaded without permission from a private computer and made public by "conman" Jason Onabowale, subsequently convicted and sentenced to serve 18 years in jail for four counts of rape.

She appeared on Hell's Kitchen in 2004 and the following year appeared on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project as a regular guest; in Abi Titmuss: A Modern Day Morality Tale, a fly-on-the-wall documentary for Channel 4; and on ITV1's Celebrity Love Island.

She starred on a celebrity edition of Channel 4's Come Dine with Me with Paul Ross, Lesley Joseph, Linda Lusardi and Rodney Marsh.

Titmuss appeared on the reality television series Deadline with Janet Street-Porter on ITV2. The show followed a number of celebrities as they attempted to produce a celebrity-based magazine each week, published as a supplement to Closer. Titmuss was the fourth celebrity to be sacked from the show.

She has guest-presented shows on Virgin Radio, MTV and LBC radio.

Glamour

Titmuss took up presenting on pornographic channel Television X; released a fitness video; put her name to an erotic novel published by Black Lace; and made personal appearances in nightclubs in the UK and Ireland. An initial offer of a photo shoot over two pages of FHM morphed into a three-page spread and a cover.

In December 2004, Titmuss appeared on the front cover of FHM again, with Swedish model Victoria Silvstedt, "marking," as she wrote, "the first time a girl was on the FHM cover twice in one year". In 2004 and 2005, she made a total of 38 front-page appearances on British men's magazines, such as FHM, Nuts, Zoo Weekly, Loaded, GQ and Maxim. She also appeared in the Sunday Times Style section and in glamour pictures in several tabloid newspapers, including The Sun, News of the World, Daily Mirror, The People and Daily Star.

In 2005, Titmuss was ranked seventh by readers in FHM's list of 100 Sexiest Women in the World. She started writing a regular sex advice column for the magazine the same year. In 2005, Titmuss appeared in a high fashion shoot in Pop magazine, which commented on her status as the "face of 21st century celebrity".

In her memoir, Titmuss states how she quickly realised that she wanted more control after seeing magazines pay her for one shoot and then sell the pictures many times over. Accordingly, she started paying for and directing her own shoots, thus owning the copyright over them and selling them herself, along with her manager.

After taking a break from modelling, Titmuss relaunched her glamour career in 2007, this time as a brunette, with an appearance on the cover of Zoo Weekly and the sale of the official "Abi Titmuss Calendar".

After announcing in late 2007 that she would take a break from her glamour modelling career to concentrate on acting, Titmuss returned with a Nuts shoot in April 2009 to promote one more calendar.

Acting

Titmuss first acted during her university studies and then took part-time acting courses at the Central School of Speech and Drama, paid for from her nursing work. After reducing her glamour model work, Titmuss took a further short acting course at the same establishment. She also trained at Kensington and Chelsea College.

According to her memoir, the first West End theatre producer to audition her for a role was Marc Sinden:

25th February 2004: Today I had my audition for Marc Sinden. Marc was really lovely and put me at my ease. Marc directed me and got me to do it a couple of times. He told me at the end that he hadn't known what to expect from me, but that I had really surprised him. I was recalled for a second audition.
5th March 2004: Second audition – When I finished he sat me down and looked me in the eye and said "In my opinion Abi, you can do it. You can act. You've got that special something. I think you need someone to tell you that, don't you?" I was embarrassed to find I was crying. It was the sound of someone validating my shaky belief in my ability. I didn't get the job and he was right. I was far too raw. But I did walk out of there with my head held higher. Marc's kind words had encouraged me to follow my dream. He said that he would remember me. I wonder if he will?

In March 2006, Titmuss made her London theatre acting début at the Courtyard Theatre in King's Cross, playing a prostitute with a multiple personality disorder in Two Way Mirror (a combination of the one-act plays Elegy for a Lady and Some Kind of Love Story by Arthur Miller); for which she won a Fringe Report Award for Best West End Début.

In 2006, Titmuss had a small role in the film Goal! 2 and in the following year appeared in the second series premiere of Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, which aired on BBC Three; and as a character called Gezebelle in an episode of Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, a sketch comedy series for ITV2.

Between 26 February and 23 March 2008, Titmuss appeared in the black comedy Fat Christ at the King's Head Theatre in Islington, London.

She has been cast in small roles in the British independent films Do Elephants Pray? and Mixed Up. In 2008, she played the "Mysterious Girl" in the Beat 24 Films independent feature film Frontman.

In 2009, Titmuss was cast in the 25th anniversary production of John Godber's play Up 'n' Under at the newly refurbished Hull Truck Theatre, Hull. Titmuss played Hazel, the fitness instructor, starring alongside James Crossley (formerly the Gladiator "Hunter" in the British version of Gladiators) and soap actor Lewis Linford ("Lee Naylor" in Emmerdale). She also had a part in the BBC TV series Hotel Babylon, playing a nun.

In November and December 2009, Titmuss appeared in a production of Shakespeare's Macbeth with the Seagull Rep, playing the character of Lady Macbeth. The production opened at the Seagull Theatre in Lowestoft before transferring to other East Anglian venues.

In January 2015, Titmuss announced that she had changed her name to Abigail Evelyn, in the context of her relocation to Hollywood, California and her attempts to establish a new career as an actress. She made her U.S. acting debut as a nurse, on Days of Our Lives.

Poker

Titmuss started playing poker around 2001. In 2008, Titmuss played in "Ante Up For Africa", a charity side-event of the World Series of Poker, in Las Vegas. Ladbrokes Poker started sponsoring her in 2005, when she appeared in the first Ladbrokes Poker European Ladies Championship.

Publications

The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss
AuthorAbi Titmuss
LanguageEnglish
GenreMemoir
PublisherHeadline Review
Publication date24 July 2008
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages400

In 2005, Titmuss produced a book, co-written with Jayne Lockwood, called Ten Fantasies, in which she revealed her "ten most secret sexual fantasies." She stated that she did not want her mother to read it.

On 24 July 2008, her memoir, titled The Secret Diaries of Abigail Titmuss, on which she collaborated with Heat journalist Lucie Cave, was published by Headline Review. It was written in the form of a diary and is a day-to-day summary of her life for the previous six years. It includes an indepth look into the trial of Titmuss' then-boyfriend John Leslie, who had been accused of rape; her rise to fame; and how she dealt with the tabloids invading her life.

Personal life

Titmuss first came to public attention as the girlfriend of TV presenter John Leslie, whom she met in a Fulham bar on 10 April 1999. From 2007 to 2009, she was in a relationship with Marc Warren. In 2017, she married Days of Our Lives co-star Ari Welkom. The couple have a son.

References

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  2. ^ "England & Wales births: Abigail Evelyn Titmuss". FindMyPast. 15 March 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
  3. "Famous Yellowbelly – Abi Titmuss". BBC Lincolnshire. 5 October 2009. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. Sleaford Standard Thursday 3 September 1992, page 6
  5. Sleaford Standard Thursday 17 December 1992, page 26
  6. "Abi Titmuss Bio: Age, Height, Model, Actress, Lee Sharpe's Wife". MeidiLight.com. MeidiLight. 22 October 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  7. Secret Diaries p.9
  8. "Abi Titmuss: If I could meet John Leslie in that bar again" Archived 26 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine, FreeNewsPos, 15 July 2013
  9. "Abi Titmuss sacked". London Evening Standard. London. 20 January 2004. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  10. "My hell over shabby Abi orgy", Daily Mirror, 7 November 2004
  11. Thornton, Lucy (30 June 2006). "LESLIE SEX RING RAPIST GETS 18YRS". mirror.
  12. "Celebrity Love Island Series 1", Sunday Express, 1 March 2007
  13. "Episode 14 – Celebrity Come Dine with Me – Abi Titmuss". Channel4. 1 February 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
  14. Pukas, Anna (4 December 2015). "How sex ruined Abi Titmuss again and again until Casualty restored her confidence". Express.co.UK. Express. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
  15. Reddin, Lorelei (10 April 2009). "Abi Titmus pulls in the lads to her sister act". Bournemouth Daily Echo. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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