Jacqueline Jossa is said to have confronted her estranged husband over his alleged holiday romance with Brazilian bikini model Etila Santiago.
The EastEnders actress, 33, split from the TOWIE star, 34, with whom she shares daughters Ella, 11, and Mia, seven, in March following a nine-year marriage, which was plagued with accusations of infidelity levelled at Dan.
Jacqueline is said to have been left upset by the romance amid his trip to Miami, which dashed her hopes of saving their marriage.
She was tipped off by eagle-eyed pals who spotted Dan and Etila sharing similar sunset snaps to Instagram amid his recent trip to Miami.
A source said: ‘Dan started chatting to Etila on Instagram before his trip to Miami as he saw they both had a passion for fitness. They met up a few times during his trip and really hit it off, spending a lot of time together hanging out and chatting.
‘However, Jac’s mates notified her about Dan’s movements having suspected who he was with online. So when he was back in the UK, she asked him about it.
Jacqueline Jossa is said to have confronted her estranged husband over his alleged holiday romance with Brazilian bikini model Etila Santiago
Jacqueline is said to have been left upset by the romance amid his trip to Miami, which dashed her hopes of saving their marriage (Etila pictured)
They told The Sun: ‘It’s obviously very sensitive as they are co-parenting, but Dan is a single man now. Jac is upset as she still feels there’s a chance her and Dan could rekindle’.
Etila is a bikini and fitness model who regularly shared snaps of her incredible figure online, her Instagram profile reads: ‘I help women build lean, athletic bodies with elite-level coaching’.
Daily Mail has contacted Dan, Jacqueline and Etila’s representatives for comment.
Following their split it was understood Jacqueline was unable to move past his past dalliances during their relationship and he could no longer cope with her ‘behaviour’.
The Daily Mail revealed that the ending came months ago with a quiet admission from Dan that, after years of trying to repair the damage caused by his past, he simply ‘couldn’t do it anymore’.
While they are yet to address their breakup publicly, both Jacqueline and Dan have been seen without their wedding rings in recent weeks.
Dan was pictured crying in his car in March, appearing to be overcome with emotion following the end of his relationship.
Sources close to the situation claimed to the Daily Mail that while the reality star has admitted wrongdoing in the past, he is now a different man and had turned over a new leaf following his party-boy ways in his twenties.
The couple posted almost identical sunset snaps (Etila’s post L, Dan’s post R)
A source said: ‘Dan started chatting to Etila on Instagram before his trip to Miami as he saw they both had a passion for fitness’.
Etila is a bikini and fitness model who regularly shared snaps of her incredible figure online
They added that Dan’s family means the world to him and the father-of-three is understandably struggling with the strain of the situation.
He was accused of having a fling with Love Island: All Stars winner Gabby Allen, 34, in 2018 after they were pictured cosying up together on a yacht in Marbella.
Gabby’s then-boyfriend Marcel Somerville also accused her of cheating on him with Dan, however she denied the claims and insisted she was ‘100 per cent faithful’ throughout their relationship.
At the time The Sun claimed that Dan had also sent ‘flirty messages’ to his former Celebrity Big Brother co-star Gabby – months after the pair vehemently denied claims that they’d had an illicit tryst.
Six months later, Dan was seen kissing fellow Love Island alum Alexandra Cane on a London night out.
During Jac’s stint on I’m A Celebrity in 2019, her fellow campmate Myles Stephenson – who had also previously dated Gabby – told the EastEnders star he believed Dan had cheated with Gabby.
Dan was also accused of sleeping with a mystery woman months after his wedding to Jac, and partaking in a threesome with model Chloe Ayling, 28, and US reality TV star Natalie Nunn, 41, which he denied.
In 2020, he finally confessed to making ‘mistakes’ and said ‘I’ve done things I shouldn’t have done’.
He even admitted that if Jacqueline had behaved the same way he did, he would have walked out on their relationship, saying: ‘If it was the other way around I’d be gone.’
However, over the years, Jacqueline publicly supported her husband and they tried to rebuild their relationship and move forward.
When she reprised her role as Lauren Branning and returned full-time to EastEnders in 2023, the balance of their family life shifted, with Dan increasingly taking on day-to-day responsibilities at home and childcare.
Alongside daughters Ella and Mia, Dan also continued to co-parent his son Teddy, 12, from his previous relationship with Megan Tomlin.
The couple split when Megan was pregnant and Dan was already seeing Jacqueline by the time Teddy was born in December 2013.
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