Nataile Cassidy has defended her decision to get back together with her violent ex-fiancé Adam Cottrell.
The actress, who has a 17 month old baby with the transport manager left the relationship after he attacked her with a slipper. Despite his actions the couple have reunited and Natalie insists that the initial incident was not as bad as people believe.
Speaking to Phillip Schofield and Emma Willis on This Morning she said: ''I’d never condone it… but I wasn’t beaten black and blue."
The Eastenders star admits she was “humiliated” by the attack, but blamed the 32 year-old’s violence on his problems with alcohol.
The Celebrity Big Brother star said: “Adam and drink didn’t mix from the beginning. It did change and it got worse I was permanently on edge for him to have one drink – I put pressure on him.”
“Arguments weren’t verbal anymore they became physical. We had an argument he took a slipper and hit me. I’m a strong person but I was humiliated.”
The actress eventually left the relationship and got a restraining order from her ex-fiancé but recent events made her realise that she had to help him get over his problems with alcohol.
She revealed: “One Friday, something awful happened - he disappeared, his phone was switched off and what’s he doing? He’s drunk.”
"He was found 36 hours later drunk in an old lady's garden. It was a frightening relapse. He had stopped drinking and thought he could do it on his own - but he can't. After that incident he called me and something turned in my brain and I realised he needs help.”
Despite his previous behaviour Natalie is convinced that the couple will work.
The 28 year-old said: “Life is amazing without the constant fear in our lives.''I know 100 per cent that if it carries on and he continues doing what he’s doing then I know we’re going to be very happy."
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